Monday, August 26, 2013

Tea goodies from Alabama

On Saturday, my husband humored me by coming along for a little antiquing at an old favorite antique mall, Angel's Antiques in Opelika, Ala. As you can see, I had quite a fruitful day, with my favorite find being the $10 teacup stand!

Those of you fortunate enough to own teacup stands probably know by now to hang on to them. I have been looking for one for at least two or three years now. I do see them in antique malls occasionally, but they always, always have a tag that proclaims in unfriendly lettering, "NOT FOR SALE — FOR DISPLAY ONLY." I personally think that is not very nice of the sellers, to tempt us shoppers that way, but what's a girl to do? I always look for those pretty white teacup stands, but when I saw this black one I decided a) it's a teacup stand, hoorah! b) I can paint it if I decide to and c) doesn't this look like Mary Engelbreit's designs? And if it's by Mary, it would be a sin to paint it.

Other fun finds included this wooden wall hanging. Frankly, it's a little country cutesy/rustic for my taste, but it was a very reasonable $1.50, and I thought it might serve as an accent in the tea garden one day.

Vintage cookbooks are always fun, and here I have one full of maple syrup recipes as well as the Kitchen Scrapbook on top, which has a terrific bunch of handwritten recipes. This little book was a real treasure to me, and it'll get its own blog post somewhere on down the line, I'm sure.

Finally, I was delighted to find a boxed set of what I call rosette or timbale makers. The Swan House in Atlanta serves its chicken salad in the flaky little pastry shells you make with these things, and I've long wanted a set.

I liked the assortment of shapes that came in the box, and I was also pleased the original recipe pamphlet is there as well. Hopefully one of my tea room cookbooks will turn up a recipe I can use these with. Did you find any tea or cooking goodies this weekend?

11 comments:

  1. Another treasure trove of special goodies! Great finds!

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  2. Angela,
    For sure that looks like Mary E. Those are her flower designs. It's darling.
    Lady B and I had a good day yard sailing too. Some great finds. Isn't it fun? Good for your hubby to accompany you. That's love!
    Xo Ruthie

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  3. What great finds! That teacup stand is wonderful, and yes, it looks like Mary E's design. Everything you found is a treasure.

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  4. Good haul of things Angela. I was thinking I'd like one of the wall teacup holders that holds 3 or so like I've seen at the antique mall so will have to keep an eye out.
    I just posted this morning about teapot shaped napkin rings and other things I picked up recently.
    Judith

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  5. I have a timbale maker, and made
    butterflies years ago. I need to find it again !

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  6. No shopping this past weekend, but I do love what you found. That teacup stand immediately said Mary E. Enjoy your new to your goodies.

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  7. What great bargains you found! Puts me in the mood to go antiquing!

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  8. I know you have been looking for the teacup stand for a while, so you must have done the dance of joy when you spotted it. Looks like a fun day of treasure hunting.

    Enjoy your goodies!

    Mary Jane

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  9. This is definitely M.E. I have been looking for this exact one for years, I found mine today, I was devastated to see someone had painted it white ;( Now I have to find a way to strip the paint. What a lucky girl you are!

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