Nooo! Not My Penzance!!!

I absolutely Love LOVE LOVE the Queen's Penzance/Caravan Trail china by Churchill. I use it as my "Breakfast only" dishes. Like, I really do. I do a full breakfast almost every morning with this stuff. Can't wait to use it for the whole family on Easter Morning. (Maybe it's just me, but breakfast food looks great with this pattern, but regular food doesn't. Oh well.)

It's the cutest EVER:

So, imagine my chagrin when I found out they have DISCONTINUED a bunch of my favorite pieces! Churchill kept the basic plates and cups and teapot, but a few of the specialty pieces won't be available any more! So sad! 

So, I hurried up and ordered duplicate pieces that I love, and then from the Bake Set (also discontinued) before they disappeared! Got them the other day:

SO cute. Look at that rolling pin. 

 

There's also measuring cups, and a pudding basin, and my personal favorite:

The FLOUR DREDGER. I bake a lot and when I roll out my cookies I always get so floury and dusty. Not any more! 

I have almost every piece of the collection, except the biscuit tins and spoon rest. So, at least I have all the pieces and can cherish them, even if they are no longer available! :-( 

Happy New Year!

Had a lovely Christmas in a warm place with family. Now I'm back to the frozen Tundra. I acquired these lovelies over Christmas:

 

They go nicely with the mugs and kettle I already had. Gotta love Spode.

 

And now that I'm taking all my Christmas decor down, the "Old St. Nick" is coming out of the hutch and back into storage. 

 I love Vietri. Everything is hand-painted, so no two St. Nicks are the same! ;-) 

It's always strange taking all the trees down (I have six) and packing it all away. But it's also nice when your home has that clean, sleek feeling, that doesn't have pine boughs and holly berries and glittery bows everywhere. I am strange, as soon as a holiday is over, I want to take everything down right away; leave no trace as if it never happened. I MOVE ON. And now, in the Minus Three doldrums of January, I am ready for SPRING! I had breakfast with my Churchill Queen's Penzance this morning in the spirit of Springtime:

But, alas, here, we have winter for a few more months. But I can be cozy inside and drink tea. Bring it on!