Tea Time Thursday #95

Good evening...the day is all but gone and I am finally able to write this little post for Tea Time Thursday. It is wet and chilly here in the Pacific Northwest. We seem to be in for yet another rainy weekend ahead. I'm taking a break from the fall teacups and colors today. I was enjoying a bit of free time the other day and I kept coming across delightful illustrations with tea themes. I am fascinated with the work of illustrators.  I had fun finding these and just want you to shared them...so enjoy.

July and Eulalie Banks

Happy July! Where did the month of June go? July promises to be a busy month for the Colantino family. Right after the 4th of July, Jimmy and I have another Expo Antique and Collectible show. We are in the process of sorting, choosing, cleaning, pricing and getting things ready now. We pack for the show in about a week! Of course, we can't forget Otto's first birthday on the 25th!

I woke up before 5 AM this morning after a restless and warm night. I was having bad dreams off and on and our summer East wind is here today. Things were blowing and banging in the backyard already.

It promises to be a HOT day to welcome in July....near 100 degrees. I will have to water more than once as the wind just parches the plants. The warm sun should speed up Jimmy's tomatoes and ripen the blueberries.

Summer means time at the Oregon coast if you can squeeze a trip or two in. Do you like to go to the beach? Summer means lots of time to play when you are a child. I hope kids will get time to play outside. I think it's sad that kids just don't get out like we did when we were little.

Have you enjoyed these illustrations? Isn't the art just charming? Yesterday, I was listing a few delightful children's books I had picked up at an Estate sale and I was doing a bit of research on them. The illustrator is Eulalie Banks. I had never heard of her but this is another woman illustrator that I know I have seen her work. She had a very long life~1895 to 1999~and illustrated so many books. She was quite an artist and even did murals. She was born in England, but spent a great deal of her life in the USA. Sadly, she was not always paid well for her beautiful work. This seems to be a common story with women illustrators in the past. These are the books that I listed. I'm not sure I want to sell them now! I love children's lit and the artwork that accompanies these books.

I found this picture of Eulalie that was taken in 1978. A very talented lady. I wonder if she kept her British accent.

When you start reading about her and looking at her work, this book will always come up. A very fun book to own!

When I was a little girl, my mom read us a bedtime story every night. I think we had this book! It was one of my favorites and I still love this collection by Robert Louis Stevenson. I can still see some of the illustrations in my head. I think I need to find this book too! Oh goodness, look what has happened again! One of my favorite classes in college when I was studying to be a primary school teacher was CHILDREN'S LIT. I'm not sure what I loved more~the stories or the artwork.

Enjoy the month of July and all the summer fun it brings! Stay cool. I think it's time for ice tea now. 

Fern Bisel Peat

I was at a flea market a few weeks ago and I was looking at this lady's goodies. She exhibits at a lot of shows that I attend. We were chatting and I told her I liked children's tin dishes and she said she had something to show me. This little set...a coffee pot, cream and sugar, and two cups...all from one set- a nursery rhyme theme and one other little cup from another set. Of course I fell in love with the tin set and she came down in her price. I had some spending money left over from my trip, so I caved!

She told me that it was a Fern Bisel Peat set and that her name was on the little coffee pot. I was clueless. When I got home, I had to do some investigating to find out who this person was!

Little Bo Peep!

This is the extra little cup and I don't know the pattern. Shades of Mary Engelbreit, don't you think?

I have these sitting on a wonderful old candy box tin. My SIL Chris gave this to me along with several English king and queen tins. I love this box! I love tin and tin boxes! It's so nice inside too.

I also bought this little set of tin pans from the dealer. I thought they had to go home with me.

So back to Fern Bisel Peat. She was an illustrator who worked for the Children's Play Mate magazine for years. Most of her work was done in the 1930's and 1940's. I know I have seen these many times, but I didn't really pay attention to them. I will now! There is very little information to be found on her, which I think is so sad. She was born in 1893 and lived until 1971. Her art work is delightful and I love her style.

She also did a lot of paper dolls. I love paper dolls and am surprised that her work escaped me!

She illustrated many many books too. Do a search on her to see more or her work. You can find Pinterest boards too.

You know how I love my dolls and I like to iron. I would love to have this print...love the little poem in the corner.

Yes, I will be on the hunt for more of her work and her delightful lithographed tin dishes.
Have a great weekend.