Today’s Thursday Tea Time tea party is inspired by Dia de Los Muertos which was celebrated Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

I started with this Sugar Skull Cuff Bracelet Black Leather Wood by ElectricPenguin as my inspiration.

 For the teapot, I chose a Blooming Gardenia Teal Teapot handmade by alinahayesceramics. I like the teapot because it’s very dark which I think fits well with the Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos mood and really draws those dark browns out of the bracelet without being too gloomy.

‘Dia de los Muertos Tea Party’ by static

Sugar Skull Cuff Bracelet – … ElectricPengui… $15.00	Blooming Gardenia Teal Teapo… alinahayescera… $84.00	Day of the Dead Sugar Skull … RawBoneStudio $48.00
Leave Me Marigolds Day Of Th… sugarskullart $26.00	Bright Teal Recycled Cashmer… PenelopesWeavi… $16.26	Dia de los Muertos – Kindle,… danaswove $19.00
Sweet little muertos skull r… JesaJewellery $57.00	Mexican Manhattan – BOHEMIAN… MissBeeDesigns $58.00	Ready to Ship: Bright blue, … FoggyMorningJe… $16.00

I rounded out the treasury with a fun sugar skull garland, gorgeous bright teal yarn that could be turned into a fun craft or placemat and some bright bright bright jewelry. I like to take advantage of all the color I can before I get sucked into the red and green of Christmas!

Last weekend, I had some pretty good luck adding to my teapot collection when we stopped at a few antique stores along our route.

Kyle tried to point out a green and blue electric teapot but he just pointed at the booth so I ended up in the one next door and decided I would get this mushroom tea kettle instead.

It was really inexpensive, like under $3, so it was a good impulse buy. I also really like the mushroom motif but not enough to let it take over my kitchen. I think one teapot in this style will be enough. It’s not in good enough shape to use, but I usually only have one tea kettle on the stove at all times to be ready to warm water. After I showed this to Kyle, he showed me the one he intended to point out.

As you can see, I decided to take this one home too. It’s electric but that plug can be removed so I think I’m going to do that to display it. I haven’t tested it yet either. It might be fun to use if it still heats up.

On our way home, we stopped at a different store and I found this lovely blue floral teapot. I love the shade of blue!

My collection is really starting to come together. I don’t have quite enough to make my dream shelf yet, but they are taking over little spots in my kitchen. I have a row above our kitchen cabinets and several spread out on our kitchen shelves that I refinished at the beginning of this summer.

The new ones look great on the other shelf!

We wrote about I Need Nice Things a little while ago because it’s a great way to get prints for decorating your walls. I recently came across a great find for our Thursday Tea Time in their set called “Object Art:”

A “This is a teapot” print would look great and a little cheeky displayed with a teapot collection or alongside the other prints in the series. You have to buy them all as a set, so I think I’d put this one with my teapots and spread the rest out around the house to tie together the decor. You know the grey works great with my walls and I love bright colors.

What about you? Would you want to keep the series together or add a touch of its playfulness to many rooms in your house?

My only complaint is that I think the colors and the style of the set are a little dated. Maybe it’s time for someone else to make an updated model? And next time around let’s have a lot more options than just His and Hers. I’m thinking His and His or Hers and Hers or Yours and Mine. Then it would be the perfect gift!