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Ideas for using antique tea cups

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    MsTerrapin    June 19, 2010   Maryland

    Hi everyone,

    I have a collection of 12 antique tea cups and saucers of various floral patterns that I inheirited from my mother (and were my great-aunt's before that).  I LOVED these things when I was a kid and they have a lot of sentimental value, and I think they could be very pretty to utilize at the reception and/or my shower.  Any thoughts about how to use them (and ensure guests don't try to take them home!)  I was thinking maybe as tea light holders on some of the tables or on the entrance table that I am using to honor the memory of my parents with their wedding picture.  Any thoughts?

     

    They look pretty similar to this cup with floral patterns of various colors:

    Ideas for using antique tea cups :  wedding Teacup

     

     
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    VirginiaMarie    January 2011   Austin, TX

    I say have your florist do mini, pomander-like flower arrangements for them!  Delicious!

    Ideas for using antique tea cups :  wedding Teacup

     
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    Tealight holders would be cute! Or if you flip the cup over, use a little museum wax on the bottom of it and stick the saucer with the printed side up, it could hold a pillar candle, just for some variation! If you did the teacup flipped over with the wax on it, then a glass plate on top, it could be a cute dessert stand!

    Good luck!

     
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    MsTerrapin    June 19, 2010   Maryland

    Oooh!  I love all of those ideas!  The flower arrangements would be adorable, and the pillar candle holder is an awesome twist.  I'll have to try it out!  Thanks so much!

     
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    julies1949      

    I just finished looking at these on Style Me Pretty.

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    beachbride0810    August 21, 2010  

    I saw this in Better Homes & Gardens this month ...

    Ideas for using antique tea cups :  wedding Teacups

     
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    ariellebride    9/5/10   Boston MA

    I thought something like this was beautiful. My mom and I are collecting tea cups to use for the wedding/shower for tea and coffee but we might do something like this too

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    jennifer_espos    June 18, 2010   NYC

    I think flowers would be beautiful.  I love the idea, especially given the sentimental value.  I'd make sure I put them where I could see them, like the head table.  Not just because they're pretty, but I get paranoid about that stuff, I wouldn't want anyone to break them.

     
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    jordynrose    October 16, 2010   Las Vegas, NV/Chandler, AZ

    Ideas for using antique tea cups :  wedding Untitled

    These were my photographer's centerpieces at her wedding.  The teacups were inside birdcages.  She also used one as a cake topper.

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    MsTerrapin    June 19, 2010   Maryland

    @jordynrose-- the idea of using it as a cake topper is so cool!  If I didn't already have the prefect topper (my DIY bride and groom turtles), I would totally do that!

     

    Thank you, everyone, for all the great ideas!

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    How about in candles or cupcakes inside them? It would be adorable for a bridal shower!

     

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