Some tea wares get a new home — mine!

 

A few weeks ago, I got a call from Maxine, a lovely local lady I've known for many years, and she is now downsizing. She needed to get rid of some teapots and was planning a garage sale, and she wondered if I'd like to come take a look first. You bet I did, and one of the first ones I spotted was this decorative Old Country Roses teapot. It's not for food use, but since OCR is the pattern my mother collected, I had to have it.

And I've gotten to where I can spot a Sadler teapot from a mile away, so these two pretty ones caught my eye. As it turns out, I'll be helping my Sunday school class host a bridal tea next month, and guess what I'll be using? These colors are so soft and pretty that I know they'll work beautifully with the decor.

I thought this rose-strewn Japanese teapot was lovely as well. It's supposed to be musical, and even though the music box doesn't work (and I may try to figure out how to have that restored), I liked the teapot just fine on its own. And all of the teapots were just $10 each, so I was quite happy about that!

While I was at the table with all the teapots (she had dozens, so I showed much restraint), Maxine motioned behind me to ask whether I'd ever seen a tea-themed tree. Why yes, I said, and are you selling that? She told me that if I wouldn't make her dust them first, she'd sell the tree with all 25 ornaments for just $20, so yeah, that tree was going home with me. And I *happened* to have that collapsible black tote in my trunk for just such a purpose!

It was an instant upgrade to my ornament collection (I think only one of these is a duplicate to the hundred plus I already own!), so I can't wait to fill out my Christmas tree this year! And speaking of Christmas, did you know that June 25 was "Leon Day"? That's a new term to me, but I learned that collectors and crafters celebrate Leon Day ("Leon" is "Noel" spelled backward) as a benchmark for getting ready for Christmas, which on that day is six months away. Who knew?