Rose Chintz Cottage

Monday, 2 November 2015

No Place Like Home #1

Home is where friendships are formed and families are grown;
Where joy is shared and true love is known;
Where memories are made and seeds of life are sown.
This is the place that people call home. ~ Author unknown

Hello dear friends and welcome to my first No Place Like Home Party!

If you read my post last Thursday then you know that I have combined two parties into one and you may share anything that is home related. What used to be Tea Time Tuesday and HOME is now called No Place Like Home.

Before I go any further, I want to thank all of my friends who have faithfully participated in, visited and left comments at my Tea Time Tuesday party the past six years. It is all of you who have made my tea party so successful. You are all so very dear to me and I am so happy we have gotten to know one another over a cup of tea and conversation! I invite you all to join me here at No Place Like Home.

The other day I shared my newly acquired tea things in one of my all-time favourite colours. If you missed that post you may find it here.

I enjoyed my first cup of tea in this cup with a tea biscuit and some cheese.

And if you would like to have it, here is my recipe for tea biscuits. This one never fails me.

TEA BISCUITS

Sift together -
2 cups of flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp of salt
2 tsp sugar

Cut in 1/3-1/2 cup shortening
Make a well and pour in 1 cup of milk.
Stir altogether with a fork until mixed but not over mixed.

Turn the dough out on to a lightly floured surface and knead gently a few times. Then roll out thick and cut with a glass or cookie cutter. Place biscuits on a cookie sheet and brush the tops with cream.

Bake for 10-11 minutes in a 450 degree oven.

Now I am wondering what you are creating in your home to make it a wonderful place for your family and friends to "come home to." Please link up below and be sure to link back to me so others may visit my lovely participants. I will be doing features next week too so that's another reason to link back to me.

Have a wonderful week everyone and the Lord bless you!

An InLinkz Link-up

Sharing from my heart~ Sandi

Saturday, 31 October 2015

Where Did Your Teacups Come From?

Hello friends~ I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far.

Do you ever wonder where your teacups come from?

Steam rises from a cup of tea
And we are wrapped in history,
Inhaling ancient times and lands
Comfort of ages in our hands. ~ Faith Greenbow

Some teacups are passed down from aunties and grannies, cousins and friends. Others are gifted to us. Some are found at tea shops, flea markets and garage sales, thrift stores and antique shops. Still others come from unexpected places such as an old attic where they have been tucked away in a box gathering dust.

In any case, they have all been on a journey of one kind or another, just like us.

Some teacups have attended many tea parties and other celebrations while others sat for years in a china cabinet. Others are brand new from the store they were purchased from.

I daresay the majority of mine have been on a journey because most of mine are antique.

My teacups are like my friends. Each one is beautiful and unique in its own way. A little work of art, just like we are!

Today I am sharing a new Gracie China teacup that I found at HomeSense. HomeSense, TJ Max in the US, opened here a month ago and I am so happy about that! I have been waiting for years for one to come to the Island.

This teacup is in one of my favourite colours; aqua/turquoise/teal/robin egg blue, whatever you want to call it. Isn't it so girly and pretty?

My hubby got me the matching teapot too. Isn't he a dear? He's definitely a keeper!

I am so pleased to have it because I have been searching for an aqua/robin egg blue teapot ever since I started collecting teapots years ago. I think this one is really sweet with its gold trim and pretty flowers. And isn't it a cute shape? It makes me happy just looking at it.

I am thrilled about how well my other teacups go with it too. Veronica was a shower gift from my mother when I got married. It is made by Royal Albert.

This Aynsley beauty I found at an antique shop a few years ago and which you have seen numerous times. The camera always makes it appear bluer than it really is. It is really more turquoise.

I am delighted to have this teapot and several teacups to go with it. A mix of old and new.

I’m so blessed to have friends like you to share in everything I do. For one special friend sharing a special cup of tea truly makes this a perfect recipe. ~ Author unknown

Hope you have enjoyed seeing my pretties.

Please visit me again on Monday and link up to my new party,

No Place Like Home

where you are invited to share tea time and anything else that relates to your home and garden. If you're wondering how this new party came about you can read about it here.

This is my new party button. Feel free to copy and paste it for your sidebar if you wish.

Our friend Bernideen has also changed her tea party to accommodate tea time and everything pertaining to your home and garden. I hope you will join her next week as well. This is her new party button.