Tatting Tea Tuesday 11/10/09

Last week I was following links related to my interest in embroidery. I know I've mentioned a few times that I was itchin' to sew or to embroider. I'm not sure why as I'm not particularly skilled at embroidery but I SO want to be!

I had followed a link on Needlework News at Craft Gossip to Mimi Kirchner's doll blog. She featured a post about Salley Mavor and her stitched illustrations which are beautifully done. What led me to explore more on Mimi's blog was that I just happened to catch sight of her "tiny worlds", miniature landscapes in a teacup!

Wouldn't it be fun to think up tatted embellishments for a teacup landscape? I can imagine Martha's little tatted teaset fitting on this perfectly, can't you?


Aren't they adorable? You can see more of her work in her Etsy shop which is here!

I forgot I bought this cup & saucer with a gold spoon a few weeks ago! I'd just posted a TTT post and thought I would save it for the following week and then I forgot! Yep, it's a thrift shop find and I got 15% off to boot because I'm a "senior". LOL! I never remember to ask for a discount but the lady before me did so I asked how old you have to be to get it. She said she thought it was 57 and before she even said the number I told her I was 60. Her eyes got big and she said, "You look good!" Well, that certainly perked up my day! I don't generally talk much about age because I think we condition ourselves to believe in aging in detrimental ways so I just avoid the conversations.

Well, time to find some scones and sit back and tat!