" DANCING LILY "

Welcome to the " Dancing Lily "  Cottage . The Green Fairy  greets everyone who visits the studio to browse  and enjoy a cup of tea.  It's been three years since the renovation began . Today, it is my pleasure to share Teatime here in the my Studio Cottage. 

"Oh , What a beautiful morning".... The little finches are frolicking at the  bird  feeders, where they gather for their morning, thistle seed treat. Chippee, the chipmunk is chattering away,  looking for his morning peanut....OOPS sorry I forgot little fellow.

My mother , Grace, thought  that a croissant with a heaping helping of rhubarb jelly and sharp cheddar  would be perfect for a casual  morning tea.  HMMMMM ..... She's getting quite creative with her old age ( Ha Ha) What do you put on your croissants? I prefer lemon curd  on mine !!!

Its so nice to have you joined us for our  morning tea in my newly renovated " Dancing Lily" Cottage.   I've chosen a  very pretty cup and saucer for you, called " Dogwood" by Royal Stafford.

Make yourself comfortable . Things are still alittle sparse in the living room, but I do have a few family pictures up, including my Great - Great Grandparents and my grandfather, Thomas Mitchell, who was a Cameron Highlander.

Here's a nice cup of tea for you. Royal Stafford is definitely a Victorian China ... Look at that elegant gold pedestal on the bottom of the cup. It's very regal indeed ... definately fit for a princess or the lady of the house . Many of these historical tea sets and tablewares can be seen in the  Victoria and Albert Museum in London. However today, it's mom and I rallying over who will drink from which cup. 

I do take , quite a lot of pleasure choosing  my morning teaset ... Don't you !!! Funnily enough, it does seems that most of my  teacups and saucers share a kindred spirit to the colour pink... as if you didn't already know that !!!( Ha Ha)

I just never realized  how many pink tea sets that I owned ... nor that I had painted two houses in mauves, pinks and  greens.

 Then there was my" Fairy Garden ", which was also in mauves, pinks and of course, green.

No matter, I feel calm and relaxed with these mellow auras.  How about you !!!! Looks like I'm a little bit off today, but really, it's the camera.( ha ha)... or is it the floor. One never knows when an old Victorian might be tipsy !!!

This pretty pattern boosts a merry ring of white dogwood blossoms for the tea sipper to admire. It also possesses that wonderful old world charm  that Royal Stafford is famous for. Historically, the company was originally known as Poole Pottery originally based at Cobden Works, Longton, Staffordshire, England.




It was founded in 1873 on Poole Quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving it's factory operations away from the quay in 1990. Production continued on the new site in Sopers Lane until it's closure in 2006.

Recently the pottery production has reopened at it's new factory in Burslem, Staffordshire and the Poole Quay pottery studio and shop has also reopened, where new and exciting design teams offer limited editions and one-off pieces.

It's an exciting revival for this beautiful Victorian heritage based china... but truly, I am delighted that I possess some of the older pieces with their magnificent  floral artwork and generous gold gilding.

Thank You for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed your  peek into my 125 year old cottage studio space, the " Dancing Lily " . Come to visit me again soon, Dear Ladies.I'm off to work on some crazy quilting, which will be our teatime show and  tell next week.

 SWEET TEATIME DREAMS  TO YOU ALL