I did this Silk Ribbon Embroidery for a friend of mine.  She mentioned that it would be cute to have a hankie embroidered on one side and have it sit in a tea cup.   So I found an old hankie and this is how it turned out.

 

 This is a close up of the corner that I worked up.,

This is what it looks like sitting in the tea cup.   I probably should have taken the picture against a color background.  The white background sort of washes it out and you don't get the full affect of the idea.