Hi!   It's my Blog's anniversary, January 24th!  14 years ago, I started it, on my Mother's Birthday, with my baby grandson on my lap.  Now he's in high school and a good 6 inches taller than me. So, it's National Hot Tea Month in January. I posted each day, something good about tea! 

   I celebrate on my Facebook page Grandma Linda's Vintage Treasures.  Here are various teacups I posted all through January.   A different cup and a different tea almost every day. 

                                1. Julie's Christmas china on New Year's Day with Christmas cookies. 

Christmas at my daughter's lasts a long time.  We leave the tree up until after the Superbowl!

 Julie and Andy are big Philadelpha Eagles fans, so, I decorated their tree with handmade football Eagles ornaments, and green and gold balls.  

                                     3.   I had English Breakfast tea in this lilac Grace's Teaware cup

2. A treasured Ken Ebert Print gift from Ted that I get out every winter, 

 with a Christmasy House Wren tea mug. I'm having Winter Warmer Tea!

11. A cup of tea warms the Heart

Crown Staffordshire teacup

10.  Jasmine tea in Poppies and daisies Grace's TeaWare  teacup

9.Thomas Kinkade  mug 

8. Mango and Bergamot green tea in an old lustreware teacup with a pretty fruit design inside the cup!

7. English Tea Shop Super Berries tea in the Royal Victoria Chintz teacup

6. A family heirloom, from my daughter's great-great grandmother. It's over a hundred years old. 

 The peaches and ginger tea tin was a gift from Julie. 

 

5. Royal Albert August china trio

a cup, saucer and dessert plate set

Listed for sale on my etsy.com/shop/grandmalay 

4. Apple Cinnamon tea in Johnson Bros. transferware teacup 
 

                                                 31. Darjeeling tea,"the Champagne of tea"

                                          Last day of National Hot Tea Month!

                   30.  May be my oldest teacup, a handleless blue transferware cup.                       I

I had Darling Grey tea, a bit like Earl grey, with orange and lemon peel  

                                           

                     29. Golden Chamomile tea in a Homer Laughlin china cup with dogwood design

                                   28. Celestial Seasonings Victorian Earl Grey tea in "a simple cup, missing it's matching saucer.

                  27. Raspberry flavored green tea in an unusual heavy cup, with lots of gold on it. 

                                                      Tea at the January Republican Club dinner. 

I was a candidate for our Township Committee, in the last two year's elections. What a wonderful experience!  I didn't win, but I learned so much and met so many people. I had to step up and help and serve our country and I'm so glad I did!

                                                                 my yard signs

                                                 26.A pretty teacup from my friend Maureen

                                   25.a Sadler teapot at my sister  Beverly's house on January 25th.

     24.  Royal Standard chintzware May Meadow teacup, one of my favorites

                   with Whittard's Chelsea's Garden Tea, a rose -scattered white tea. 

                           

                         23. A teapot I made in my ceramic studio, for my mother, 40 years ago 

                                                 22.  Salem "Sampler" with Yogi's Bedtime tea

                                              21.  Bavarian TirschenReuth cup with Wegman's "Just Tea"

                                        20. Royal Sealy footed lustreware teacup 

                                   19.   My family even brings me tea when they go on vacation!                                                                  This is Wonderland Tea, Lemon Ginger tea in a footed Del Mar cup.  

                      17. Yellow Royal Taunton teacup with Whittards Jasmine Tea

                                   and a cranberry chicken croissant

                                             16.   Emmie got out her tiny tea set from when

                                               she was very little and we had tea all the time. 

                                                  15.  Look what I found at Hobby Lobby

                                14. We tried blue tea! It was Pinky-Up Butterfly

                            in some tall glass cups that I bought my tea-partner granddaughter!

              13.Royal Stafford "Health and Happiness" teacup with my favorite, Earl Grey tea

12. Cherries and Berries teacup, with Tea Forte Cherry Marzipan tea

11. Crown Staffordshire  carnation tea "A cup of tea warms the soul."

 I don't know how these uploaded out of order and I can't figure out how to fix so I'm stuck this way! 

  I 'll be back with lots of stories, we have lots of catching up to do. 

 And that completes another year of my celebration of National Hot Tea Month!

                              I hope you stay well and warm and have a great NEW YEAR!  

Love, Linda

Blogging Tips

                                        *  This is a repost, was in draft for some time and I just found it.  I have been absent from the blogworld, Had a campaign for a public office last year, and pretty busy with my store and family stuff.  Today is my 13th Blogaversary!   I'm back!

  I still consider myself a newcomer to blogworld.  But blogging has enriched my life in so many ways. Although I'm still learning how to blog, I'll share some secrets that were shared with me. This is just a composite of others blogging suggestions that I've found helpful.
 If you want followers, it's important to post regularly.  I think people will stop coming to see your blog if there is not enough new posts. I like to visit blogs that are uplifting, enlightening and/or informative.


  Be yourself
Write in a natural way, as though you were talking to someone. Have music on your blog if you want it.  Don't worry about someone else's rules.
If you don't have an impressive home, just show parts of it or vignettes that you've created.
Share a part of yourself, a hobby, a collection, a project or cute picture of your dog or grandchild.
Promote your business, share your faith, spread good news, tell a story, or share a recipe.

Get help when you need it
There are many E-books and courses online about blog-writing and photo-editing. 

Use good photos
Take the time to edit your photos. Crop them, increase exposure. There are many free photo-editing sites out there that are user-friendly, Pic Monkey, Paint, Picasa,
My favorite posts that I've done, are just several pictures with a few  good sentences between each one. The photos tell the story.

Have Posts in Draft
Write posts ahead of time and you can keep adding as you think of more things to say.  Then review and post when you're ready, or it's the appropriate time, like a holiday, special occasion or party you are joining.

Party hardy!
Enter as many parties as you have time for, and follow the proper etiquette of visiting others blogs and leaving thoughtful comments.  This is how you get people to visit your blog. Put the party hosts buttons on your blog sidebars with a link.   I think I will even make a page of party links as they begin to accumulate.

Have Fun!
 Above all else, have fun or there's no point to it!

Love, Linda

 It's my blogging anniversary!  I've  been away from blogging for a while, but I'm coming back! 

The baby in my arms when I started, is now my teenaged buddy, Tommy is a great kid!  He makes me so proud of him,  and we share his love of music, movies, reading and scouting and so much more!. I still babysit my grandchildren so we hang out often!   Little sister, Emilie is 9 already! She plays softball, loves fashion, and jewelry making.  Being a grandmother is the best thing that can happen to anyone! 

  Happy New Year!   This Year is going to be very exciting!  I pray we are going to save our great country this election year!    

It's my Mother's Birthday, and this year she has a new home in Heaven, She lived a good, long full life and now she's with her Savior!  My sister rook excellent care of her in her last years, but she was pretty healthy and independent most of her life!  

 It's National Hot Tea Month and I'm celebrating all month long, on my Facebook page, Grandma Linda's Vintage Treasures.   

 Happy New Year, be blessed and pray for America! 

                            Love, Linda

Good bye 2022, Welcome 2023!

 A New Year is about to begin!   So many events happened this year, many bad things, so much destruction of our country, so many good people died!  We need a fresh start, we need hope! I want to learn from the bad things and remember all the good things.   I'll start by celebrating National Hot Tea Month all during January. Here is a recap of last year's teatime posts, from the Facebook page "Grandma Linda's Vintage Treasures", as I have been so negligent about writing this blog. 

Stangl Pottery

From our favorite restaurant's cafe 

very old blue transferware, from a great-great  grandmother

Last January's Happy 91st Birthday to my mother, our "Queen Elizabeth"

                        She's getting ready to turn 92!  Born January 24, 1931.  Doesn't she look great?

January 21, my DIL's  Anne's birthday 

Pioneer Woman china at Walmart

My MIL's everyday china, Noritake Homecoming 
Now my daughter Julie has it. 

On a trip, I made sure to have my tea, while we were at Ted's favorite rest stop.

At my store I have a strawberry collection, so I had some strawberry tea 

My granddaughter always enjoys tea with me. She has a couple small teapots of her own.  

Recipes too, on the tea month posts!  Make sure to join me all month long
on my Facebook page Grandma Linda's Vintage Treasures ! 

Julie's Fiesta-ware tea mug and a gorgeous antique plate

Another fave of mine- brown transferware, Made in England

•                   It's tea time and a vignette at my store,  a milkglass vase                              
•                    and Depression Glass Opalescent plate.

There's no place like home, with my favorite everyday dishes
 and my red kettle from our dear friend Bob Sertell

Our kids, Anne and Andy have a wonderful Raggedy A & A collection 

Pretty January Carnation teacup

Christmas china, tea with my granddaughter,  Miss Emilie

Betty White having tea with her mother.
 Sadly we lost our beloved Betty White, at age 99,  Dec 31, 2021. 
 Her birthday was January 17,  and she would have been 100. 

In memory of Queen Elizabeth, Meatloaf, Olivia Newton John, Naomi Judd, William Hurt, Sidney Poitier, Mickey Gilley, Bobby Rydell, Mickey Gilley, Barbara Walters, Kirstie Alley and many others who left us, who will always be fondly remembered. 

     Have a blessed New Year!  

           Love,Linda