Yellow Roses Teacup

My pretty yellow rose teacup is the one I've picked for today to share with you.  I just love the bright cheery yellow roses that just pop on the cup.  It's fine bone china from England but does not list a name of the pattern.   

I like the curve of the delicate handle and the feel of it in my hand.  I love using it in the Spring and Summer as it just fits well for this time of year.

 I like the mixture of the large and smaller roses on the saucer.  It mirrors the large and small roses on the cup.  This is the other side of the cup with the smaller rose.

                     It just seems to be such a happy tea cup!

This is the place that it sits in my home on this wall shelf
with other tea cups and pretty lovlies and as much
Victorian flavor that I can find!

Of course I have to show you the rose inside the cup which 
welcomes my tea I'm drinking today which is "Constant
Comment" Green.

I just thought the lovely yellow of the Victorian Ladies dress
went very well with the tea cup.

I hope you enjoyed your stay today!!

§§§§§  Sue  §§§§§

Tea Time Tuesday

Lady Katherine's  Tea Parlor

DebbieDoo's Newbie Party 

LACE 

A Delightsome Life

Sweetology
Very Merry Vintage Style Share The Love Wednesday 
Bernideen's Tea Time 

Hot Today

Yes, it was pretty warm today here in

the southwest.  Living in the high desert 
of Arizona you just pretty well expect that 

during the summer time.

Which is why I so look forward to coming

home and grabbing a big class of sweet tea!

I hope you too found a relaxing way
to keep cool today.


Blessings to one and all!


§§§§§§§§§§   Sue   §§§§§§§§§§

Spoiled or Pretty?

We can see an image, a picture, an item or a person

and make the judgment that it is spoiled or 

ugly or not nice.

That is the judgment I used when I saw how

this picture I took turned out.  My flash was

not working so that's the reason for the

blueish tint to the picture.  I thought well I can't use

this one til I noticed how it made the pink of 

the miniature rose stand out.  

I just give you this as something to think about.

How often do we see something/someone and think

SPOILED-BROKEN-UGLY-BAD.

Maybe we just need to look again and find the 

pretty pink mini-rose!

Blessings to one and all!!

§§§§§§§§   Sue  §§§§§§§§

This Is The Day

This is the day that the Lord has made.

I will rejoice and be glad in it!!

So much beauty surrounds us.  It is there 

and all we have to do is look.

 His hand is in everything!

He formed my newest grandson, Teague,

in the womb and brought him forth

to be the newest member of our family.

Taste and know that the Lord

Is Good!!

Blessing to one and all!

§§§§§  Sue  §§§§§

Today I am linking up with:

                                                             

    SOAKING On SON DAY

        Newbie Party

Encouraging Words Wednesday

Women Living Well 

At The Picket Fence - Inspiration Friday

Lamp Shade Make Over

I was in need of a little side table lamp for the room I have been working on to use as my Victorian/Garden room.  On the weekends I usually have my cup of coffee first thing in the morning and use it as my quiet time to pray and read scripture to start off my day on a positive note.

 I found tucked away in the top of a closet a small, pretty ceramic lamp with lots of attacked ceramic flowers.

 To start with I just put one of my hats on top of it for the time being til I found a shade I liked.  I don't have much selection in the small town I live in so I thought maybe I could fix something I wanted myself.  Of course this is not the usual way I go as I'm not that crafty and would just a soon buy what I want.  I did find a simple shade at the local Walmart so thought I would start with that.

I tried it on the lamp and saw it was a bit short as it did not hide the metal part above the ceramic lamp.  So I'm thinking of using tassel to hang down long enough to serve the purpose.  I went to my Mom's (she is 92) to look through her large sewing supplies for something that would work.  I found in her supplies the lace trim that was used on my wedding gown from 1974.  The pretty green, floral lace above was used on my wedding dress and still looked great.  I'm thinking this will work to trim the top and bottom of the shade.

Okay, so I start with measuring and pinning the first lace to the lamp.  Being new at this I'm just kind of feeling my way through this.

 So now I have the idea of what I want but I need the tassel part.  So again I go to Walmart and find something that I like.  While I'm there I find this double sided adhesive tape for craft projects.  I'm sorry I did not think to keep the name of it.  When I saw it I thought that would be a better way to attach the trim to the shade than to sew it on. 

 I now had my tassel trim and proceeded to pin it to the bottom  of the lace trim in preparation to sew the two together.  I had used the two sided adhesive tape and attached the top trim to the shade.  

 I then proceeded to hand sew the tassel trim to the lace trim.

 Now I applied the two sided adhesive tape to the white and green lace trim and pressed it firmly to the lamp shade.

My finished project turned out quite well I think.

You can see the tassels hang down far enough

to cove the medal shaft above the

ceramic base of the lamp.

And I think it is very Victorian looking so fits with

the decor of the room.

 It makes my little corner a very 

delightful place to enjoy my coffee and tea.

And a good place to have my quiet time with the 

Lord.

Now my Victorian/Garden room has another piece

added to it that helps to pull it all together.  It 

gives me an enjoyable room that I have had

fun working on.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my quiet place

and seeing my first project of this kind with

my cute Victorian lamp shade.

Blessings to you one and all!!

Today I am linking with:  Between Naps on the Porch -  Met. Monday
                                        Debbiedoos -  Newbie Party
                                        Savvy Southern Style - Wow Us Wednesday 

§§§§§  Sue   §§§§§

Who Shall Separate Us..........

.........from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation,or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ...I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities  nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth,nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of  God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Get wisdom! Get understanding!  

Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.  Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you.  Love her, and she will keep you.

You will keep him in perfect peace, 

Whose mind is stayed on You,

Because he trusts in You.

Trust in the Lord forever,

For in the Lord, is everlasting strength.

Blessing to you one and all!!!

Sharing to day with:    Spiritual Sundays

                                                   
                           Women Living Well Wednesday

                                                 

Soaking On SONday 

Encouraging Words Wednesday 

§§§§§   Sue  §§§§§