Pretty Shamrock Teacup Gift

When I first started blogging the very first person

 who took it from my merely blogging

 to actually making a real friendship for me

was a sweet gal named Monica from the blog Texas Fiesta Fan!

(She collects Fiesta Ware and has an amazing collection!)

Out of the blue she sent me this INCREDIBLE shamrock teacup.

I am still stunned- not only by the beauty

 of this wonderful teacup-

 but of the generous nature of Monica.

It truly is a masterpiece.

She knew I would love it and cherish it.

She knew what it would mean to me.

And she was and IS so right!

So every single year when I get out my shamrock pretties

to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style

 I shall think of Monica,

 the sweet blogger who brought me such pleasure

 with her unexpected random act of kindness.

If you can, please visit her blog and wish her a  

Happy St.Patrick's Day!

Proudly made in the good ole US of A!

Thanks, Monica, You really are a true sweetheart.

As always, thank you for visiting!

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Teacup Tuesday  *  WOW Us Wednesdays   *  Primp Your Stuff

Share Your Cup  *  Friends Sharing Tea   *  Simple Sweet Fridays

Wonderful Metal Baskets!

A nice collection of metal baskets

For sale here.

 ~~~~for sale~~~~

For sale here.





at the Finch Rest Emporium!

For sale here.







Baskets for holding magazines,
 towels and lots of whatnots!

For sale here.




Baskets for holding crafts or toys even!

For sale here.




Baskets for holding fruit!

Or biscuits!

For sale here.

Simple, fancy, shabby or new:

The Finch Rest Emporium

has something for you!

For sale here.



Springtime baskets for holding plants!

Eastertime and Mother's Day, too!

For sale here.

For sale here.




Please visit the Emporium and enjoy a
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Offer applies to any reader who
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AS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR VISITING!

♥

~Michele

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Linking:

Blog Shop Linky Party

Old Footed Tea Cup

I love footed teacups.

This one has the prettiest pink rose

 hand painted on the inside.

And a nice soft rainbow-of-colour

 luminescent glaze wash on it, too.

Footed teacups are certainly getting more

 and more difficult to find these days.

As always, thank you for your visit!

Have a wonderful weekend.

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Pink Saturday  *  Saturday Show Off    *   Antiques and Teacups

Return to Loveliness  *  Make Pretty 

Country Farmhouse Centerpiece

I don't exactly live in a country farmhouse

 but I sure love how they look sometimes!

I am not completely surrounded  by shabby/chippy

but really like little bits of it.....

not completely surrounded by too much sweet

 girlie French style, or too many

antiques or Mediterranean style

and don't "overdo" any specific style or trend.

I am not exactly "true" to any one specific style-

 Yikes!

 Shame on me for being so fickle!

Today I share some simple "Country Farmhouse"

 charm with an easy centerpiece put together 

for my kitchen table in about a blink of an eye. 

I shopped the house for a couple items  

and threw it together and really like how it turned out!

(Sometimes less-is-more.)

Some kind of base to pull it all together: Check.

Fresh flowers? Check.

Groupings of three with staggering height: Check.

Every item used here was thrift found....except for the pretty flowers.

They were a get-well gift from my eldest daughter

 almost THREE weeks ago - and are still living!

The way to keep cut flowers alive longer? 
Change the water daily and make certain no leaves are
under the water level - that breeds rot fast and takes away the
life of your cut flowers!

Whenever possible use flower saver packets....
and if you don't have those, 
use one or two tiny droplets of bleach.

(Also be sure to ask for extra flower saver packets when you do buy flowers - the clerk is usually happy to oblige you!)

When you do use a flower saver packet
 don't use the entire pack -
 use about a 3rd of it so it stretches farther!

Then you always have enough for the life
 of your cut florals to be able to change up the water daily.

As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Tutorials Tips & Tidbits 

Open House

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Feathered Nest Friday

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Simple and Sweet Fridays

Finch Rest Emporium

Every Wednesday Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound

hosts a BlOG SALE linky party.

It's a forum to showcase something you wish to sell:

 a collection you wish to wittle down, something you

 no longer need or use-

Etsy, Ebay, online shoppes, etc.

 Anything goes. 

You just feature it and link up!

As always you shall

always find The Finch Rest Emporium store 

as a clicky link on my sidebar over there as well --->

Today for your consideration in my shop you may find some Frenchie romantic shabby items to go perfectly with your style.

This cute cherub wall shelf here.

This cute cherub crackle glazed frame here.

This vintage silverplated candleabra here.

From today till midnight Feb. 26th

my readers please take 10% off

 purchase price of

any Finch Rest Emporium items!

(After shopping pls. write me and let me know to invoice you with the discount before paying.)

Thanks for your visit today!

♥

~Michele


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Whites Card Party - February

Card Party Time!


Pick 4 of your fav pics from past posts
that you think would make awesome
note cards.....and share at the link party!

I decided to pick 4 white themed
that could represent each season:




SPRING

Pretty lace and new shoes
 for Easter Morning Church Service
and lovely tea parties!

SUMMER


Gathering shells at the seashore!

AUTUMN

Anniversary flowers.............

(These pretties are made of paper.)

Winter

Glistening snowfall and sparkling ice!

Linking:

Vee's Card Party

Blissful Whites Wednesday

Purple Floral China - wordless

For today I am sharing a small look

 at a few pretty purple things from our nest.

Very old Bavarian

Colclough

Paragon

Little Hammersley creamer on bottle rung

Linking:

Mosaic Monday

Return To Loveliness

Tea Time Tuesday

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Tea Cup Tuesday
(Terri)

Tea Cup Tuesday
(Martha)

Friends Sharing Tea

My Pretty Pink Valentine Gift

My husband never fails to charm. He is my True Prince.

Not only has he earned lots more feathers

 for his "Wings" while taking such

good care of me while I recover.....

.....he has just been great company and

very sweet, too.

Look at this beautiful rose quartz heart-shaped necklace

 he gave me for St. Valentine's Day!

And a pretty rose-scented heart shaped soap on

a signed hand painted dish looks so pretty.

This pretty shell "ornament" my dear tea friend

 Dawn gave me a while back and looks great hanging

 around the neck of my stone bird sculpture!

Here is the vignette all together -  softened & lightened up.

As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Pink Saturday

Saturday Show Off

Mosaic Monday

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

From one bird to another -

Hope your day is filled with love!

1 John 3:18

Little children, let us not love

in word or talk, but in deed and in truth.

Have a wonderful day!

♥

~Michele

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Valentine's Dessert Tea

Most of you know I have been "convalescing."

This means a strict rule of no

 lifting, bending, moving, stooping,
not too much sitting....

 and absolutely no playing with dishes!

Of course this also means no entertaining!

So without further ado I am sharing some old photos

that most of you  have probably never seen 

 (made a bit nicer with new editing sortware.)


Because the doctor said NOTHING about my not
playing with pics!!

These are rose scented soap flakes
 given as a favor at that tea.

I always try to save a favor for myself when possible.

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous;

love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly;

it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,

does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails...But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7,13

 I love this pink and grey china. 
It's not antique - I would venture to guess it's 
from the 1960s.

Sorry I can't go downstairs to tell you who makes it.

I initially purchased the set to sell in my store
 but since have never wanted to part with it.


(I need to work on that, it's getting ridiculous!)

Here's that heart-shaped server again. 

I didn't know till I started that I would be
working on this post today or I would've saved it
for this post instead.

I did want to show more of the table
with the pink glass goblets and plates
and a tiny bit of the pink tea cozy in the background.

Sometimes the easiest way to host a tea party
 is to simply make it a dessert tea in the early afternoon.

Your guests would have already had their lunch.

And when they come for sweet sugary refreshments
 it won't spoil their appetites for dinner later in the evening.

It's also easier on YOU the hostess because
 there is half the prep work, time and cost involved -
 and it is a GREAT way to start having teas if you are new at it!

(Practice makes perfect!)

If you host a dessert tea most everything may be made
 ahead of time - freeing you up
 to be a very calm, relaxed and gracious hostess.

HAPPY FAT TUESDAY
MARDI GRAS!

As always, thank you for visiting.

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Tea Time Tuesday

Teacup Tuesday

Friends Sharing Tea

Let's Dish

Tablescape Thursday