New on Pinterest: Tea for Two

Tea parties, high tea, afternoon tea, tea service, and tea time all conjure up images of days gone by and ladies in fabulous hats. At Bumbershoot Designs and Supplies, tea is our lifeblood. In our latest Pinterest board "Tea for Two" we've pulled together some of our favorite vintage (and vintage inspired) images that involve tea!

Check these out:

 

Source: keepcalmtea.tumblr.com via Bumbershoot Designs & Supplies on Pinterest

Source: famouspeopledrinkingtea.tumblr.com via Bumbershoot Designs & Supplies on Pinterest

Source: missheatherette.tumblr.com via Bumbershoot Designs & Supplies on Pinterest

 

Three Muses. A Nice Cup of Tea

This is my first ever posting for the challenge blog Three Muses. I absolutely had to create for this theme since tea is so very, very important to me.  We live in Seattle, home of Starbucks, and there is no coffee in our house. None. Nada. Zip. Only tea.  And only the good stuff...

For this 6x6 inch art quilt, I've used tea stained fabric, overstamped with a beautiful teacup stamp from Stampington, a strip of my hand dyed fabric, used tea tags, ribbon that I trimmed to mimic tea leaves, teacup and teapot buttons.  And one bit of vintage: the celluloid carved roses with vintage brass headpins in their centres.

Vintage Children. Art Creations Friday

This is the first time I've participated in Art Creations Friday.  I could not resist these two beautiful children, especially as the image is French and I have been working with some recently purchased antique French seed package labels. 

This is a tea stained tag, with stamps and rubons, over which are laid a copy of one of my French seed packet labels, trimmed around the flowers.  Also stitched, and embellished with vintage French ribbon (from 1943) and vintage flower cabochons.