More adventures in thrifting … and thrif-tea-ness!

On Saturday, Aunt Jane and I hit up two thrift stores, the Blake House and Goodwill in Carrollton. I didn't find anything I wanted at Goodwill, but the Blake House Thrift Store was a winner. This pretty vintage cutlery holder caught my eye.

 I think the china painting on these old pieces is just so lovely. I did wonder why it was marked "8," though, as I knew it wouldn't cost nearly that much, as I've never paid more than $4 for anything in the store. Maybe it was pricing left over from an estate sale or garage sale?

And when I turned it around, can you believe the monogram I found?

I think it's safe to say this is one of my best thrift store finds of the year so far!

It can happily hold the teaspoons the next time I serve a buffet-style tea!

And in other frugal tea news, Dollar Tree has these two-for-a-dollar calendar sets where you buy the large calendar and get a mini as well.

Now the quality is exactly what you'd expect—which is to say, flimsy and cheap—but I like these small, lightweight calendars to hang on the side of the refrigerator with a sturdy magnet.

And I was happy that my birthday month had a pretty image. If any of you are planning fall or winter teas, it struck me that these might make nice favors or tuck-ins for a bag of goodies, so I just wanted to post an alert so that all the tea lovers can get to them first!