Sunday, July 8, 2012

Early Summer Harvest

I haven't posted a lot of my findings lately, so I figured it was time to bring the bevy into the house from my temporary holding place in the garage and find a home for them.
I will start off with a few things I have found at various places.

First, I found the spring blossom butter dish with the lid along with three mugs (and a few glasses!) at the goodwill a few months.


And I also found a few of my first oval casserole dishes,

One of my favorites is the blue tulip!
And I love the mod kitchen dish! I thought it would be more creamy, but it seems really white to me. I got it at a flea market.
 
I got the turquoise snowflake at a shop near my work. I am not a big turquoise fan, so when I do some downsizing this will probably go.
And on to another style that I haven't really collected much of, the normal mixing bowl shape. Before last month I only had the primary set, and now I have a few to show! The colonial mist set is lovely. I wasn't planning on buying it, but the shop owner was great and it was in good condition. I paid more than I would have liked though.

But I lucked out and found a set of woodland mixing bowls for a steal at a local flea market/antique mall.

And my most exciting purchase is this Blue Americana set. OMG! I love it. I paid 10 dollars a bowl for this, but I didn't care. Plus, I saw at least two ebay auctions that were selling only one of the bowls for 30+ dollars.

I also found a trailing flowers and homestead casserole dish, along with some gemco salt and pepper shakers that I might post about later on. So far, the harvest has been great, but it is time for me to curb my obsession a bit. I don't have any room to display these items, so I really should wait until I have a bigger hutch or a corner cabinet or something before I get anything else.

It has been SOOOO hot in Indiana. We are looking to some cooler weather this week. Woohoo! Bring on the 80s!

9 comments:

  1. awesome finds! i've been so discouraged with what i do and do not find...that i haven't looked for probably a month. i need to get out there again!

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  2. Interesting, I have the Mod Kitchen casserole, too--mine is definitely more yellowish than yours. Perhaps they produced a couple variances?

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  3. Such great buys...guess I better be visiting Terre haute when I come home.

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  4. The tulip dish came from my vacation in Florida. Everything else came from Nashville, Edinburgh, Bloomington and Mooresville! :)

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  5. I'm in love with your whiter Mod Kitchen!

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  6. The one with the snow flakes is just so cute, but ofcourse I would think that since it is my favorite color! You got lots of great finds!

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  7. I love the tulip, that is such a beautiful design!

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  8. i love turqoise especially with the snowflake. when you get rid of them you should give them to me haha :)

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  9. The Mod is def supposed to be yellow. Weird?

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