SUNDAY SPYGLASS… To keep as toasty as possible in these wintery winds, I double up on scarves a lot. I found a set of these napkin rings in a charity shop and they’re absolutely fab for keeping thicker scarves together without the need for oodles of knots. I think the steaming cup of tea beneath my chin helps too…
I’ve been collecting odd antique napkin rings for a while, I’m thinking about getting my dremel out and making personalised scarf rings for Christmas presents, what do you think? Hope you’re all keeping toasty warm too…X
I’m always doing crafts at work or with my nieces, and after sharing a couple of crafts last year, I though it would be cute to share this one as well.
Do you love tea and have friends who love tea? I do and sending them a cute little tea card is a lot of fun, and something adults or kids can enjoy making too.
Supplies:
Colorful Paper (Scrapbook Paper works best)Glue ScissorsA TeabagPen or…
“I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.”
Although it was not a common habit among Americans in the 50’s, Mother and Daddy enjoyed chatting over a good cup of tea. Mother liked the ritual so much that she served tea to friends who dropped by, she served tea to us children after school… for all we knew she served herself cup after cup of tea when she was by herself.
She often was given tea cups and saucers as gifts and if you include all the cups and saucers she had in her various china patters, she probably had somewhere near 3 dozen sets, many of which were imported from England. But certain cups and saucers were a little more special than others.
This cup is one of a series of Birthday Flowers. It is decorated with aster flowers, the flower which on many charts represents September. Mother gave this cup and saucer to her own mother whose birthday was in the middle of that month. Eventually it came to Mother and then because my birthday was also in September it came to me.
This cup was especially beloved of us children. When we were little we could hardly believe that anyone could drink from such a wonderfully shaped cup and we’d watch in awe as Mother sipped from its fluted edge. When I was older, Mother and I often came together to share a cup of tea in the late afternoon. Mother would take this second cup out of the cupboard, set it down on the table and then she and I would debate very seriously which one of us had had the more difficult day. The winner had the honor of drinking from this special cup. It may not have been up to the caliber of the prizes on the game show Queen for a Day, but it was comforting, nonetheless.
It’s true when they say “inspiration finds us when we are working”, it sure does! Jotting down ideas & doodles in my sketchbook so I can keep track of them all. I love to create bold stylised botanical drawings in my sketchbooks. Do any of you keep Sketchbooks? What are your go to things to keep you inspired whilst working on an art project? xx
