Teacup in Pink & Lilac Roses Elephant So many old hippo drawings

So many old hippo drawings just looked all wrong

The penguin is 4

Materials: Chiyogami and cotton floss on cotton paper

This pink Regency dress is made from Japanese paper

decoration is kept to the bottom portion of the skirt

Teacup in Pink & Lilac Roses Elephant So many old hippo drawingsThis teacup design is from my own collection, a Paragon China Co. teacup and saucer from the 1950s or 1960s. My mother, aunt, and Nana all had large collections of mismatched teacups, and the tradition continued with Nana giving me my first teacups when I was a little girl. I have continued to collect them, and I looked through my entire collection to find the perfect shape to make these paper teacups and saucers. The teacup is 4 inches wide, stitched