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My Tea Time Shelves

May 27, 2014 By Meegan 9 Comments

Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a wonderful and memorable Memorial Day. It was very quiet around our home, but we enjoyed it nonetheless.

I am looking forward to sharing My Tea Time Shelves with you today. My shelves are one of my favorite areas in our home.  I like to change them out for the seasons and holidays. Most recently I have enjoyed using my thrifted tea cups and saucers all around our home as decor.  This is one more way for me to display and share what I love, along with using some vintage items I own.

My Tea Time Shelves

This is is one more way for me to display and share what I love, along with using some vintage items I own.

I filled the bottom shelf with stacked tea cups and saucers, as is the hanging plate.  Hanging plate can be as simple as adding hot glue to the back.  Like I did here. The left side happens to be all thrifted items.

My Tea Time Shelves

 And the right side were all gifts from my Grandma’s own collection. I did not plan the set up that way.  It just happened.

My Tea Time Shelves

The silver spoons on the right were wedding gifts to Hubby and me. I like leaving the vintage spoon tarnished, as to show the age and use.  To me it adds character.

My Tea Time Shelves

The top shelf has some of my favorite pieces. The tiny, almost red tea cups were handmade by my grandma.

My Tea Time Shelves

 As were the tiny tea bag saucers.  She made them to match her Desert Rose Franciscan Ware.

I made a vintage dictionary book page wreath, just for My Tea Time Shelves. The middle is shredded dictionary pages. You can see how I made my first book page wreath right here.

The frame was a gift from a friend.  Her boss was redecorating their office and was going to throw it out. Using a little paint and sandpaper, the frame was a perfect fit for my book page wreath, don’t you think???

My Tea Time Shelves

I like how it looks like a real flower in the center.

My Tea Time Shelves

 My view from our living room.

My Tea Time Shelves

 And this final view is what I see when I am in the kitchen cooking and/or doing the dishes.

My Tea Time Shelves

My Tea Time Shelves are a focal point in our home.  Filling them with pretty dishes makes me smile, as I share them with all who visit and enter our home.  What vintage items do you like to share with visitors in your home?

It was nice to have you here today. I hope you were inspired today.

Make it a terrific Tuesday!

aname3

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Filed Under: Spring, thrifting, vintage, wreath Tagged With: shelves, Spring, Thrifting, vintage, wreath

Comments

  1. Serretta Barlow says

    May 27, 2014 at 10:07 AM

    Those came out awesome! Love looking at all of the different dishes!

    Reply
  2. Crystal says

    May 27, 2014 at 7:33 PM

    Beautiful tea cups and dishes. Beautiful!!

    Reply
  3. Angelique says

    May 28, 2014 at 6:18 AM

    Lovely. Currently all of my teacups are in storage–this makes me miss them, but in a good way.

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      May 29, 2014 at 7:36 AM

      Thanks Angelique. Maybe you should get a few out just for fun…
      Have a great day.

      Reply
  4. Emily says

    May 28, 2014 at 7:42 AM

    so pretty! I love all the details!

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      May 29, 2014 at 7:35 AM

      Thanks so much Emily. You are a sweetie.

      Reply
  5. Just Cats says

    May 28, 2014 at 5:56 PM

    Hi Meegan – just popping in from Brenda’s blog to enjoy a look at your pretty shelves full of tea-time delights. I love vintage tea cups and pottery and am so intrigued with your grandmother’s tea-cups. Was she a potter in her day? They are beautiful and a wonderful treasure to have. Your blog is lovely.I’ll be by again. Deb (Ontario, Canada)

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    • Meegan says

      May 29, 2014 at 7:34 AM

      Thanksd for stopping by DEb. My grandma was not a potter, but she did a lot of work with ceramics. I am so happy you came by. I hope that happens often :)

      Reply
  6. Robin All Things Heart and Home says

    June 2, 2014 at 12:41 PM

    I love love love your eye for design! Everything on those shelves and that beautiful book page wreath work flawlessly together! Thanks so much for inspiring me at Twirl and Take a Bow! ox

    Reply

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