Finch Rest Emporium - Blog Shop

I just listed this sweet hand painted antique tea set in my shop.

It's signed by the artist F. Cooper and dated 1914.

It is shaped in the "rage" popularity of the time, Art Deco style.

It's just waiting for the perfectly right owner.

The hand painted pink roses are just SO SWEET!

I have a great deal of items to list so check back often -

 many of them are tea related

Thanks for taking the time to visit and browse the shop, too.





Have a truly blessed day!

♥

~Michele

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Lilacs, Chintz Teapot & The Grand Union Tea Company

I have the most fragrant 4 lilac bushes

 wafting their intoxicating scent all through the house!

With this amazing warm breeze blowing today

I am finding it difficult to concentrate-

all I want to do is daydream!

I am truly thankful for our yard and our plants and trees.

Here's a pic of a smaller lilac bush we transplanted

 from the big garden to put in the tree line of

the back yard. I was worried it wouldn't make it,

 but they are truly hardy and it DID!

I wanted it moved because it was growing so fast and large

that it wasn't leaving room for the roses where it was originally.

By the way - a fairly sad thing: 
our neighbors chopped down

 their huge lilac bush yesterday. 

They didn't even wait for it to finish it's lovely blooming time.

(We really felt a disturbance in The Force when it was gone.)

This is a treasured vintage Arthur Wood chintz teapot.

I think the colours in it are so pretty.

One little spray branch of lilac fits perfectly

in an old sweet vintage tonic bottle.

And this bottle is extra special because it is from the

GRAND UNION TEA COMPANY!

A little about the history of Grand Union Tea Company:

Cyrus, Frank, and Charles Jones founded what was to become Grand Union in 1872.
 They called the business the Jones Brothers Tea Co., starting with one store in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the shelves were stocked with coffee, tea, spices, baking powder, and flavoring extracts. 

The brothers expanded the business steadily, branching out with new stores in eastern Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York. By the time it built its headquarters and warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, the company was known as the Grand Union Tea Co.

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As always, thanks for your visit!

Have a wonderful week!

Prayers go out to Oklahoma!

♥

Michele

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Red Teatime in the Garden

Oh, finally a pretty spring day here!

It's a bright and cheerful day

 and perfect for my first teatime outdoors!

My Royal Albert red roses tea today is inspired

 by two wonderful gifts  from my husband

 for Mother's Day:

A red Gerbera potted daisy plant and raspberry cheesecake!

From there I grabbed a straw hat

 that I embellished last year

 with red flowers and a pretty red toile ribbon.

I just had to grab a pretty red roses sugar cube.

(Though I've shown you them before.)

I absolutely adore fancy sugar cubes 

and almost always have them on hand

 in all sorts of different designs and colours.

It's nice to keep pretty things around,

as we never know who may pop over for tea!

It looks right and happily situated on my golden fork.

I normally don't sweeten my teas so it's there for show only.

It sure is nice that the cold rain finally stopped

and I could come outside to enjoy tea time today.

The garden is coming to life again- the purple phlox is blooming.

I missed the yellow and purple iris because it bloomed then rained for three days, and now it all spent before I could share.

But rain is a blessing, and necessary, so I shan't complain.

Yes, it all started with a sweet red Gerbera daisy plant,

sitting on an old thrift store wicker table

with a lush green background on a pretty spring day.

Thanks for joining me for tea today.

Be sure to visit all the linky parties below

 for many lovely and inspirational tea times!

Especially visit Return to Loveliness
for Kathy's Downton Abbey tea post!

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Tea Time Tuesday  * Tea in the Garden  * Teacup Tuesday - Terri

Teacup Tuesday - Martha  * Outdoor Wednesday  *  Homework Wednesday

Share Your Cup  * Simple and Sweet Fridays  * Tablescape Thursday

Happy Mother's Day 2013

Happy Mother's Day!

“God’s Helpers” by George W. Wiseman

God could not be in every place

With loving hands to help erase

The teardrops from each baby’s face,

And so He thought of mother.

He could not send us here alone

And leave us to a fate unknown;

Without providing for His own,

The outstretched arms of mother.

God could not watch us night and day

And kneel beside our crib to pray,

Or kiss our little aches away;

And so He sent us mother.

And when our childhood days began,

He simply could not take command.

That’s why He placed our tiny hand

Securely into mother’s.

The days of youth slipped quickly by,

Life’s sun rose higher in the sky.

Full grown were we, yet ever nigh

To love us still, was mother.

And when life’s span of years shall end,

I know that God will gladly send,

To welcome home her child again,

That ever-faithful mother.

Wishing any mothers, step-mothers, grandmothers, godmothers or mother figures a wonderful day

 filled with joy and love.

♥

Michele

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Pink Saturday

Blue Monday Mosaic at the Emporium

Another week is upon us already - time sure flies.

Here we are in May already, nearly a week!

We had perfect weather all weekend -

 which was so nice for many around here!

We had our women's club Ladies Brunch

 at the local country club, there were many proms;

and of course it was perfect weather for Derby Day festivities!

But today the yuck is creeping back in-

 it's grey and rainy and gloomy

and is giving me the blues....

but not all blues are bad!

I'm heading on over to Smiling Sally's blog linky party

 for BLUE MONDAY!

For my part I am sharing a blue collage today

of cute blue things things that are

 for sale, have sold or shall be sold

in my shop called Finch Rest Emporium.

I absolutely love the color blue

 but don't have any blue decor at the nest.

Blue always sells quickly at the shop,

 so when I find awesome blue treasures 

 I know to grab it fast!

I admire & respect the colour saavy lovers out there!

You have such charisma and flair!

I have about a million (or so it seems) things to list in the shop.

It just takes time I haven't seem to have had lately!

So please keep checking back for new things to appear!

Use discount code FRE050613 when corresponding about discount.
This coupon expires 05/13/13.

CLICK IMAGE BELOW TO GO TO SHOP!

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful and blessed week!

♥

~Michele

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Wall Vignette; Faith and Birds

Happy Beautiful Sunday, everyone!

I hope your weekend has been wonderful!

Today I share a pic of a simple wall vignette in a guest room.

 This little shelf changes way too often.

It made me think of the poem below, one for Sunday Devotional:

The bird who is afraid, FAITH that is SO important to us
and the sky and lake as a beautiful place to soar
 once we  lose our fear to fly......

God's Flight

By Heather Flood

On the ground sits a bird
that's too afraid to fly.
Beautiful wings could make it soar,
but the pain of past failure is it's lonesome cry.

God has said unto this bird,
"Trust and have faith in me,
for I will carry you in your flight.
The miracle of life is waiting for you to see."

The bird said to God, "But I can't fly.
I am weak. I will fall and feel pain
It's happened before when I tried to fly.
I'm afraid of being hurt again."

His voice soft and reassuring, God said to the bird,
I created you, and I will protect you.
Your lonesome cry I have heard.
Have faith in me. That's all you need to do.

So, stand up, bird, and spread your wings.
The wings I lovingly created to let you fly.
If you fall I'll pick you up,
and lift you back into the sky."

With trembling legs and unsure wings
the bird finally looked to the sky.
It took a deep breath, and took the chance.
The bird began to fly.

"Thank you, God, for believing in me.
Thank you for giving me wings.
Thank you for your protecting hands.
Your glory I will now sing."

God smiled unto the bird
in its majestic flight.
"Little bird, I'll always be with you,
and will protect you with all my might.

You may stumble. You may fall.
That doesn't mean that I don't care.
I will watch over you, in case you need help,
and then I'll be right there."

The little bird, once so scared,
learned to soar to new heights.
The occasional fall no longer scared the bird,
choosing to have faith in Gods flight.

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As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

Pink Vintage Roses Tea & Giveaway Winner!

There's something about the spring

 that just brings out the "girlie" in me.

It's the perfect time to grab pretty things

such as soft pink roses china for tea time!

Tea time is so much more than simply sipping tea.

As important as a perfectly brewed quality tea is, to me,

 it is equally important to make it a special event now and then.....

even if it is just for me alone.

Tea always seems to taste better

 when sipped from a beautiful teacup, don't you agree?

Today I enjoyed a brisk black tea

 and brownie bites with a dark chocolate frosting

 and a sweet fresh raspberry on top!

(And no, I did NOT eat all three!)

The teacup is an old Austrian roses swag set -

 very precious, delicate and thin.

The plate the brownies are sitting on

 is vintage Bavarian - love the edges of that plate.

The silk floral arrangement in the background
is one I made from a lone saucer-less teacup.

That little hat was a favor/memento

 from a tea I attended last year.

The yellow in the hat picks up the barely-showing

yellow roses on the snack plate!

The background is a rose fabric photo/bulletin board

and the china birdhouse is a favorite of mine.

It's nice to get the spring floral things back out again -

opening the boxes is like Christmas all over again!

And what you have all been waiting for.....

drum roll, please....

Announcing the giveaway winner

of this sweet little china teapot trinket box:

Congrats goes out to JAMIE

who wrote:

"Purple is my fav color, and I do collect
 pretty tea items.
It is really beautiful, and I have just
 the space for it...Yay


Jamie, be sure to write me asap with your email
 and street address so I can send this to you asap!


As always, thank you all for your visit today!


♥

~Michele

Linking:

Tea Time Tuesday *  Tea with Friends  * Teacup Tuesday - Terri

Teacup Tuesday - Martha  * You're Gonna Love It 

Return to Loveliness *  Share Your Cup   * Tablescape Thursday