One of the changes we made when we cleaned out the girls' room was to move their teacup collection. Husband's mom has been giving all of her granddaughters a teacup every year for their birthday since they were very little. I used to have them displayed hanging on a diamond patterned wall in their room. They have been on a shelf in the closet since an unfortunate door slam lessened their numbers (only by one, thank goodness!). When we relocated them to a more convenient cabinet near the kitchen, we decided to choose a few to set out and display over the kitchen sink. Since they are growing up (sniff, sniff) and proving themselves to be more responsible they chose one to use for each season when they feel like having a cup of tea or hot chocolate. The Mary Englebreit teacups in the middle said S-P-R-I-N-G to them. Me too!
P.S. Don't you love the fire extinguisher in the far corner of my window box? I think it adds that little something extra to the picture. Hah!
Those are beautiful! What a treasure they'll have when they grou up.
ReplyDeleteActually...I didn't notice the fire extinguisher....but I did notice the clean windows! I'm such a bad housekeeper!
ReplyDeleteThose teacups are very special. They sound like very special girls.
What a great keepsake!
That's a wonderful gift idea. The teacups are beautiful. It must make you all smile when you look through that window.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. That's a perfect idea for little girls.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty kitchen windowsill. I often sigh at the state of mine. It is smallish and I think it needs a make-over! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a thoughtful grandmother your girls have! :)
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteWe are blessed by two very thoughtful grandmothers! The teacups come from Husband's mom and my mom gives them charms to add to their charm bracelets. Charms and teacups are just delightful to little girls!
it is hard to know when to put stuff like that away because they might get broken-but then again-i know children really treasure using "special" things-at least mine do-in fact they insist!
ReplyDeletei sure like that red one-it matches the fire extinguisher perfectly! =)
What an excellent tradition from their Grandmother!
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling decoration! And such thoughtful gift ideas—teacups and charms—so much better than toys, I think, real treasures that will last a lifetime!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful and special!
ReplyDeleteOH how I love teacups!!I esp love the MAry Engelbreit teacups and saucers!! I'll have to pull mine out as they make me think of spring too! We like to put flowers in the cute spring teacups too!
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