Some things are just so hard to resist, and I'm only just so strong. I find myself at the thrift store, almost if by magic, not remembering driving there at all. Looking at all of the beautiful things on the shelves, I think of my own shelves (and drawers, closets, china hutches) filled with things and know that I don't have any more room for anything else. But sometimes its just too difficult to say no...
I was strolling the aisles of the Salvation Army a couple of weeks ago and trying to resist temptation when I spotted this set of six glasses. I'm sure they're supposed to be juice glasses, but with the lovely bell shape and heavy base, I thought they'd be perfect for wine in a so-of-the-moment-stemless-wineglass-sort-of-way. BUT, there was no price on them and given my recent experience with the coffee table, I was extremely wary. Rather than ask the manager with the big afro, I just took them to the register where the lady told me they were fifty cents a piece. Sold!
Along with the glasses, I found these two blue bowls which appeared to have been mouth blown due to the slight ridges on the side and the pucker on the bottom where the pipe was attached. Don't they just scream summer? They were marked a dollar, but it was 50% off red sticker days and LUCKY ME, they were red stickers, so I got both for a dollar. Perfect for dips, spreads and other little nibbly things, I'm sure you'll see them regularly on bigYELLOWbowl.
Sometimes its possible to satiate my desire to buy dishes and thrift goodies by picking things up for OTHER people. That way, it's not my problem where it goes, but theirs, yet I still get the satisfaction of a great find. These three ashtrays were a little pricey, but happen to match my friend Michael's dishes. Smoking is gross, but I think that it's very cool that you used to be able to buy ashtrays that matched your dishes. What could be prettier on a dining room table than coordinating ashtrays filled with butts and ashes? A belated b-day present, they'll be in the mail very soon, I promise.
Several weeks ago I was in Salina, KS with some friends to see the Henry Darger "documentary" In the Realms of the Unreal at the Salina Art Center Cinema. It was pretty good and elicited much conversation for several days. We also did a little thrift shopping, but didn't really find anything completely fabulous. At the antique mall however, we found TONS of good buys which didn't make it onto these pages because this is Manic Thrift Store Shopper, not Manic Antique Mall Shopper. One of the best things was a set of dishes by Homer Laughlin in a pattern called Snow White-simple, classic and elegant. For about $40, it was a very full set and I did my best to talk my friend Lorena into purchasing them, knowing that if she didn't they would be mine. I'm very persuasive, so she did buy them and saved me the agony of trying to find a place in my sagging pantry.
But at the DAV, I found these lost and lonely pieces by Sango in a pattern called Strafito. Again, simple and white with just a little texture around the edges. I thought they would go perfectly with the set she had purchased, mixing it up a little with pattern, but still holding to the overall idea of the table. For $20 they were a steal and she loved them, again saving me the agony of trying to find a home in my cupboard for them.
Are you shopping for something specific or general? Let me know, maybe I'll find it and make us both very happy.
I was strolling the aisles of the Salvation Army a couple of weeks ago and trying to resist temptation when I spotted this set of six glasses. I'm sure they're supposed to be juice glasses, but with the lovely bell shape and heavy base, I thought they'd be perfect for wine in a so-of-the-moment-stemless-wineglass-sort-of-way. BUT, there was no price on them and given my recent experience with the coffee table, I was extremely wary. Rather than ask the manager with the big afro, I just took them to the register where the lady told me they were fifty cents a piece. Sold!
Along with the glasses, I found these two blue bowls which appeared to have been mouth blown due to the slight ridges on the side and the pucker on the bottom where the pipe was attached. Don't they just scream summer? They were marked a dollar, but it was 50% off red sticker days and LUCKY ME, they were red stickers, so I got both for a dollar. Perfect for dips, spreads and other little nibbly things, I'm sure you'll see them regularly on bigYELLOWbowl.
Sometimes its possible to satiate my desire to buy dishes and thrift goodies by picking things up for OTHER people. That way, it's not my problem where it goes, but theirs, yet I still get the satisfaction of a great find. These three ashtrays were a little pricey, but happen to match my friend Michael's dishes. Smoking is gross, but I think that it's very cool that you used to be able to buy ashtrays that matched your dishes. What could be prettier on a dining room table than coordinating ashtrays filled with butts and ashes? A belated b-day present, they'll be in the mail very soon, I promise.
Several weeks ago I was in Salina, KS with some friends to see the Henry Darger "documentary" In the Realms of the Unreal at the Salina Art Center Cinema. It was pretty good and elicited much conversation for several days. We also did a little thrift shopping, but didn't really find anything completely fabulous. At the antique mall however, we found TONS of good buys which didn't make it onto these pages because this is Manic Thrift Store Shopper, not Manic Antique Mall Shopper. One of the best things was a set of dishes by Homer Laughlin in a pattern called Snow White-simple, classic and elegant. For about $40, it was a very full set and I did my best to talk my friend Lorena into purchasing them, knowing that if she didn't they would be mine. I'm very persuasive, so she did buy them and saved me the agony of trying to find a place in my sagging pantry.
But at the DAV, I found these lost and lonely pieces by Sango in a pattern called Strafito. Again, simple and white with just a little texture around the edges. I thought they would go perfectly with the set she had purchased, mixing it up a little with pattern, but still holding to the overall idea of the table. For $20 they were a steal and she loved them, again saving me the agony of trying to find a home in my cupboard for them.
Are you shopping for something specific or general? Let me know, maybe I'll find it and make us both very happy.