Best and Top of Everything : October 2011

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots

The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
Wiki tells us that a teapot is in fact a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or an herbal mix in boiling or near-boiling water, and for serving the resulting infusion which is called tea. What a load of rubbish! Most of us chuck in a few tea bags and away it goes, but I offer you to join me as I try and find out if the teapot maketh the tea or is it the other way around?!? So without further ado I bring you…
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
10 – But what if Lionel Richie likes coffee?!? (£24.19)–(source)
This rather impressive, handmade teapot is based on the song lyrics of Lionel Ritchie. While it may be simple I would like to bet it would bring quite a few smiles to peoples faces. (well I smiled at it anyway)
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
9 –  ”Fancy a brew Mr Wells? (£82.77)–(source)
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery and industrial inspired items much like this incredible teapot! Sure it is a little pricey but if you want a teapot that will get everyone talking then this is it.
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
8 – PC or TP?!? (£47.95)–(source)
Do you know someone who sits in front of the PC for hours on end? Then why not offer them a cup of tea from this very apt PC monitor teapot! This would make a great gift for a blogger or maybe someone that spends their lives on Facebook. (most of us then)
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
7 – Chalk and Cheese. (£38.75)–(source)
Do you like some Toast with your Tea in the mornings? Well now you don’t have to wait for one or the other, because you can have both things at once! But where do you put the butter?!?
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
6 – “Va Va Voom!” (£425.00)–(source)
Why so expensive? Well this is very rare indeed, it comes with a registered design number and is just about as exclusive as you are going to get without talking silly prices.
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
5 – Not a Teapot, more a Sorapot. (£155.51)–(source)
Made from stainless steel, borosilicate glass and food-grade silicone, the Sorapot articulates the ancient ritual of tea in a thoroughly modern way and in return it looks stunning as a teapot is ever going to get.
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
4 – Tea for 2 at Roswell.  (£52.25)–(source)
Do you like tea pathetic, puny earthlings? Well I have some for you but really it is just the waste exhaust from my space toilet! whahahahah….It’s a teapot shaped like a UFO people! What more could you possible want to know? TAKE MY MONEY!!!
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
3 – Take Me To Your Leader! (£52.25)–(source)
Here is a news flash for you…I’m a NERD! I like sci-fi and space and of course aliens! So for me this ticks all the right boxes, looks amazing, not that expensive making it well worth including in this list.
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
2 – It’s the way it was. (£1492.91)–(source)
Here is the stunner, this really is made out of 100% Bamboo! 100% one-off original, this simply stunning zisha style teapot is design by Lu Wen Xia and his family has been making these for well over 1000 years!!! You want the best tea pot in the World then look no further.
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Teapots
1 – Tea and Relative Digestives in Space?!? (£76.65)–(source)
For me it just simply doesn’t get any better than this jaw dropping TARDIS teapot. It’s incredible to look at, not too expensive and will be a real talking point at any tea party.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters

The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
I am going to admit to something here that not a lot of people know: “I HATE GARDENING!” I love the look of a nice garden, but hate doing it. For several years now I have paid my elderly neighbour in beer to cut the grass every few weeks because I hate doing that much! But something I do love looking at and making myself is what is known as a cinder block planter. Simple to make, the plants are care free succulents and they look simply stunning. And with that in mind I bring you….
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
For those of you that fancy having a go at making one of these for yourself you can follow this easy step-by-step guide here–> (LINK)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
10 – This is my own one, that I made! Total build price £13.60 (Wales, UK)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
9 – Simple, but yet deadly effective.  (Mexico)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
8 – The Cinder Planter Wall! (Ohio, USA)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
7 – A cinder block planter done right! (Wiltshire, UK)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
6 – Small, but quite frankly beautiful (Scotland)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
5 – It might be round the bend but it is also pure genius (Minnesota, USA)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
4 – The perfect example of it done right. (Colorado, USA)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
3 – A great example of how to do it right on a patio (London, UK)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
2 – The Tower Block they call cinder (Texas, USA)–(source)
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
The World’s Top 10 Best Cinder Block Planters
1 – There are good ideas and then there are ideas born of pure genius!  (USA)–(source)