PANSIES IN TEA CUPS...A TINY SPRING DIY

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6PKgj9TGEtEdyNelhIu2q_qsW4v4vwBaT56jIuq96xOe8QwzsEeVCIEWjVDHLLcJW0nEdeSrLVz4dPd_q2SLuBibm0hilVTN8HZZxjXiCxJtGZTW65AaOFVTfGr8bXPtcrYsG7KUtcYt/s1600/PANSIES+IN+TEA+CUPS-TITLE+PAGE-stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6PKgj9TGEtEdyNelhIu2q_qsW4v4vwBaT56jIuq96xOe8QwzsEeVCIEWjVDHLLcJW0nEdeSrLVz4dPd_q2SLuBibm0hilVTN8HZZxjXiCxJtGZTW65AaOFVTfGr8bXPtcrYsG7KUtcYt/s1600/PANSIES+IN+TEA+CUPS-TITLE+PAGE-stonegableblog.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my, how I love little the lion faced pansy! It is a sweet harbinger of spring! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pansies are very inexpensive and make fun and unexpected arrangements indoors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year I put pansies in tea cups!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8YpiIglfObJL-SFnQ3appgowR0PvgTLnWs3RyfyHy7UQFqhKKVsNLOip9Rz0B-tOxkaE4gwsU_Kn57C8DFoquLCXhTdEZNy8_0LtQzmQ7A7dxnbyIDMkAWhDT0VVx3kgJIOLHVRX4LPl/s1600/pansies-purple-teacups-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8YpiIglfObJL-SFnQ3appgowR0PvgTLnWs3RyfyHy7UQFqhKKVsNLOip9Rz0B-tOxkaE4gwsU_Kn57C8DFoquLCXhTdEZNy8_0LtQzmQ7A7dxnbyIDMkAWhDT0VVx3kgJIOLHVRX4LPl/s1600/pansies-purple-teacups-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pansies are so welcomed after a long long winter. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are like a promise that Spring and warmer weather is on it's way! And just to seal the promise pansies splash vibrant colors and raise their tiny faces to greet all who look their way!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yLqbopoBAz-2r-bHchdvv267R1OYXvyisFhzw6oFLeNeIbd5j3Kkn6COMIG2iVdSD1MBJQ3RldCZTpxa8kuQ92LWtDfQKEhHbR6y8GFGdE4XUK6RM_vRigzboZph2TihPwSnOeBAqs8B/s1600/pansies-orange-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yLqbopoBAz-2r-bHchdvv267R1OYXvyisFhzw6oFLeNeIbd5j3Kkn6COMIG2iVdSD1MBJQ3RldCZTpxa8kuQ92LWtDfQKEhHbR6y8GFGdE4XUK6RM_vRigzboZph2TihPwSnOeBAqs8B/s1600/pansies-orange-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These little orange blooms are called "COPPER PENNY" and are my very favorite!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I planted them right from the nursery flat and into a tea cup... packing them in snugly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jwmPB7PYAf7C__X67Gg5oEoFlMwQ695lHy0_-g74RdMRzjLAtRqMyUkLtgJ6TE3z0wCFDE6IiyzW8cIKizYFk9RJqk6Gh-UzLgX75RU745QkVwLqwhsEP1cycmdpUNu4mqPzxWommk_N/s1600/pansy-copper+penny-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jwmPB7PYAf7C__X67Gg5oEoFlMwQ695lHy0_-g74RdMRzjLAtRqMyUkLtgJ6TE3z0wCFDE6IiyzW8cIKizYFk9RJqk6Gh-UzLgX75RU745QkVwLqwhsEP1cycmdpUNu4mqPzxWommk_N/s1600/pansy-copper+penny-+stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A little spring-green moss covers up the dirt.   To keep them healthy and blooming give them a drink when they begin to get dry. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXR1BbGQhUd6t6laEzNlpTH8qQXwbp62oFCAC6qB41B5W5H8ayswIXczwnLEElFb9ss1vgZbW9QkJ9LvN77cZj-tk92W5xNcyyzXnMB3lhNRewNtdOmCcZ3P0T8lNyBVgDTxE8pDYZWh0J/s1600/Pansies-tea+cups-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXR1BbGQhUd6t6laEzNlpTH8qQXwbp62oFCAC6qB41B5W5H8ayswIXczwnLEElFb9ss1vgZbW9QkJ9LvN77cZj-tk92W5xNcyyzXnMB3lhNRewNtdOmCcZ3P0T8lNyBVgDTxE8pDYZWh0J/s1600/Pansies-tea+cups-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once they get leggy, pinch them back and plant them outside!  They will keep on blooming until the heat of summer. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I let them die back and if I am very lucky they will reseed and come back early next spring!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_T0qVdvAktLX_3ryNxI1wefob55qA8_FwYMyG3B2rfjZWlD3xLlQEw1HWYVy-8KT30lgPSMQHhAOlV_1lSDmBTSI9BL_bRWBxMaE6aiybNw2hYHE5CnJ6j-YcJlifJujB8vv0N7TcnQh/s1600/Newsletter+Announcement+for+Blog-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_T0qVdvAktLX_3ryNxI1wefob55qA8_FwYMyG3B2rfjZWlD3xLlQEw1HWYVy-8KT30lgPSMQHhAOlV_1lSDmBTSI9BL_bRWBxMaE6aiybNw2hYHE5CnJ6j-YcJlifJujB8vv0N7TcnQh/s1600/Newsletter+Announcement+for+Blog-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember to</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBG9WwhW4f5cc1M8YAPfyAAk-OcAj9ZjVKIA9JdtQ8HZTomDZtkXvkYl_LaNG_Fu1ZylWcgYhmEr0sQekasnAg4ekfWs0cYb0i25MFRg1w0hzTaR4aLWcMUG5Gv35XfodyksH6I1Ss2a6q/s1600/PANSIES+IN+TEA+CUPS-PIN-stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBG9WwhW4f5cc1M8YAPfyAAk-OcAj9ZjVKIA9JdtQ8HZTomDZtkXvkYl_LaNG_Fu1ZylWcgYhmEr0sQekasnAg4ekfWs0cYb0i25MFRg1w0hzTaR4aLWcMUG5Gv35XfodyksH6I1Ss2a6q/s1600/PANSIES+IN+TEA+CUPS-PIN-stonegableblog.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div></div></div>

PANSIES IN TEA CUPS...A TINY SPRING DIY

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WHAT'S THE SCOOP~ Repurposing Teacups

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKSa9rIg2XLqPJlDQmm067wht1qJ2CsGH-ohd5UTBSx8pIsl772h8QtF33u9KBP7c-xoXRjO9fPVE8p2l8ubUtB3KA84dP1B_R1GgEhk0-XPwdrLxW1JcgzwgvwANMFIahFAF6ffT00g/s1600/Title+Page~+What's+The+Scoop+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKSa9rIg2XLqPJlDQmm067wht1qJ2CsGH-ohd5UTBSx8pIsl772h8QtF33u9KBP7c-xoXRjO9fPVE8p2l8ubUtB3KA84dP1B_R1GgEhk0-XPwdrLxW1JcgzwgvwANMFIahFAF6ffT00g/s640/Title+Page~+What's+The+Scoop+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span>inding a new purpose for an old or unwanted item is such a thrill to me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sitting on my farmhouse kitchen counter are large glass jar holding cereal, flour, sugar and granola. But there is something else in these glass jars... somethings repurposed... that adds a gracenote to my kitchen...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">TEACUPS!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These cups-turned-scoops look so interesting in the big jars! Each teacup measures exactly 1 cup. And they are so pretty! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEBlkjHw3BzmPGSQSyBQqwbdj4wJeQi5dyFab_NBBTAVcnwF_wNZqmU3QIRdmwcfElD2GadzQsyOG3kkFksUtN7bx1ktty7BYehTb16m5RHXEqJAba6mJK9eWVU6NY_MUAdeuHD8cdXI/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_5424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEBlkjHw3BzmPGSQSyBQqwbdj4wJeQi5dyFab_NBBTAVcnwF_wNZqmU3QIRdmwcfElD2GadzQsyOG3kkFksUtN7bx1ktty7BYehTb16m5RHXEqJAba6mJK9eWVU6NY_MUAdeuHD8cdXI/s640/Copy+of+IMG_5424.JPG" width="442" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div>To scoop out the contents of these great glass, see-everything jars I use old, mismatched blue and white tea cups. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0XRG4xMJ2ANSG8_tAlIK32xluTYidJvxANpRiB-pbFx0AwKwTVb471yC0WrWfFFU11-s5d2DYPF0O0jC94tOj3tRWFOn7fsWnDhQeIvtGwQAEGvYy1DnzX2shNo9xmn8uk9wkwG0r-g/s1600/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_3074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0XRG4xMJ2ANSG8_tAlIK32xluTYidJvxANpRiB-pbFx0AwKwTVb471yC0WrWfFFU11-s5d2DYPF0O0jC94tOj3tRWFOn7fsWnDhQeIvtGwQAEGvYy1DnzX2shNo9xmn8uk9wkwG0r-g/s640/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_3074.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this "rice china" teacup that is now a flour scoop. I "scooped it up" along with a whole box of blue and white for $4.00 at a flea market. It went from a castaway to an honored and useful tool in my kitchen. Its lovely shape and fetching design make measuring out flour almost an event! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4R-1WsHJ4Tl-7w3RConUN4MLuLs3FM8e-iatrABHe9SaBlJZDam7KO6OXJt9kgyKvIJ_uK4BT4MjGTErvbtb-5cvA24oLPNCvDSEiP8M6epireJZg6n_Znd5UlWacf30T3uaEWcHdUYw/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4R-1WsHJ4Tl-7w3RConUN4MLuLs3FM8e-iatrABHe9SaBlJZDam7KO6OXJt9kgyKvIJ_uK4BT4MjGTErvbtb-5cvA24oLPNCvDSEiP8M6epireJZg6n_Znd5UlWacf30T3uaEWcHdUYw/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4104.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just purchased another big glass jar to contain a batch of homemade laundry soap I recently made. Now I am looking for another interesting tea cup scoop! Maybe a charming brown transferware.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUt8dvLBRWvSJxfzol6zMKRX4rQlctI5y3J_zIrsz4TsoU4XWriM_7cDLuCRA_DEBCPPfNHerff9vDwZs3WmOF7cYQZFm2SLQMEcKWnDIHwGhySvdYrPueLoNWeR2agYUjNpNBVZ-oCw/s1600/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_3078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUt8dvLBRWvSJxfzol6zMKRX4rQlctI5y3J_zIrsz4TsoU4XWriM_7cDLuCRA_DEBCPPfNHerff9vDwZs3WmOF7cYQZFm2SLQMEcKWnDIHwGhySvdYrPueLoNWeR2agYUjNpNBVZ-oCw/s640/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_3078.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even if you don't display your flour in a glass jar or canister... how fun would it be to open your bag of flour and be greeted by a pretty teacup scoop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you will dig around your home or a flea market finding old teacups to rescue and repurpose!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I am participating in :<br /><br /></div></div> </div><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Dyd5ljXxRyBoRtx2Ze4mLAwWb5J-k5Ui9WCd5fHHz_JG3A-UnLKpKytz0-HwLOL29jHX8c3oPkZzb4N7PfoT2qOkilI3h9coBMUSIyyjMN2jNQHd8xdlmJZC4AjxurK9QlLFfTTfgvZz/s1600/One+on+sidebar.jpg" /></a></center></div>

WHAT'S THE SCOOP~ Repurposing Teacups

F inding a new purpose for an old or unwanted item is such a thrill to me! Sitting on my farmhouse kitchen counter are large glass jar holdi...

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