Garage Sale Finds!

Wonderful Hubby and I are really enjoying retirement!  We've taken several trips this summer and blogging has taken a backseat but I hope to get my groove back soon.

A few weeks ago, a teacher friend of mine held an estate garage sale for her in-laws.  The items were very good quality.  I found several things that had to come home with me and I'm featuring two of them in this post.

The first is this pretty old enameled coffee pot. 
It was perfectly 'aged' from previous wear. 

I've enjoyed filling it with flowers for our kitchen table. 

The other treasure I'm featuring is one of these small blue plates. 

 About a year ago, I found one just like it in a thrift store along with another smaller plate that was similar.  I've used them both in a vignette with some other items in our office area.  When I saw this plate at the sale, I knew it was an exact match and had to bring it home!  I'm not sure if they are real dinnerware but I thought I'd reunite them for a pretty breakfast setting.

Here are the markings on the back.  I'm not sure what they mean. 
If anyone knows, I'd appreciate learning about them.

I'm also featuring some vintage dishes from my stash - some pink depression glass and two lusterware coffee cups and saucers.

I found these lusterware cups and saucers on a little trip near Hannibal, MO several years ago.  There was also a creamer but no sugar bowl.  I'm still on the lookout for one!  Isn't that the fun part...the search?!

These three pink serving pieces, perfect for pastries and fruit,

are from different places. 

This one was my mother's.  It's so dainty!

I found this little bowl myself,

and this one was Wonderful Hubby's grandmother's. 

Dear Mother-in-Law gifted it to me. 

I love how she labeled it for us.  This is such a good idea! 

Vintage silver and glassware complete the setting. 

Thanks for letting me share my new little treasure! 

I'm joining these fun parties so stop by and see what others

are sharing this week!

Amaze Me Monday

  Rustic and Refined

Something to Talk About

Tablescape Thursday

Share Your Cup Thursday

Dining On the Porch

I've admired others' tablescapes for some time now and decided to give one a try myself.  It was a lot of fun combining a few new acquisitions with my own vintage pieces. 

 

The blue salad plates and soup bowls are from Home Goods as are the napkins.  All the other pieces are from around our home.  The larger white plates were from Old Time Pottery about 20 years ago and the crystal goblets are from our wedding 25 years ago.  (We should use these more....we aren't getting any younger!)  The small white plates and the blue and white pitcher holding the flowers is from my mother-in-law.  

 

 

 

 

 

She was also with me when I bought the dessert dishes and berry bowls at a local estate auction.   Those blue stemmed wine glasses I recently bought at a resale shop when Wonderful Hubby and I were on a weekend get-away. 

 

Can I make confession?  The napkin rings are Dollar General shower curtain rings.  Is that cheating?

 

 

 

  



Those are my hydrangeas!  I'll show you the bush in a bit.  The daisies and baby's breath were part of the table decorations for our 25th Wedding Anniversary celebration.  I reused them for this display.

 

 



 

 

The flatware is from my great aunt and uncle.  They had their monogram engraved on them.  Their last name was Clark.

 



 

 

  

My hydrangeas all grew on the same bush!  I'm not sure why they ranged from periwinkle blue to pink but we certainly  have enjoyed them!! 

 

 

 

 

Well, I have to admit that was fun!  When I asked how to go about this tablescaping thing, several suggested I 'shop my house' to see what I could put together.  It turned out to be a stroll down memory lane.  I may have to try it again soon.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Linking to:

Wow Us Wednesday

Let's Dish

Tablescape Thursday

Seasonal Sunday