My boxes and boxes of books and porn don't count.
And with 3 young kids, I can't put my art of male nudes on the walls or put out my awesome nude sculptures...
*sigh*
Someday.
Anyway, I'm getting off track here. My MIL (mother-in-law) is a collector of damn near everything.
Sculptures and figurines of fairies, birds, flowers, angels; teapots and cups; dolls; decorative birdhouses...You name it...she's probably got a collection of it (or at least the start of one).
She's been frequenting this antique store that's going out of business in the area. Every day she's come home with bags and bags of goodies.
The one thing that caught my eye that she started bringing home were these delicate little teacups. I'm not a fan of delicate anythings, really. I've never liked frilly girl things. I think Barbies were the only girly things I ever owned. I liked playing with them....only because I could make them have sex.
Yep, I've been pervy my entire life.
Anyway, the MIL brings home this butterfly teacup and saucer. Oh my Gawd! It was absolutely beautiful...but I was afraid to even hold it in fear that I'd fucker up and drop the damned thing or hold it to tightly.
So into the china hutch everything went and I admired it from a distance.
I mentioned that if they had anything with a dragonfly (my absolute favorite little insect, lol) on it, I might be wiling to go check the store out.
Yesterday, the MIL brings home 2 boxes and sets them in front of me. "If you don't like it, you don't have to keep it," she says. "They were out of the dragonfly cups."
I open the fancy blue box, separate the styrofoam, unwrap the yards and yards of bubble wrap and low and behold...THIS is what was inside....
Horror of horrors...I liked it.
I'm scared to death of it because it's so delicate and breakable (nothing close to being as delicate as that butterfly teacup)and I can't stand the thought of one cup being $65 a piece. The spoons do not come with the cup and saucer either and they are an additional $15 a piece.
I warred with myself, trying to say that it was frilly, and girly, and that I didn't like it--but I failed.
I ended up going online to look for more of these Franz designs. I never should have done that! I found so many cups, teapots, vases, etc. that I just found incredibly beautiful. Yeah, I found that alot of them were more gaudy than beautiful (to me), but I think it's all just a matter of taste.
The cool thing is that the cups are cheaper online...but I don't know that I trust the US Postal service that much!
*sigh*
So does that mean I just might be interested in starting a collection? I think so.
But please God, let it stop there and don't turn me into a girly-girl after all these years!!
P.S. Here is that Butterfly cup and saucer I mentioned.
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