First things first, congrats to Patty. I drew her name at random to win my Shades of White giveaway. There were a couple of Patty’s who commented, but I have been in contact with the winning Patty so I apologize to the other Patty’s who may have momentarily thought they won and now realize they didn’t.
My friend Sue and I went out thrifting on a cold, but sunny, day last week and I managed to fill up the trunk of her car. That’s saying something, because as Sue likes to say, she originally purchased her car for the size of the two-body trunk (yep, you could easily fit two bodies in there, or a ton of garage sale/thrift finds). On the other hand, my car (the VW bug convertible) has a trunk about the size of a bread box.
Anyway, I came home with A LOT of stuff. And not my typical haul, I have to say. I don’t think I purchased a single item that needs to be painted. Want to see what I found? That’s rhetorical, I know you do.
Let’s start with the clear glassware. Normally I totally steer clear of glassware (lol, pardon the pun), but for some weird reason I was just drawn to it this time.
Ideas came to mind for most of these items.
For example, I added transfers to a few of the canister type pieces.
These two glass vessels would be great for holding gardening tools, or kitchen utensils (or paint brushes for that matter).
I initially thought this next one would just make a great vase, but I also like it filled with vintage silverware.
You can’t quite see it in the group photos, but I purchased a clear glass hobnail jar.
I’m keeping it to use for casual bouquets of flowers from the garden next season … or maybe even just tulips purchased at the grocery store while it’s still bitter cold outside.
Sue suggested I try turning the larger vase I purchased into a cloche. She’d seen it done on White Cottage Co’s YouTube vlog just that morning. So I gave it a shot.
All I did was flip it upside down and use E6000 to glue a glass knob to the top (former bottom).
I’m always looking for cute little jars to put in metal baskets or wood totes that I find, so when I saw this trio I thought I’d tuck them away for the next container that comes along.
They fit pretty nicely into this one, for example …
And speaking of containers, I purchased this metal one separately from the jars that are in it. I only bought the jars for their zinc lids. I needed lids for some older, cooler lid-less jars that I had at home.
Instead of filling that wire basket with jars, I decided it would make a fantastic windowsill herb garden.
My local Bachmans just happened to have these potted herbs on sale for $3.99 each so I grabbed four of them and put them in clay pots and then in the basket. This is my feeble attempt to bring a little summer to my wintery world.
Last up in the glassware category are these corn on the cob dishes.
I purchased these just for myself. Probably the last thing in the world I need is specialized dishes just for corn on the cob. But as I stood in the aisle at Goodwill looking at them, I could just picture a summer BBQ on the deck with steaks sizzling on the grill, a delicious cocktail in my hand, and fresh picked corn on the cob swimming in melted butter in those dishes.
What can I say, there’s a foot of snow on the ground and it was about 9 degrees outside that day. I’m totally blaming that decision on the cabin fever!
I was lucky this time out and came across the holy grail of thrifting … ironstone.
I rarely find ironstone at our thrift stores here in the mid-west. I am separating the pitcher from the bowl. I think a pitcher in a bowl has that 80’s country antique vibe, but separately they are both great pieces.
You can’t tell from that photo, but the pitcher is a big one at about 8.5″ tall. I’m probably going to end up adding it to my non-collection. It was definitely the find of the day.
The bowl is 14″ across and would be perfect to use as a fruit bowl in the middle of your kitchen table, it’s going to go to the shop to sell along with a couple of other large ironstone bowls that came from my picker.
I wasn’t planning to keep the gravy boat, but I just happen to have the perfect spot for it on my Welsh cupboard so I may just have to.
That tall piece in the background of my ironstone haul photo is not ironstone. It’s a sort of faux, crackly … I don’t know what material it’s made out of. But I knew it would look great with a transfer on it.
I came across a few galvanized items that day as well.
The two pieces on the left are from the Hearth & Hand line. And all three of these are much bigger than they look in the photo. The tallest one is 2′ tall, and the squat one is 16″ across.
I had to dress up the two tall ones with some transfers, but I left the short one unadorned.
I also came home with some dishes. I seem to be a sucker for these sets of decorative plates.
They are perfect for tucking into a gift basket.
I happened to have purchased another cute metal basket and a book called The Cheese Course while thrifting that day.
I added some cheese knives that I had on hand. Now all it needs is a couple of fancy cheeses, and it’s the perfect hostess gift.
In the ‘fail’ department, I also purchased this fabulous cheese baker that I was going to include in my cheese themed basket …
But I made a rookie mistake. The cheese baker was in a box when I picked it out, and I never pulled it out to look it over. When I got it home and out of the box, I discovered it was chipped.
Drat! Now what do I do with it? I certainly can’t sell it like that. Is there a simple way to repair that chip? Do any of you have any ideas? I may just have to toss it.
I also grabbed this set of china as a sort of experiment.
I thought the colors on them were lovely.
They were in perfect condition, and there were six dinner plates and six salad plates. And hey, they say right on the back that they are ‘vintage fine china’, so who am I to argue?
I googled them and found some interesting info on them. They were manufactured from the 1950’s through about 1964. In addition, according to antigotrunk.com “this was an exclusive pattern for Max Schoenfeld (that’s the MS on the back stamp). Max was was a California distributor of china and pottery in the Los Angeles area and distributed for many different porcelain houses. Some designs were given to him as “exclusives” only he could sell them, and the initials MS would be added to the back of the each piece.”
Anyway, I thought I’d give it a shot and see if a set like this will sell at the shop. I’ll keep the price very affordable and see what happens.
So there you have it, a bunch of fabulous finds from the thrift store. Which one is your favorite?
q is for quandie 
My favorite from this haul is the ironstone & galvanized pieces. You found lots of good stuff this time.
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Those were my favorites too Freida!
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You really had a Fab day!!I love old china,so that would be my Fab ,but all your goodies are up my alley The pitcher and bowl would be my second pick. Girl you have a great day,happy throttling.
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LOL, I’m guessing that was auto-correct … buy hey, you never know, I may want to throttle someone before the day is out 😉
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{Gulp}
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I think my favorite is the trio of milk looking bottles. I also like the gravy boat and can’t wait to use the corn dishes. You sure got a lot of stuff.
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I’m looking forward to the corn too. You have to help me remember to bring them out this summer!
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I had to smile at the “vintage fine china”. I had that china (and probably have a piece or two left here and there) but as I recall, they gave away these at Jewel, the grocery store, with so much money in purchases (in Indiana). My mom got these for me as I guess, “wedding china”. That was the late 1970’s. Memories!!
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Oh funny, well, now I know where this china probably came from!
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Great haul!
The dinner plates and salad plates might make nice DIY cake stands.
Sheila
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Thanks Sheila!
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Day hi to Sue – sure miss that smiling face! A wonderful kind woman! Like you!
I could use the scale! Will barter with clay work!?!
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Well … the scale is one of my own pieces that I just used for the photo. If I ever decide to part with it I’ll be sure to let you know!
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Crazy great buys here, and fun DIYs. Don’t toss that cover to the cheese baker yet…such a cool design on the lid, could easily be made into a wall piece?
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It is such a pretty design, but I’m not sure I can think of a way to use it!
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So love your finds!
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Thanks Valerie!
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Glad you and Sue got out and about! Some great finds – the little Hobnail vase is pretty cool! And autocorrect thinks I’m trying to spell “Hotmail”…..so annoying when my phone keeps “fixing” things. I was waiting to see what you would do with the corn on the cob dishes… wasn’t prepared for the part where you just plain want to use them as is! Lol
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LOL, I know, right? It’s not like me to just want to actually use something for its intended purpose 😉
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Cool finds Linda! Need to go thrifting now 🙂
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For sure!
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Great haul!
If the cheese baker is for decorative purposes could it be repaired with a little bit of Dixie Belle mud (white of course) and then gently sanded when dry and touched up with a bit of paint (or nail polish!!). Doubt it could go in the oven but then again…maybe it could. Nothing to lose by trying it I guess. If you do try it, let me know how you get on!
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Since I don’t want to keep it, the cheese baker would have to work as a cheese baker to sell it. If I had a spot for it as a display item, I’d definitely try your fix though. I bet your are right that the Mud would work to give it a cosmetic fix, just not a functional fix. Great idea Lindsay!
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My favorite is the metal basket with handle that you put the herbs in, but I also have an addiction to zinc covers, I’m always on the look out for them. You had a great thrifting find day, makes me jealous. I never have much luck at goodwill or local thrift stores, flea markets are my thing.
The history on the China is interesting, using it as a selling point may motivate buyers to want them as their own.
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I’m still kicking myself over a shoebox full of zinc lids that I passed up at a garage sale once. What was I thinking?! It was several years ago, and I still feel a tinge of regret over that one 🙂
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LOVE all of your finds!! Best yet is what you do with them!
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Thanks Gay!
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Great haul Miss Quandie! I’m thinking that you could spray paint the hobnail vase to match up with your ironstone non-collection………..but don’t know if a fake would make your cut! I like the little milk-type bottles and the galvanized containers……and I really enjoy how you’re always thinking about gift basket composition 🙂
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I keep thinking I want to try painting a glass jar, I just haven’t made the leap yet. You’re right, this hobnail one would be the perfect candidate!
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Wow! You came home with some great finds. My favorite is the tall faux ironstone piece. I love unique pieces like this one. It looks wonderful with the transfer on it. Thanks for sharing 😊
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It’s always fun to see the different items that people pick as their favorite. I loved how the transfer transformed that tall vase too!
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What a great haul! Always get so excited when a thrifter finds a unicorn! An ironstone unicorn. 🤣 I also love the little dairy bottles. They may not be authentic advertising ware but they are pretty cute! That stinks about the cute little cheese bake. If you don’t try to sell it, just redonate it back to the thrift store. I’m sure someone else would buy it even if for just display purposes.
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You’re so right, I should donate that back to the thrift store. I just hope the next buyer sees that it’s chipped before committing. I already discarded the box it came in, so maybe if I send it back without the box the next person will notice the chip.
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What if you used the cheese baker lid in a planter, like you do with plates so etimes?
Or as an “area rug” in a fairy garden?
Just thinking outside the box 🤔😉
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Great ideas Tammy!
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HI Linda, I have been wanting to put transfers on glass vases but worry how they will hold up, Do you have feedback on this? THANKS
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They will hold up if you hand wash them gently. But you can’t scrub on them, or put them in a dishwasher or anything like that.
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perfect, I hoped that was the answer, no top coat right?
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Right. No top coat over glass.
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