The Vintage Rose

For the love of roses!

2011-11-14T05:19:00.000-08:00

Today I have an offering of rose photos I have taken this Spring, mostly from my garden, a few taken elsewhere.I love to cut a few roses and other flowers from the garden and bring them indoors, this bunch is sitting up on my kitchen dresser amidst my pink rose china.

Tea for Two- Princess Roses March 29

2011-03-29T23:03:00.000-07:00

My friend dropped in for tea, so we set up on the front verandah.We indulged in a pot of Lemon verbena, a truly relaxing tea.Our teaset today is Queen Anne- Princess Roses, made in England.

Teacup Tuesday March 22- American Beauty

2011-03-22T13:47:00.000-07:00

Here we are again outside my bedroom french doors on the verandah with a vintage linen hand embroidered tablecloth.Today's china pattern is American Beauty by Royal Albert. It is made in England and is a popular pattern with full bloomed pink roses. It is one of my favourites by Royal Albert, the other being Old English Roses... perhaps I will feature that one next week.First we pour the milk in,

Teatime Tuesday March 8

2011-03-07T08:28:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that I haven't posted a teatime post since last October...Well Summer is over in the Blue Mountains near Sydney Australia...Definitely an Autumn chill up here... time for those mid morning pots of tea with a cosy... on the verandah or in the garden if there is some sunshine...This little table is right outside french doors from our bedroom, I picked a few of the last flush of

Bathroom make over -part 1

2010-10-14T21:32:00.000-07:00

How can it be the middle of October already?Well what have I been up to lately, besides recuperating from post viral/chronic fatigue, having friends stay, catching up with others after hibernating most of the winter? Continuing the mission of doing up the bathroom of course!This shower curtain has been my inspiration for a vintage beach cottage bathroom.It has bright colours and vintage beach

Tea Mug Tuesday

2010-10-05T16:28:00.000-07:00

Today I am showing you one of my everyday Maxwell Williams Tea Mugs. The pattern on this one is called 'Rosebery' and I have teamed it up with a tea plate from my set of Queen Anne 'Princess Rose' Tea set.The first photo shows where I keep my bone china tea mugs, together with some of my tea tins that hold loose leaf varieties such as Australian Madura Earl Grey, Bushells Australian Breakfast

Painting the dresser PINK!!

2010-09-21T08:43:00.000-07:00

During the Winter 'down under' I got tired of looking at my kitchen dresser, don't get me wrong, I love all the pretty pink rose china. I just was sad that I didn't have a window facing north to the sunlight (yes it's north down under). So I thought I'd paint the dresser pink to brighten the kitchen and compensate for the lack of sunlight.It all started with a few paint chips- what shade of pink?

Tea, toast and Spring flowers

2010-09-16T12:45:00.000-07:00

On Monday morning I took my Royal Albert 'sweet violets' cup and matched it up with a mauve 'op shop find' $3 Royal Albert 'rainbow' mauve 'tennis' plate. I find tennis plates very convenient for tea and toast, or tea and biscuit. It was warm enough to sit on the verandah by 11am for morning tea and then I couldn't help but wander around the garden and take some photos of the garden. Enjoy your

Do you remember?

2010-09-06T17:26:00.000-07:00

Do you remember helping your mother or grandma use a mixmaster to mix a cake or cupcakes?Do you remember setting the table with the sugar bowl and milk jug?Do you remember the tea measuring scoop that was used to make a pot of tea and the cosy placed on the teapot to keep the tea hot for the second cup?Do you remember getting out 'the best china' and making the table 'special'?Perhaps your Aunts

Satin Rose by Royal Albert

2010-08-31T16:17:00.000-07:00

Remember to click on the title to visit this item on Etsy!Tea and Toast on a "silver" tray. I love the juxtaposition of elegance like this trio and the lacy crocheted doily with an old brass teapot, chunky homemade bread (and yes that is Vegemite-not congealed axle grease), a touch of pink in the rose tea-light candleholder.This 'Satin Rose' tea trio has a platinum or silver ring rather than the

Adorable Queen Anne Cup & Saucer

2010-08-24T14:26:00.001-07:00

CUP AND SAUCER TRIO OF THE WEEKIsn't the shape of this cup adorable?Here it is with a mix of Bushells Australian Tea and Twinings Lady Grey.A close up showing the 2 roses on the front of the cup.Showing the one rose on the back of the cup.With a back drop of a silver coffee service and faux cupcakes.This lovely set doesn't have any numbers or pattern stamped on the back, just the crown, Queen

Royal Albert Serena

2010-08-03T06:59:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite teacup sets is Serena by Royal Albert. I love the pink roses, the touch of purple flowers and delicate lacy scrolling around them. I love the shape and it is a delight to use a thing of beauty! I do however have a spare set of Serena for sale on Etsy at the moment. You can click on the title of this post as a link to go and have a look.You can also visit me at http://

Brocante Home

2010-06-28T04:48:00.000-07:00

Just been to see BrocantHome's new blogsite. It's worth a visit and if you click on the link it will take you straight to the give-away of a $60 Amazon voucher.

This weeks cup and saucer

2010-06-09T02:41:00.000-07:00

Gorgeous pink roses for cup of the week this week! Enjoy your week!

My morning ritual

2010-05-29T17:29:00.000-07:00

I have taken to choosing a new cup and saucer from my collection each week and using it during my morning ritual of making a pot of tea with loose leaf tea and enjoying drinking it from fine china. I usually do this around morning tea time. Last week I chose this beautiful set by Royal Albert, called Memory Lane.

Getting Organised!

2010-05-19T23:18:00.001-07:00

Yeh!! Finally after 7 years I have matching baskets on the open kitchen shelves. I've smiled each morning this week when I've walked into the kitchen and reached for a china mug for that first cup of tea. I only had 2 baskets that matched before, but Kmart had ones, very similiar to my matching ones, for only $10 each last week.So Voila!!

2010-05-11T20:33:00.000-07:00

Just had to show you my new faux cupcakes that arrived today from Mandii at Shabby Vintage Dreams

Tea for three

2010-05-10T13:53:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day breakfastMy friend and I getting ready, unfortunately we missed a snap of number three.Tea for three

2010-05-06T20:52:00.000-07:00

Impromptu Tea for threeSome of us are as mad as a hatter!Looking forward to our community morning tea fundraiser later in May.

Another car

2010-05-05T00:01:00.000-07:00

Finally after 2 months of having a car that didn't work we were able to get this little beauty on the weekend. Someone gave us the money to buy it, which was a miracle. It sure is wonderful for getting around and economical on fuel. I like the colour too!

An afternoon tea

2010-04-29T19:21:00.001-07:00

We recently had the pleasure of having Afternoon tea at "Bygone Beauties" a teapot musuem in Leura in the beautiful Blue Mountains. It was a nice afternoon of sipping tea, sampling delicacies and chatting away.

Just a qick hello!

2009-09-22T18:13:00.000-07:00

Not much news to report, except for the fly through visit of my daughter, and seeing my son the same week. I've been rather crook, with a virus and then a bacterial infection on top of that. Lots of coughing and lots of sleeping. The weather has been really windy the last 2 days, lots of dust too. Hope the plants survive and that no bushfires start.

Hello again!

2009-08-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

Glad you haven't given up on me completely blogging friends!Life sometimes gets busy in another direction. So I hope to tryand blog once a week or so. I haven't done much bushwalking lately.My husband, his brother and nephews did the National Pass walk in July.I went to visit a friend instead. My knee hasn't been too good lately.August is nearly over, and it has been rather warm for winter.Spring

Down in the Valley of the Waters

2009-05-05T04:16:00.000-07:00

Views along the way!Amazing rock formations!Finally the halfway marker!Looking across the valley!Looking overhead, backwards!You could hear these waters a while before you could see them, it was refreshing to be there before the long climb out of the valley.

The National Pass Walk at Wentworth Falls

2009-05-02T21:49:00.000-07:00

Well this is the amazing start to the restored path of The National Pass!More photos to follow next time as the uploading takes time!The first glimpse of water, from the lookout at the beginning of the walkAmazing cliffs, with overhanging structures!Spectacular views!Going down!and down!Do well really have to walk down all those stairs?A glimpse of Wenthworth Falls =the descent was worth it!and

Tea cosies

2009-04-21T15:04:00.000-07:00

This post was inspired by 'Little Jenny Wren' at http://littlejennywren.blogspot.com showing some of her favourite tea cosies.Although I love pretty cups & saucers, I prefer plain white teapots covered in colourful cosies. I guess it's nostalgia from my childhood, coupled with the need to keep the tea 'hot' here in the mountains, where the climate is a tad cooler. Some have been purchased at

The Wedding, the cake & mosiac lesson

2009-04-20T13:19:00.000-07:00

Mosiac LessonBegin by choosing photos in sets of threes, starting with the ones you want on the bottom row.When uploading, Under layout option choose 'none' (This allows you to move them around as they will load one on top of the other in a column and you want to click on each one and drag them into a row - you choose whether you want spaces or not.) and 'small' under size.I work in 'compose' as

Crockpot Recipes and Photo Mosiacs

2009-04-07T19:17:00.001-07:00

Whats in the crockpot right now? My Favourite Chicken and vege soup.Brown 2 or more chicken thighs in a frypan.Chop up with chicken shears (the kind of scissors that pull apart and can be cleaned throughly) or use a knife, or cook pre cutPut chicken in crockpot, Crock pot on low settingBrown Pumpkin pieces, (1/4 0f a jap pumpkin), add to potBrown some onion and garlic, add to potAdd whatever

Hello

2009-04-02T09:45:00.001-07:00

Just a few of my favourite things... and a quick hello... as I have posted in quite a while! Been busy working fulltime for a while with long days, often away from home for 12 hours, (so thankful for my crockpot/slow cooker) looking forward to the school holidays and catching up with friends and a less hectic schedule of 3 days work for the rest of the year!

I'm a Great Aunty!

2009-03-02T09:30:00.000-08:00

I'm a Great Aunty - My neice had a baby boy, my mum is a Great Gran now.Sorry I have been busy and missing from blogland, a few visits, but not much posting. We've been busy rearranging the study and I've started back to fulltime work for a few weeks. Next term it will settle down to 3 days a week. Thanks for all the comments re-header. I've decided to stay with the cups and saucers for a while.

A New Header, the one above is new too!

2009-02-17T16:14:00.000-08:00

What to choose, what to choose? I can do a header now, I figured it out!You click on customize up the top, then you click on 'edit' in the title (header) box and you can add a description into the box and upload a picture or photo, by browse(ing) in your computer or web address URL. Save it and view blog, see if you like it. If not just do it again. You can also change colour and size type of

Afternoon Tea anyone?

2009-02-10T17:13:00.000-08:00

Hello! So great to see you today! Come on in and borrow one of my vintage hats. Choose a cup and saucer from the cupboard while I make the tea and pop a cosy on!Now lets have a cupcake or two with our tea! and chat about all sorts of things.Lastly we'll say a quiet prayer for those Aussies who have been suffered so much in the floods in Queensland and the fires in Victoria.We'll think about

Australia in mourning - bushfire tragedy

2009-02-08T02:13:00.000-08:00

My heart is heavy and prays for mercy as I write this, the death toll is 84 and expected to rise and at least 750 homes lost in Victoria. There are fires in NSW and SA also.I have just heard a few raindrops on the roof to bring the high temps down here. We want rain but pray there is no lightning that starts fire. For more of the story please visit http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/Feb 10 am-

Real People Award, but are you ready for it?

2009-01-30T04:50:00.000-08:00

My new cubby house under the stairs - I invited a friend over for afternoon tea today and we had 'tea' under the staircase in my new little nook. Unfortunately I'm only half way through the job and still have all the junk that was under there to deal with. I have temporarily relocated it to the front verandah to deal with in the early morning cool tomorrow.Well I have clicked on the upload symbol

Morning Glory - Sunrise

2009-01-19T05:59:00.000-08:00

I was up early one morning and strolling through the gardenwatching the sunlight dancing through the trees,touching blades of grass, alighting on flowers, rocks and bark Marvelling at the beauty of each new day,each new flower that unfurls,kissed by the morning sunbeams How blessed and happy I was to be in the garden, adoring the creator and enjoying this small part of creation. For

It's arrived! A prize from Melanie - Lavender Moments and Morning Glory Cottage!

2009-01-16T23:25:00.000-08:00

Unwrapping Lavender Moments ... Thank-you Melanie and my Mother in LawI picked up my parcel from the post office today. A beautiful and generous prize from Melanie at New Creation Cottage. I couldn't wait until I got home, so I slit the sticky-tape with my keys and opened it then and there in the car. I am so delighted, I can't stop smiling even as I write this to you. I opened the votive candles

Mountain scenes and dial-up dilema

2009-01-11T20:11:00.000-08:00

Waterfalls in the Blue Mountains, taken by my brother about 18 months ago, when he was visiting NSW. I started uploading them in Perth, one at a time, from my mother's computer via dial-up, but after a number of hours and frustrating attempts later, I saved the 2 I had done and gave up. One of the reasons you have not heard from me in a while. I also forgot my camera-phone charger and

Ducks get-together on Christmas Day

2009-01-08T00:23:00.000-08:00

We went for a walk at the park on Christmas afternoonand spied a little duck family. Of course they moved much quicker than the camera didso the photos aren't as great as the memories,but just use your imagination...! There was one little yellow one among the ducklings ... Of course we took some photos of our family too,but I'm still shy about showing the world so it isn't here any longer.PS if

Happy New Year!

2008-12-31T12:22:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR and WELCOME TO 2009! and FRESH NEW BEGINNINGS! BE BLESSED!

Happy Christmas to all!

2008-12-23T16:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas to you and yours!

The Christmas Spirit Award for 5 Reasons why I like Christmas

2008-12-19T16:16:00.000-08:00

I like Christmas because Jesus was born.I like Christmas because it is a time of Joy, no matter what is happening in life.I like Christmas because we get to catch up with friends and family.I like Christmas because people are loving and giving. I like Christmas because its holidays too!So keep calm and carry on!This came from Mandy at The Old DairySo

Choccies for prezzies

2008-12-18T04:26:00.000-08:00

Well the prizes are on their way, hopefully they will arrive by Christmas for Caroline and Melody. Tonight I have been busy making choccies for presents (still haven't finished the cards though), but I did fall asleep on the lounge for a little while.Snack set to Caroline @ The Simple ThingsThis gorgeous Tea Tin on its way to Tea Time With MelodyHandmade Chocolates into a pretty boxDipping with

Community Carols

2008-12-15T00:51:00.000-08:00

Introducing "Fleur" the flower princess clown, who joined in playing community games with the children, encouraging them to 'just have fun', of course I get to have fun too, as clowning is all about getting in touch with your 'inner child' and allowing others to do the same.was concentrating so hard on taking photo of self, forgot to smile!Snuck a photo of the other half, when he wasn't

Christmas Traditions Quiz

2008-12-13T17:14:00.000-08:00

Beyond The Picket did this on her blog and she got it from Felicity and I thought I'd have a go. So, here it goes....