Tea Cups ♥

The girls and I have over the last couple of years started to collect tea cups for ourselves.
I must admit for many years I have loved the idea of building up a collection of beautiful teacups
We try to have some special time getting out the tea cups an enjoy the specialness of this time together.

When Autumn got her tea cup initially we simply put it in our cabinet with other special pieces of  glassware etc. Over time as we have built up our  collection over birthdays and Christmas we just added them to the cabinet. we also have Anna-Lisa's kept here too that we gave her for her 16th Birthday as well as the one Bernadette has left here for special times.

I have always wanted to have the tea cups in this buffet and hutch very much like Emile Barnes describes in her books. It was one of those "I really want to do this but I only ever remember when I have about a thousand things to do." However I have a very special daughter who also liked the idea as well who when I asked her if she would do this was more than happy to make the change for me.

So here we have our special tea cups in our lovely buffet and hutch that I can see each time a I am working in the kitchen (which is quite a lot of the time really) and treasure the memories we create with these tea cups!

And as an added bonus I got the buffet and hutch tidied up too!!

Blessings to you and your homes,
 

Tea Time.......love it!

Over the years I have had the comments about not going out for coffee and cake at a coffee shop, and how sad this was for me to miss out on, due to my full time commitment to being home with our children. However I have never thought this a great loss and I think the cakes, deserts and coffee are often overrated (and over priced) compared to what we produce at home.

However I do enjoy spending time with our girls  (and our boys when they are interested) over coffee and tea companionship together. This week however we were blessed with a little more specialness in our tea time treat.

On Saturday afternoon the girls and I had the privilege of having Bernadette over for  a girls Tea Time together.
Bernadette has been wanting to participate in our Orchard House Circle, which sadly we haven't been having lately, for some time.

As Bernadette works during the day and evenings are difficult we decided on Saturday afternoon to have this girly time together.

 

Stephen together with Saxon and Rogan took our little ones out on an outing to the playground with a  McDonald's ice cream for a treat.
We had the most wonderful time!!

We each of us worked on various projects we have been doing.
Bernadette was knitting some surprise booties for a special little guest arriving soon.
I worked on my crocheting of granny squares and my embroidered singlets.
Autumn was working on her knitted scarf
Eden worked on her embroidered table runner
Vellvin was casting off her knitting. She is a beginner knitter and after me casting on 25 stitches she managed to add another 100 stitches!!!!!!!

We had made some delectable goodies to eat as well.

Vanilla cake with cream and strawberries
Cucumber sandwiches with cream cheese or mayonnaise
A custard tart .......bought I am afraid

Of course we had a most entertaining time talking about this and that and just   spending the time un-interrupted by our most adoring little ones.

These are the days that I cherish, spending time with those I love and care about. Sharing the process of depending relationships with those who are like minded.

I especially love the relationship I have with our daughters as they grow and mature. The emerging, more adult relationship as they continue to spend time developing skills and communication with me.

Is there anything more special than this in the role of a mother?

Blessings to you and your homes,