On a Bit of Green for Spring

My St.Patrick's Day post did not get up, nor due to a challenging past few weeks did one of my St. Patrick's day projects even get finished. To avoid going through another month with just a book review, I've decided to do a a brief post devoted to vintage green things that make me happy.

Tea cups! While most of my teacups have plants on them, two get the prize for being on the greener side. 

The first one is part of a playing card set, which came in white, black, and avocado green (unfortunately, the ones I found didn't have the saucers).

 

 

The second one belonged to my great-grandma and has a delightful little scene at the bottom, which I love!

This record album, which spends a lot more time in the frame that it does on the player, has a nice green glow to it, which makes the lovely ladies on it stand out ever so much more, in my opinion. (Possible sneak peek for a future Album Cover Story, as it's been quite some time since I've done one and I really would like to resume that series.)

 

 

One can't get through this post without seeing something sewing related, so here we have some buttons, a belt buckle, and a small spool of green thread. The green thread came from a vintage Tidee Maid Deluxe sewing box that was filled almost entirely with little spools of green thread.  

And not vintage, but I wanted to share it before the month was over, this shamrock was my one completed St. Patrick's Day project.

There were two little clovers to go with this large one, but turning the stem portion turned out to be an absolute nightmare and I managed to poke a hole through the base of one of the stems, turn the one stem inside out through it, then couldn't get it right side out again, and had to cut it off. That being said, from this point on, any clovers I make will absolutely not be made out of any fabric that is 100% polyester! ♥  

On Things That Are Green

There are a great many things in this world that are green, among which can be found plants, bugs, eggs and ham, houses, frogs, and jackets worn by little men as they go trooping up the mountains and through glens.

With spring having begun last week, let us look at the first two items listed; both which we will be seeing more of in the coming weeks. Plants, which make up the majority of green things, can lead an individual to happiness or distress. If you find yourself surrounded by them in a garden it can be most pleasant and provide you with a relaxing afternoon or they may make up that tasty salad you had for lunch. In contrast, an encounter with poison ivy will most likely lead to a great deal of itching and most likely the wish that you had paid more attention to the plants you had touched. Bugs, unlike plants, usually bring about thoughts of disgust or of horror and more often than not appear on an individual seemingly out of nowhere to bring one to a sudden state of shrieking in attempt to be rid of them. While this is not the case for all green bugs, few would probably be glad to find themselves the unsuspecting transportation for a grasshopper or caterpillar.

And with that, as you go about your week consider all the lovely green things around you and try not to go near plants that will make you itch! ♥