Victorian Tea Party ~ Tea Time Tuesday

Hi My Sweet Blogging Friends!

WELCOME!

I am join Cielo at The House In the Roses

and also,

Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage Inspirations

for a Tea Party!

Please Visit Cielo today to see the many other

participant in this fun event

going on today, Monday May 10th!

And

 then on Tuesday this will be my Tea Time Post

as I join Sandi and her guests for our

weekly Tea Time Tuesday post.

My Tea Party tribute today is in Honor of my Mom.

 Some 30 years

ago a friend gave her a huge box of dishes.

Now,

these were not just any ordinary dishes...

they were the Johnson Brothers, Rose Chintz pattern.

Of course my momma adored them and me,

well I wasn't quite old enough to appreciate them...

but

as I grew up and began to realized just how sentimental

I was and how much I LOVED roses, I started

to appreciate that shabby box of dishes more and more.

About 6 years ago on my yearly visit to the Seattle, WA

where I grew up and my family still resides...

mom says to me...

"Lorena, I want to give you some of these

Rose Chintz dishes to take home with you!"

SQEAAAALLLLLLL doesn't even begin

to tell you how excited I was.

So....

she began by keeping out a 4 piece place setting for herself

telling me later these would all be mine

and gave me the left overs. 

She knew that I was BIG into ebay then,

and could probably find many pieces to complete

my set.

And that was the beginning of a sweet love affair with

my ROSE CHINTZ collection...

I took those cherished dishes home and

began scouring ebay for pieces.

I also threw in a couple of pictures of a favorite

Bone China Creamer/Sugar set that goes well with my Chintz.

And these darling bird salt/pepper shakers were

my MIL's and also belong to my hubby's grams.

So you see I really am a sentimental gal.

I now have enough for 6-8 place settings and would

like to have a full set of 8 some day.

I'd have to say, if asked, that the

tea cups with their sweet lil flowers inside

and

 the square luncheon plates are my favorites pieces.

I do not as of yet have a Tea Pot

or a

creamer or sugar bowl.

Sigh...Someday....

I also have learned quite a bit about how to read

the labels on Rose Chintz.

So to help you...if you find any with the pinkish/red

imprints on their undersides

 those are some of the 1st

ones made.

Newer pieces produced in the past 10-20 years may have

a black or green imprint on them.

If you have any fun facts or know more

about Rose CHINTZ I'd love to

hear about it!

Thanks for visiting today!

Be sure to also leave comments if you would like

to be entered into my

PINK MYSTERY Giveaway!

Check out my PINK Saturday Post

for all the details!

Blessings...Lorena