Featured Strange things - Tea cup upcycling?

I found this article and though hate to see a whole tea cup or saucer destroyed, if there is a crack or imperfection, I could see doing this. The strangest one, to me, was using a teacup as a curtain tie back. https://www.diyncrafts.com/14225/re...r-25-gorgeous-projects-to-upcycle-old-teacups

 

How creative!

 

I know some folks on etsy sell tea cup do overs.
I would not even try any of this, I am not a crafty person at all. But they are lovely.

 

If the cup wasn't really old or rare and had a star crack in the bottom, why not? Not my style at all, too cozy cottage, but a good recycling of a damaged item.

 

I love using single tea cups as planters : -)

 

Even Chinese modern junque is great for that.

 

I found this lovely tea cup at a yard sale in Maine, $1.

 

I am a tea cup collector and the vast majority out there are perfect for make-overs, I love it! The curtain "tie back" is a new one, I've not seen that before. The tea cup wine glasses are cute, too.
Once in a while, I see a made over tea cup set and want to cry... knowing that particular set was rare and/or valuable and the crafter probably had no idea.

 

I remember coming across one of those craft things where they stack china and glass to make a garden ornament, one of the pieces was a Royal Albert Teapot in the Señorita pattern I almost cried

 

That's what I see here too, Cxgirl.

 

I see this being done with carnival glass "cause it shines so well in the sun" to make garden ornaments and want to cry too.
If its damaged, okay, but please don't ruin a whole beautiful piece to create a craft item.