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Yes, we're liquidating our teapots, teacups, tea wares, tableware, home decor, and kitchen. Great time to buy! Just in time for Mother's Day. If you live in the area, there's super deals! At this time our boutique location is only open by chance and we're remodeling. If you would like to visit please call 724 468-3128. To find our huge liquidation sale visit Second Fiddle in Delmont, PA, just 4 minutes from us or LnL Fleatique Market in Adamsburg, PA. Mother's Tea from Harney and Sons Fine Tea Company you'll find at the Adamsburg location. Second Hand Fiddle is a must, for anyone looking for decor, furniture, accessories, jewelry and fashionable apparel. What a fun place. The basement just opened, showcasing home collections. This week look for my huge, I mean huge collection of blue and white porcelain from soup tureens to lamps. Also, a few sets of blue and white tea wares. The one photo above is just a small sample of the huge collection.

For our customers online, please look to our clearance department online for super deals. Items that are not on sale please contact to get a discount or find out the availability.

Some items are not on our website so please check out these locations or email if you're looking for specific item.

Tuesday

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Sunday

It's Super Bowl Sunday!

We're getting ready to go to a Super Bowl party tonight. If you live in the Pittsburgh area like me, you know this is like a national holiday. The stores close early or didn't even open at all. The malls closed early. Even my favorite flea market posted a note on the door that they're closing early. I never seen so much black and gold in my life this week. Even schools have a two hour delay tomorrow due to the Super Bowl game. Do you think Pittsburgh love there Steelers?

Hot Cinnamon Tea Roasted Pecans

Well, my diet is off today. With all the party food tonight, there's no way I can resist. I roasted pecans with a spicy sweet mix made of tea and made some magic cookie bars. Can't wait to see what other goodies are going to be there. I already got on the treadmill this morning. Tomorrow I'll do the same. Then off to the fitness center to spin. I think I already gained three pounds just testing out the goodies I made for tonight. "Here we go Steelers! Here we go!" So, no matter where you live you're going to hear the screams, yelling and shouting from the Pittsburgh fans to your neck of the woods. That's how loud it's going to get.

Magic Cookie Bars

Tuesday

Monkey Business and Tea?

Pictured above is sheet music from the song When I take my sugar to tea. One of my favorites from my huge collection of tea sheet music. This song originally was performed by the Marx brother Chico in the 1931 comedy movie Monkey Business. Other great performers through the years sang the sweet lyrics to this song.

I like to do more of this

I just read this refreshing idea. It's to take time to drink your tea or coffee outside. Especially in the morning. The article said that traditional Chinese Medicine holds that morning energy is the purest; getting outside helps to reenergize in a meaningful way. This makes you in touch with each season and your surrounding environment. I love drinking my tea in the warmer months outside but, in the cold months I just look out the bay window in my living room. It's a beautiful view of the woods and creek. What a super habit to get into to motivate you for the rest of the day. Maybe, if it gets above freezing I will drink my tea outside tomorrow and Chaco can play ball for a couple of minutes.

Sunday

Organizing My Tea and Things

If you're like me you never have enough room for all your things. This time of year is the best to get organized for your life this new year. Finding vintage and antique items are always a fun way to get started organizing. Being the tea lady that I am, it's hard to store all my varieties in one place but, recently I came up with a solution. I took my chippy antique Chinese chest from my other room and put it in the kitchen. It's now filled with all kinds of tea. The scene on the chest is from an old Chinese opera. Love this chest. Copper teapots make for a great hideaway storage or bank.

Here's another antique Chinese chest with two doors again, with opera scenes. We store extra magazines and whatnot's. Many years ago this chest stored the most beautiful silk opera costume. The beautiful Chinese wedding basket above the chest is made of elmwood. This too is a very old piece, the custom at a Shan Xi wedding was to have this basket to serve sweets to the wedding guests then later it would turn into a lunch bucket for the couple. Now a great conversation piece, antique and storage.

Vintage Indian Basket

Vintage Giant Green Chili Chalkware Bank

Vintage Receipt Hook

Vintage Wooden Bowls

Of course baskets of all shapes and sizes make for great storage. The quirky are always fun. I just picked up a super large green chili pepper made of chalkware. It's 15 inches long and around 5 inches wide. It has a hook to hang from the ceiling. Just need to touch-up the paint. Guess what? It's a bank. Maybe, I can save my pennies for more vintage sprees. The green vintage receipt hook I just purchased on Etsy is for my shipping receipts. Wooden bowls are my weakness. So inexpensive. Not just for fruit but, practically any storage.