New Find

Tuesday, Michael and I went to a favorite vintage store. We were looking for a chair. The chair had been sold, but I found this instead.

So pretty, and it is 1 and 1/2 quart size bowl with a lid. Love the lid.

I instantly fell in love, and having learned my lesson from the chair... took it home. Also, there is a lesson to be learned in having an infant - you can shop when she is sleeping, but make it quick - time is not always on your side.

My Collection

So, a while back I had written about how I ditched the boring, earth tones in the kitchen.

I have been collecting bright, happy table ware for a while now. It has been a slowly building collection. Some from thrift stores, and others from antique stores. Because I am not looking for a set, even at the antique stores, the pieces are pretty cheap.
I paid a dollar or two for most, one exception was the blue plate - it was a splurge at $6 - but worth it. I love the edging. Then there is this little orange saucer... how charming.
I love that they are all different. I am torn between hanging them on the wall, or leaving them in the cabinet so I can use them. One day, as my collection grows I will get to do both. I dream of a table set with all mismatched, happy, cheerful plates.

What I Really Love

I have always loved bright colors - think sunshine and rainbows.

I dressed this way growing up - if it wasn't bright or colorful - I really didn't like it. Then in high school - a friend told me that with my coloring, complexion - I needed to wear more earth tones and jewel tones.

They were right - I do look better in those colors as apposed to the neons and brights I tended to gravitate towards. I then decided that my bright yellow bedroom and Punky Brewster style quilts were probably a bad decision look wise also...

So, when Michael and I moved in together in 2003... I felt this great need to be grown up and subdued. This meant to me - greens, browns and blues. Colors I would wear - are the colors I bought for our home.

Which lead me to my old dinner wear...

Yep - pretty blah and boring of you ask me.

As I asked for in my Christmas wish list (and received thanks to a gift card from my mother-in-law!) - Correll Pure White dinner wear - all white - not exactly colorful.

I have grown up since my Punky Brewster days... I have learned that color in splashes is better than a head-to-toe ensemble. So goes it for real life as well... doses.

For years in my garage sale and thrift store hunting - I would drool over the bright and purchase the earth tones... No longer!

I have started a collection of retro dishes and service pieces - all in brights and rainbow hues. I don't want a set - I am aiming for a collection where each piece is different than all the rest. This is easier said than done - but the fun is in the hunt.

I will be posting pictures of my finds later this week... but here are some Etsy pieces that I would like to run across in my hunting. If I don't find them on my own - I may just have to breakdown and buy them online.

Lemon Trivet

Lovely Plate

Adorable cups and saucers

Plates that smile

Table cloth... or lovely cafe curtains..

I am so happy to going back to what I love - and not what I thought was a better choice...