More Tea Party Treasures

Okay, I admit that I've become just a trifle obsessed with tea party things. My daughter calls them my "happy plates". She says that whenever I'm feeling out of sorts all someone has to do is hand me one of my pretty tea party plates and I get all happy again. It's therapy for me, I suppose.

If you're in need of a little therapy yourself just recline and release all your troubles as I take you on a little tour of my latest tea party finds. And while you're relaxing and looking at my "happy plates" help me think of where I'm going to store all of these little pretties. Boxes on the bedroom floor just isn't cutting it.

Let's start the session properly. "Hello, my name is Bonita and I'm a tea party stuffaholic." There, I feel better already. Now, let's get on to the good stuff!

I have a new acquaintance at church that I'm determined will be my friend. She's gentle and kind- and she's from England! She takes afternoon tea! I'm bound and determined that we will take tea together one of these days! She told me that she often finds tea party things at TJ Maxx so off I went on a quest. I found this beautfiul Spode platter which goes by the title "British flowers- Poppy". It was on the clearance table for $5.00.

They also had some Spode bowls that had blue backgrounds and black designs, same pattern, as well as pink rimmed plates with the same black design. It was hard, but I passed on those. But I didn't pass on this little teapot. It isn't Spode. In fact, I don't think you're actually supposed to use it and I probably wouldn't have bought it if I'd realized that in the store. However, it's cute and the trim around the top is almost the same as on my Spode platter. I think the two of them together have a sort of Oriental feel.

Yesterday I stopped by a yard sale on the next street over. They weren't actually open for business yet and were still unpacking, but I found several things I wanted to buy and, naturally, they weren't going to turn me down when I was waving cash in front of their faces. I looked up and saw a woman unpacking this beautiful set of dishes that looked perfect for a tea party.

The little plates have a rim where you sit your saucer. They will go well with my teapot with pale flowers on it that I showed off in another post. My daughter was all over that cake platter as she's been wanting one for a while.

A few days ago I returned to the department store where I had found two beautiful tea sets. You can click here to go to that post. I had my eye on Johnson Bros castle series in red. They had a tea set that included the teapot, four cups and saucers, as well as the cream and sugar containers. It was on sale and I had a coupon for 15% off. But when I asked to see the actual teapot, I just wasn't all that thrilled with it, at least not thrilled enough to warrant the price. Plus, the set didn't include plates. I decided to look around a bit and visit the most expensive store in the mall "just to look" at their tea sets, but I wasn't expecting to be able to afford anything there. Surprise! They had a clearance table set up and lookie what I found on it!

Johnson Bros castles series in red! I got that beautiful little set up for two, minus one saucer for 75% off!! I went back to the other store and got the extra saucer for 50% off + my 15% off coupon. I never got the teapot because I'll either just get a cream colored one sometime or maybe I'll find it at deep discount at a later date.

I also got this pretty Nikko china plate for a whopping $1.38 to start an eclectic selection of tea party items. I don't know if you can see the rim, but I thought the design was so understated and pretty.

I hope looking at all of these beautiful tnings makes you feel happy. It has lifted my spirits just sharing them with you!