Hidden Treasure

My taste is usually quite simple when it comes to china.....simple white bowls like these ones you can see here or the simple black tagine here. But I just have a fancy for some really voluptuous china for Christmas. I want the table to be decadent and look totally over the top like a tea table in a Bohemian castle or a Russian Dacha, but at the same time be inexpensive and green. I started collecting the odd item, little Turkish tea cups to use as votive candles and coloured glass desert dishes you can see here for a few pence in charity shops.

But I felt as though I'd stepped into Aladdin's own cave when I spotted these golden dishes sparkling on the bottom shelf of the Heart Foundation Charity shop yesterday. I'm not usually a golden kind of person but I love the Chinese dishes and they only cost me £5 for all twenty pieces!! And the little blue Chinese tea set was only £3 and is destined for H's new house....... I hope she likes it.

I'm not sure if I'll be keeping the petal shaped bowls.....they might be just a little bit too much......but I really had fun playing with them when I got back....I couldn't resist a bit of a mad hatter tea party trial in the garden amidst all the squashed mulberries.......

.....Can't wait for Christmas