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September 24, 2019

Teapot Tuesday – Another Thrift Store Find

Beth Ann Chiles/ Tea and Teapots/ 14 Comments/ 13

Teapot Tuesday does not always feature teapots that are perfect. Today’s teapot was a thrift store find for $2 because it was missing a lid. But it can still be useful and I love the way this one looks filled with flowers. This teapot is Continue reading →

September 4, 2018

Teapot Tuesday

Beth Ann Chiles/ Tea and Teapots/ 10 Comments/ 12

Thrift shops and friends are the best source of teapots. This little teapot is quite unusual and cost a whopping one dollar at the Habitat ReStore in Brevard. It is small but very unique. The side of the teapot has wha looks like little stones Continue reading →

March 24, 2015

Making it Affordable on Teapot Tuesday

Beth Ann Chiles/ Tea and Teapots/ 21 Comments/ 3727

You all know that I love a bargain and when I find a bargain teapot it makes me smile from ear to ear. On a recent trip to Affordables on First in Mason City I found a couple of great buys and of course they Continue reading →

Beth's bookshelf: read

The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users

by Guy Kawasaki

As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...

Old Girls in Low Cotton

by Helen Childress

This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica

I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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Teapot Tuesday – Another Thrift Store Find

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