I would never have thought when I started blogging how popular the humble tea towel is, I wondered if it was just me who couldn't resist them. It seems however that many of us have a soft spot for a pretty patterned piece of fabric to dry our dishes with, use to remove trays from the oven or just to hang on the oven door. My son has also decided that they are great to put over his head. Plus we all know our resident tea towel queen Kylie has a collection to marvel at.
So I was excited when Al from All Tea Towels contacted me to say that I could pick two tea towels from the site to have a play with - brilliant! These are the two I chose:
I love this Land Girl print tea towel and I certainly agree with the message. It was these amazing ladies that kept the agricultural industry running in world war 2 and they managed to do it looking fabulous. This tea towel is so lovely that I'm actually planning on framing it for my kitchen :o)
The next one sums me up to a tee:
Mwahaha! So very true, as my long time readers will know - a domestic goddess I am not. This is a linen tea towel and its amazing quality, even comes with a little care advise slip to make sure you are getting the best performance from your tea towel.
They are both fabulous thanks Al, go and check out the other designs on the website, I'm sure there is a design on there to suit everyone.
While we are talking tt's hows about this little gem I found in the charity shop:
Now hands up who remembers Tucktonia? It was a model village theme park opened in Christchurch in 1976 but alas it luck ran out when it closed its doors in 1986 after becoming very run down. I've tried finding decent images online on this short lived park of miniature wonder but alas there doesn't seem to be much about. Even Christchurch's history website here has very little on it. Ah well, it will be long remembered on my £1 tea towel :o)
Hope you have all had a great week so far.
Big Love
So I was excited when Al from All Tea Towels contacted me to say that I could pick two tea towels from the site to have a play with - brilliant! These are the two I chose:
The next one sums me up to a tee:
They are both fabulous thanks Al, go and check out the other designs on the website, I'm sure there is a design on there to suit everyone.
While we are talking tt's hows about this little gem I found in the charity shop:
Now hands up who remembers Tucktonia? It was a model village theme park opened in Christchurch in 1976 but alas it luck ran out when it closed its doors in 1986 after becoming very run down. I've tried finding decent images online on this short lived park of miniature wonder but alas there doesn't seem to be much about. Even Christchurch's history website here has very little on it. Ah well, it will be long remembered on my £1 tea towel :o)
Hope you have all had a great week so far.
Big Love
These are awesome tea towels! I love them!
ReplyDeleteOhhh how fun are those! Going to go drool over the others lol
ReplyDeleteTea towels are so boring these days, towelling, and either checked or have some cliche slogan on them such as TEA.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving these tea towels with a message. I remember learning all about berries from reading a tea towel, and one featuring British birds.
Your new tea towels will look fab in the kitchen. I imagine Kylie is lime green with envy!
Those made me laugh on a day when I needed a real chuckle.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple photos of my Big Man on holiday at Tucktonia. Must dig them out....
ReplyDeleteK xx
Those tea towells are great! Especially the land girl one; my mum was a land girl so that's given me an idea for a little extra pressie for her at Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThere's just something about vintage linens...
The land girl tea towel is totally fabulous honey, I love it and it's very you!! The land girls have always been something of a fascination to me, the way they kept Britain running, rolled up their sleeves and stepped into the breach.
ReplyDeleteJem xXx
What wonderful tea towels - even your historic home. (Is that old enough to be considered history? I think so, esp since it's now defunct.) I'm like you - that second one fits me so well. I would have to frame that and hang it in a very prominent place.
ReplyDeleteHey Scarlett, I love the two you chose, but you probably know that the Tucktonia is hands-down my favourite of the three. I love the little robbin(?) with his union-jacked breast. Tucktonia sounds slightly twee but very sweet. It's a shame places like these close down without a trace...I wonder why they called it Tucktonia? Maybe one of your readers will know...
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I have never heard of Tucktonia, now that is just the reason why old souvenirs (tea towels and scarves)are so interesting, they tell you so much. Geographically, historically and culturally.
ReplyDeleteOh these towels are so cute kitsch!
ReplyDeletetea towel Al i need free tea towels too!
Although I'm with Finleyto i would wear the tea towels as headbands too.
Besos
Wow, I love those towels, I am going to look now, thinking of Christmas
ReplyDeletewow, I wish I'd got taken to tucktonia! I love the landgirl tea towel too, it'll look fab in a frame x
ReplyDeleteGreat tea towels, love them all :)
ReplyDeleteBee happy x
Have a delicious day!
Those tea towels are fab im loving the first one ;-)) Infact they both made me smile. So many uses a tea towel has. Have a lovely day, dee xx
ReplyDeleteI love these fab tea towels! I have WAY too many vintage tea towels but I can't stop buying them... I think I need Tea Towels Anonymous.
ReplyDeleteSarah xxx
I love the retro tea towels! The second one made me laugh..too funny. I am off to take a look at the website now :)
ReplyDeleteI am that 2nd teatowel too xx
ReplyDeleteThose tea towels are ace!!! That I Don't Cook one made me laugh out loud, it's so brilliant.
ReplyDeleteMe and my chazzing best mate nearly had a scarp over a vintage Irish linen tea towel once such is our lust for them. x
I don’t remember Tucktonia as it would have been closing about the time we arrived in the nearby county of Wiltshire. However, we’ve just got back from a week in Dorset and there is a village called Tuckton, near Christchurch, so perhaps the model village was situated there - hence the name!
ReplyDeleteI love those 2 tea towels! The second one made me laugh out loud!
ReplyDeleteYou can never have enough tea towels, love the retro ones!
ReplyDeleteI have a serious love of tea towels, which is quite ironic considering the very small amount of time I spend in my kitchen (only love going in there to bake). I love hte two you've chosen, they are fab, and would be framed and on my kitchen wall faster than you can say "Cook? Are you taking the mick?" Em xx
ReplyDeleteThe tea towels are great!
ReplyDeleteThe second one is so funny. :)
Have a lovely weekend.
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Brilliant! I've got my mum's collection at home and she has some cool ones- I really like the one which is is a map of the Isles of Scilly!
ReplyDeleteSee I do cook, but somewhere in my kitchen it should say "I was going to buy a tea-towel but then I remembered I don't wash up!"
ReplyDeleteGood choices x
oh wow you chose the perfect tea towels, hahaha loving the words on them! sad that the model village theme park has closed its door, from the picture in your tea towel, it looks awesome! and i love the name too, tucktonia rhymes with narnia hahaha...
ReplyDeletex susan