Another Use For Tea Cups!!

Here I am ... huddled under my flannel blankie (which is looking a little bedraggled and in need of replacement ... it's on "The List"! :0) ) trying to keep my toesies warm. What a nasty cold week we've had here on top of our 'hill' ... and another busy one, too. Somehow, that keeps happening! :0) With appointments galore, a quick trip to Bris to take my folks to the airport and busy times at work for me and my Beloved geek Boy ... there was no sewing time AGAIN this week ... SIGH! So I was determined that there would be SOME time for creativity this weekend.

Well ... the 'grown up' chores ate into my plans a bit, but I DID manage to spend a couple of hours doing some hand stitching and a few hours sketching and editing a new applique design (which I'm VERY excited about!!!). The other 'creative' time spent relates back to my post title.

Last weekend when we were at a local nursery buying a rose bush for my MIL for her Mothers' Day gift (she was away that weekend and so were we, so we were playing catch-up!) I spotted this little cutie ...

You can't tell from this photo ... I should have put something beside it to give perspective, the little pot is about two inches across ... it's a teeny cutie! :0) Now ... I was originally going to plant this into one of my pretty teacups ...

... but I decided it wouldn't give the little African Violet plant enough room to grow. So off I trotted to see what I could find. And what should jump off the shelf at me but a soup mug that looks like a giant tea cup. Funny story ... I then grabbed a bag of African Violet potting mix and headed for the checkout. The nice young man operating the checkout said, "I'll just pop them in two bags ... you wouldn't want to get potting mix in your soup mug". You should have seen the funny look he gave me when I said ... "Actually, I'm going home to do just that to put a plant in it." :0) Which is what I did ...

Here it is being looked after by a cute little bear made for me by my blogging buddy Toni Alexander. Now I just have to manage to keep it alive! :0) I confess to having a very poor track record at keeping indoor plants alive ... Oops! I thought I'd give it another go, though, and hope this sweet violet won't be a victim of my neglect. 

African Violets hold a bit of a special place in my heart because my Nan, who passed away when I was 15, was a great African Violet collector and grower. I remember watching her water them and care for them when we visited for holidays and loved for her to show me all the different varieties and colours in her collection. Maybe this little plant will be the first in MY collection ... fingers crossed! :0)

Hope you've all had a great weekend and that there's been splashes of colour and creativity in your activities. Have a FANTASTIC week! :0) Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!

CHEERS!
KRIS