Winners and Runners Up of The Tea Cosy Competition

Winners and Runner Up of the Novelty Category
The judges weren't able to choose between these two tea cosies, so we have two winners.

Fleur Wheeler (Sea Urchin) and Jenny Renshaw (Ho Ho Ho)

The Runner Up is Lyn Paterson (Fifi)


Winner and Runner Up of the Traditional Category

Shirley Westaway (A Bling Thing)

The Runner Up is Linda McMullen (Cosy Chick)

The Last of The Tea Cosies

Jo Mackowski sent us this treasure in the mail from Queensland, she said it has been made from the left over wool she used for knitting slippers for her grandchildren. Yes, they do need warm slippers in the winter up North. So, we thought we'd be smart and simply call this tea cosy 'Slippers'.

This little poodle is notable because he is the work of a mother and son team. Sue and Matt Power put him together and they are pretty pleased with the outcome.

'Ho Ho Ho'..............and what else would you call this little Father Christmas. When you lift his little hat there's a bald head surrounded by fluffy white hair. I've stopped being surprised about the creative and wonderful minds in this town.

This is 'T Berta' our own little Lady Bird and she is the creation of Vanessa Checkley. And so is the next one.

What can I say? This is 'Dumbo' and he's so cute! Vanessa Checkley is responsible for this as well.

I think Les MacKay might be a little disappointed in how this looks in the photo, because he looks great in the window..............Chuck Chickadee and his little poem says "I'm Chuck Chickadee and I keep your tea as warm as can be."

'Buttons and Bows' by Lorraine Brown, who by the way didn't think this was good enough for the competition, you can see we didn't agree with her.

This is Phyliss Barlow's second entry and she's called it 'Hot T Bunnies'. All the little bunnies are made separately and sown on, so all the little ears stand up in the centre. She's such a clever lady.

This is the 'Bling Thing' and it's the handy work of Shirley Westaway. When you see it in the flesh (so to speak) it has glitter and shine, pity this hasn't shown up in the photo.

More Tea Cosies!!

Here are some more of those tea cosies of the really wild kind. We are getting close to the end of the competition and I'm told there's a number of these little fellows still to come.

The photo doesn't do this any justice it's another Tania Pell and we called it Pretty Ribbons.

Remember Connie Arnup? Her previous tea cosie was called Slightly Pom, she's come up with another one and we've named it Just Trad, 'cause it is.

The title for this little wonder is The Big Pineapple and I know a least one person in this town who is hoping to buy it when we get to the 'selling' part of the competition.

Tania Pell was responsible for The Little Imp and she's also responsible for this one - Teddy Bear's Picnic - and there's another one later. She's so competitive!!

This little fellow is by Jeanette Allan and his name is Mr. Tomato (and why not, I ask!!)

Loani Prior

One of the things I failed to mention in previous posts is that the Wild Tea Cosy competition was inspired by Loani Prior's wonderful books. 'Wild Tea Cosies' and 'Really Wild Tea Cosies'. You can see a wonderful array of tea cosies on her blog. http://wildforteacosies.blogspot.com/ We're working towards a blog as colourful and entertaining as Loani's.

Here's another posting of Wild Tea Cosies for our competition. We hope you enjoy looking at them. As more comes in we'll set them up on the blog.



I'd like to present a wonderful, traditional tea cosy called 'Slightly Pom', I don't think our photograph does it justice. It has been entered by Connie Arnup who is 94 years old!! There's another one from Connie that we'll add in to a later post.

This is another entry by Barbara Moon, 'Cosy Christmas' is its name. Barbara tells me that the decorations on the sides are removable if you wanted to use them for Christmas tree decorations. Where do these creative people get their ideas??

This is 'Miss Prissy' and I'm glad I'm not judging these tea cosies because I have a soft spot for this little lady. Leonie Margetts let us have this one for the judging, although I'm not sure we'll be selling it when the competition is over.

Tania Pell is responsible for this tea cosy and his name is 'Little Imp', we have two more of Tania's cosies out the back and when time permits we'll post those as well. This is the one that's in the window at the moment.

This little lady 'Fifi' came all the way from Healesville to Foster for the competition and her 'owner' is Lyn Paterson. A bit difficult to see in the photo, but 'Fifi' has a long pink tongue that reaches to her nose.

Here's another of our entries, this one is shaped to represent a book and it's title is 'Teapot Tales', it was entered by Prue Fleming. When you get the chance to look at the back of the tea cosy it actually says 'the end'.........!!

We thought a blog would be a great way to keep our customers and friends aware of what's happening at Foster's Little Bookshop. These are photos of the first of the entries for the Wild Tea Cosy competition that runs until June 24th. Hope you enjoy seeing them as much as we are when receiving them.

This little cosy is called 'A Basket of Flowers' by Barbara Moon. You can see it but there's a small lady bird up amongst the flowers.

This is an entry from Fleur Wheeler, 'Sea Urchin'. Fleur said when she started making the tea cosy she couldn't stop..........it was like eating peanuts!! Fleur is away overseas at the moment and tells me when she returns there is another cosy in the pipeline.