#tiny teapot

[evil-is-relative]

So sometime last week there was a little accident where something stupid happened, resulting in something else stupid happening, and after a short string of stupid, my favorite teapot wire sculpture shattered.

It didn't picture very well, but it had wire bent to mimic the clouds found in Asian calligraphy, tiny teacups I hand-painted to match the teapot, and was meant to look like stylized steam. I didn't think I'd find that teapot again, but after a few hours on ebay, I found a similar one that's probably from the same series. It doesn't have the stems or exact same design, but it does have the flowers, shape, and color. Hopefully the spout will be the same size. If not, I might start the project from scratch again, though that's a lot of wire to throw out.

On a not unrelated vein, I found many other small teapots that I put in my watchlist, and now I have six or so offers from sellers that I can't take up until payday, and they're all set to expire before my payday. 😂 Sorry sellers!

Wish me luck!

[timethehobo]

The teapot being his mother’s gave me a sad visual. Tiny Emmy holding on to it after everything.

[vintagehomecollection]

This brilliant example of space planning packs more equipment and facilities into a tiny area than you might think possible. The sink is raised slightly to leave space for a dishwasher below and the breakfast bar doubles as a serving zone. A two-ring electric cooktop is set below the wall-mounted microwave and a chopping board can be fitted into the sink to turn it into a food preparation area.

Small Kitchens, 1986

[cryptid-teapot]

I was very, very pretty.

[waspspots]

Nessie, ceramic

My goal was to create a living teapot, either one that looked like it was magically brought to life or something more biological. Started with a concept more like the latter, but my skill at the wheel changed the spherical shape I wanted into something more whimsical haha.

[aradiyatoys]

You’re cordially invited to a Royal Tea Party! ☕️ Join us for a soothing cup of green tea served from the most adorable porcelain Kawaii Teapot 🫖 perfect for unwinding on a Friday evening! 🥰 After the challenges we’ve faced this week, Ukrainians deserve a double dose of comfort. Stay resilient, dear friends, and stand strong! 💛💙

Crochet pattern for amigurumi Royal Family 🤴🏼👸🏼 is available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Italian here -> https://etsy.me/3PtNWqw 🤗

[teapotgremlin]

// introducing: leetle my

[littleplantfreak]

MAAAAAARIIIII !!! fav foods + tropes for the question thing ?? 🫂 ^ ^ 🤍

Evieeeeee!!!

I love food soooo much hmmm maybe macarons? chocolate croissants too tho.... if it's not something sweet its gotta be tamales

As for tropes - Maybe best friend's older brother stuff? Fake dating definitely ugh. I also like ships where one's a menace and the other's holding them back with a leash lol

[evil-is-relative]

Got a new addition to my teapot collection.

Saw it grocery shopping and actually went back today for it (and milk). It was out for Mother's Day (Happy Mother's Day to you moms of all sorts!), and I got lucky; there were only two left. One thing though. It came filled with miniature roses.

Now, despite my family tree suggesting I should have a green thumb, this sadly skipped me. The only plant I have kept alive for over a year was a bonsai tree, when I was living with a positive plant necromancer. (She used to steal the dying/dead potted plants from campus and put them around our room. They'd bloom within a few weeks.) The month she graduated, it died.

Second longest was a cactus. My cat knocked it off the windowsill and it died.

I'm told I pay too much attention to them.

Needless to say, I went in to buy this thing not having much hope for this poor plant, especially knowing grocery store plants don't have that great of a shelf life anyway.

BUT. These are miniature roses. I love miniatures roses. My mom used to have a lovely miniature rose plant in the corner of her garden, where the chickens mostly ignored it. I loved that rose. So, I'm giving this gardening thing a shot again. I bought a pot I belatedly learned was too small, and some potting soil, and came home and did some research. Needless to say, it never would have survived in that teapot. It didn't even have drainage unless you count tipping it over and pouring it out. A forum post I found said that most miniature roses found in planter sections at stores (as opposed to the gardening section) are actually 3-4 shoots they snipped, forced to bloom, and shoved in a bit of soil to hopefully root. Thankfully, these things had roots when I finally eased them out of the teapot, so one worry down. There were three growing in it, so I tried to loosen them the best I could, but I'm afraid of breaking the roots too much. Followed the directions on the potting soil, with the variation of adding half a pot of soil before putting the plant in as opposed to only one-third, given how short the roots are. Plopped the roses in, carefully filled in around them, and patted it down. The roots were already so saturated with water that I was afraid to add any.

Now it is sitting on my back patio railing in full sunlight (6-8hrs/day, according to research), I'm going to try to remember to bring it in at night and take it out during days with good weather, and check the soil moisture every three days. This is going to take a lot of executive function, but I'm determined that if these roses die, it won't be for my lack of trying to keep them alive.

If they survive a few months, I'll repot them into a larger pot. If not, I'll clean this pot and see if I can take it back to the store, or maybe get another cactus. We'll see. In the meantime, I'll probably be using the teapot planter as a watering can, since apparently you're not supposed to pour water directly on the leaves.

Wish me luck, and advice welcome. (Please.)

tldr: Evil bought a teapot and got a baby plant. Send help.

[grymmdark]

i cant wait until i have a space of my own so i can start collecting cute tea sets

[intertexts]

my number 1 flaw is that im incessantly collecting tiny little trinkets....

[fingertipsmp3]

My mum’s got this tea set that hasn’t been used in like 80 years or something because it was my dad’s grandma’s and he was convinced it was worth something… listen to me, it’s not, and I’ll tell you why. It’s because that thing is legally mine and nothing good would ever happen to me

[bogkeep]

every time i invest in a slightly nice kitchen tool or appliance that increases my quality and joy of life, even if i already had a tool that I Could Be Using But It Sucks In Some Way, it's like wow i really DON'T have to walk on my knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. i CAN let the soft animal of my body love what it loves

[felicityaugust]

Starting a new sketch! I've learned that drawing books falling in different ways is a little bit of a challenge. I'm taking some creative liberties here instead. ヽ( ・∀・)ﾉ

[psychopomparia]

I love how I said I’d delete Genshin like during 5.3 but lantern rite is also in 5.3 and the lantern rite story looks so engaging and now I’ll continue playing.

cause no way I’ll miss this year’s lantern rite. Like, life and death themes!! I’m so back!!

[weast-of-eden]

just got some pieces from my grandma’s old shadowbox and i’m grateful but also so angry. when was the last time you saw a knick-knack? we used to have knick knacks