Teacup Tuesdays Giveaway is Here!

 Teacup Tuesdays Giveaway

Each Tuesday in March, The Pink Rose Cottage is giving you the opportunity to win a beautiful vintage teacup or set of elegant vintage tea spoons! 

 

Entering is easy to do:
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Four ways to enter, four ways to win!

The Prizes

Trimont China

Crown Staffordshire

1918 Rogers Louvain Tea Spoons

Royal Albert Old Country Roses

Winners must be residents of the United States or Canada.

Winners will be selected by a random number generator.

A months worth of giveaways ~ a great way to end the winter! Visit our Teacup Tuesdays page.

February in Pennsylvania

It’s hard to believe it’s February here in beautiful Pennsylvania! Usually we have at the very least a few inches of snow by this time of the year. But it’s relatively warm and oh so sunny. A perfect day for drying vintage tablecloths!

The big pink and white block tablecloth is a Wilendur. It is that wonderful cotton that Wilendur is so famous for. I'll use it layered with another pink Wilendur. Probably the Princess Rose or the Clover.

I haven't identified the next two as of yet. I just love pink roses with blue. And the cheery flowers in little pots make me smile!

The next one is a Startex. I adore the ruffle and the red bows. It will look great with red Fiestaware.

The towels are sweet too. A Startex cherry, a Wilendur, and two other unidentified patterns.


Now that all my vintage linens are crisp and dry, they smell so good! Keeping my fingers crossed for more wonderful February weather!

Teacup Tuesdays Time Again!

Who doesn't love a beautiful teacup? Teacups provide a relaxing moment in an elegant and traditional way. Not to mention how gorgeous they are to display!

Salisbury Teacup and Sauce with Pink Rose

It's been almost a year since The Pink Rose Cottage hosted Teacup Tuesdays. I've had many requests for another one. And I agree!  It's time to bring back Teacup Tuesdays Giveaway!

Each Tuesday in March  The Pink Rose Cottage will be giving away a charming teacup or tea related items (to be announced).

Want to be a lucky winner? It's easy to do! Subscribe to The Pink Rose Cottage Newsletter. That's one entry.

Follow this blog. Use the "Join this site" button on the left. That's your second entry. For your third entry, sign up for The Blog notification emails. So quick and easy to enter!

Vintage Aynsley Teacup and Saucer

Winners must be a resident of the United States or Canada. More details to follow very soon. Good luck!

McCoy is for the Birds!

This little bird on a flower by McCoy is my favorite weekend find. It's an ashtray, but I love it anyhow.

  

I've had this McCoy birdbath for awhile. I've seen it called a flower frog and a vase. It's more like a vase to me.  I can't wait for the summer to have a full bloom pink rose our of my garden to put in it. But even empty it's so sweet with it's little pink bird.

 

They go well together. What's not to love about McCoy, birdies, and pink and blue?

Happy Groundhog Day!

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning meaning we will have six more weeks of winter. That's okay Phil! If the winter continues as mild as it has been, we'll take it.

Let's celebrate with some groundhog cookies!

Spicy Groundhog Cookies

2 c sifted flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c soft butter
1 c sugar
1/2 c molasses
1 egg yolk
1 egg slightly beaten
Raisins or mini chips for eyes

Sift flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and spices together. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Blend in molasses and egg yolk. Stir in flour mixture and mix well. Form into ball. Wrap in plastic and chill several hours. Roll between waxed paper to 1/8 inches thick. Cut our cookies with floured cookie cutter. Brush lightly with beaten egg. Decorate with eye.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 350°  Makes about 4 dozen

Happy Groundhog Day!

A Surprising Little Treasure

One of my favorite items to collect and sell is antique and vintage silver. Just about every piece I find is tarnished. My friend Denise of My Vintage Gardens got me hooked on tarnished silver, so I never hesitate to pick up a piece that only a few years ago I would have passed up as dingy and worn.

While Denise still prefers a tarnished piece, I’ve really enjoyed seeing what lies beneath the patina that has accumulated over time. I occasionally find unfortunate scratches or silver loss, but sometimes I find a well-hidden monogram or design. That is always a thrill!

I love to research the pattern names and design dates. That information makes a piece even more interesting. And a pattern name certainly helps to get a piece to an owner who is looking for extras to go with grandma’s silver set!

In a recent hunt to identify a serving fork, I found a surprising little treasure ~ the advertisements that were placed over a hundred years ago for this gorgeous Astoria pattern by R. Wallace! Imagine a bride in 1899 looking over catalogs to choose her silver pattern just like brides do today. The ads with their beautifully detailed designs and information are a treasure themselves! What they do for our imaginations is a little gift for any collector!

Antique R Wallace Astoria Cold Meat Serving Fork

For tips on how to get your silver from shabby to shiny, visit the How To Easily Clean Your Silver page at The Pink Rose Cottage. 

Five years ago...

Five years ago today life changed.

Five years ago today my daughter lived.

Five years ago today my was daughter diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

For us, today is a day to celebrate and be grateful for our second change. We don’t celebrate with balloons and firecrackers. A simple bouquet of purple flowers and a big hug will mark the day that changed all of us forever in so many ways.

I still struggle with God’s plan with all this. Certainly there must be a purpose? I will never know for sure. But somehow I feel that His plan or at least part of His plan was for me to help educate about Type 1 diabetes, even in a small way. So if you’ve been a follower of this blog for a long time you know this is where I post the symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes. If you’re a new follower, be assured that I will be posting this again on our next anniversary. Please read them over. I hope you never have to use the knowledge. But you'll have the information in case God chooses this path for someone you love.



Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disease. Left untreated, this is a very serious, life threatening disease. Most people are admitted to the hospital at diagnosis with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) which can lead to coma and then death. So please never brush off these symptoms. A person does not have to have all of them.

Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes:

Increased thirst and frequent urination
Extreme hunger
Weight loss
Fatigue
Blurred vision
Sweet smelling breath

This time next year my daughter will be in the midst of a new life, away from home being a normal college student. She will always have T1 Diabetes and all its challenges, but she will have a fabulous life. Truly a reason to celebrate!