Midweek Blues

If any of you have ever read my profile over there in my sidebar you know I make beaded jewelry. I thought today I would show a piece while highlighting a blue and white cup and saucer that I acquired years ago from my mother-in-law. She frequented many yard sales and had a small garage full of her 'treasures.' On one visit we explored the filled boxes and tables and I found this cup and saucer. It has a small chip on the rim of the cup but since I wasn't concerned about selling value I didn't mind.

I grew up with a few pieces of blue and white china at home which mostly sat in the kitchen cabinet. When I married my Mom passed a few plates down and some other finds when she and Dad would come across them at estate sales.

Two birds flying high,

A Chinese vessel sailing by.

A bridge with three men, sometimes four,

A willow tree, hanging o'er.

A Chinese temple, there it stands,

Built upon the river sands

An apple tree with apples on

A crooked fence to end my song.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wikipedia

The worn mark.

Inside the cup an image of a temple.

The bracelet: sterling silver with a combination of blue glass beads and silver Bali beads with a silver butterfly charm.

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