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It's Show n' Tell Friday!

My paternal Grandmother set aside this lovely Rose Bud English Bone China tea set for me and I cherish it.  It includes the tea pot, sugar n' creamer and four teacups and saucers.  I was very close to my Dad's mother growing up and I have such wonderful, fond memories of her.   The Hansel doll clothes brush was my dear Mother's and the rose plate belonged to my maternal Grandmother.  I love having these precious items in my blog banner.  

  

Some of you who are followers of my blog probably have guessed why my blog name is Teacup Lane.  I have a small collection of teacups - the majority have been passed down through my paternal Grandmother and Mother, some from my MIL and a few collected by me over the years.   However, that isn't how I came up with my blog name.  When I retired I decided that I didn't want to spend my retirement years cleaning house as I did all through my working years.  So I have a cleaning service  come every other week to give my home a good, through cleaning.  It's so nice to have the full house clean - swept and dusted upstairs and down - all in one day.  One rule I had, though, was that the girls were not to dust my teacups and other collections not behind glass doors.  I didn't want to take any chances something cherished would be broken.  One time after cleaning my home one of the cleaning ladies remarked that I had a lovely "cottage" home.  I must admit I was surprised because I never thought I had a design style.  The lady then said they called me "the Teacup Lady" because of my teacups.  I thought that was funny.  They said it wasn't unusual for them to name their clients and not all names were so nice as mine.  We had a good laugh over this.  So when I was setting up my blog I was scratching my head trying to come up with a decent name.  Then I thought of the cleaning ladies and what they said and decided to use the name Teacup Lane.   

So... that's how my blog name and banner was born.  

Please visit our host for Show n' Tell Friday - Cindy at My Romantic Home (here) - to see other bloggers fantastic posts. 

My Easter Banner on April Fool's Day

I can't believe it's already April 1st! 
April Fool's Day!


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is a holiday celebrated in various countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on a fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, such as the UK, Australia, and South Africa the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool".^[1] Elsewhere, such as in France, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, and the U.S., the jokes last all day. The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as New Year's Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.


There's no practical joke here though.  I've put my Easter banner back up on my interior front door and added a pretty little floral wreath below it.  The banner is attached to the door by magnets.


Here's a closer look... noticed I didn't forget my Bunnies...

Another Easter Bunny hopping along...

  

A cute chick and a Bunny...

Another cute white Bunny with his basket of eggs...

Have you started to decorate for Easter?

L.O.V.E.

I have a teapot calendar (The Collectible Teapot & Tea Calendar for 2010).  The month of February tells about "The Language of Love":  

 A kiss is a universal way of saying "I love you."  The Romans had a hierarchy for recipients of kisses, from a basium (acquaintance), to an osculum (close friend), then finally a savium (lover).  German dictionaries detail more than 30 words for kisses, including kusshandchen werfen, to blow kisses, abgekusst, smothered with kisses; and nachkussen, "the making up of kisses that have been omitted."  However, the Germans distinguish between the kiss and its consequences:  "A kiss may indeed be washed away, but the fire of the heart cannot be quenched."

Wishing you lots of L.O.V.E. on Valentine's Day! 

My "SPRING" Banner

So many bloggers are crafting adorable banners I became inspired to try to make some too!  I don't like to spend too much money so I use materials I had on hand.  I used card stock and scrapbook paper and my "Create A Card" computer program (it's out of print now) to print out the graphics and letters.  Then I glued it all together and strung ribbon through the banner and it's finished.

What do you think?  Not too bad huh?  Have you tried to make a banner?