Vintage goodies... this week it's milk glass!

Squeaking in just in the nick of time (it's still Tuesday!) for Retro Tuesday over at The Crazy Suburban Mom-

This week I have a cute little individual sugar bowl and creamer set. It's milk glass made by Westmoreland Glass. The pattern is called paneled grapes. What I love about this set is the sugar bowl has its lid. I did some searching when I came home with them from the consignment shop and discovered that of the dozen or so pieces listed on eBay not one of them has the lid with it! I guess people must misplace them or break them a lot or something.

In any case, I think it's really cute, but as much as I like it (and was dying to buy a sugar bowl and creamer set) it doesn't match my dishes like I wanted it too. The grapes are just too formal to go with my 50's atomic style stuff. So- this pair will be going to eBay when I get a free minute to list them. I'll open the bidding at $8.99. I hope they find a good home!

Linked up to Vintage Thingies Thursday at The Coloradolady

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Vintage Thingies Thursday - My Kitschy Owl Trivets

I don't have a ton of vintage goodies this week, but I did find these cute owl trivets at Salvation Army- note the $1.79 price tag. All blue tags were 50% off the day I was there, so I got them for $1.79 total. Not bad considering I've been on an owl kick lately and scoping these exact sort of trivets out on Etsy and pricing them between $5 and $15 plus shipping!

A couple of coats of leftover white spray paint, since I'm not a fan of brass, and they're good to go!

Not sure where their final resting place will be in my kitchen, I keep moving them around. But I love them! :)

Linking up to VTT over at the Coloradolady.

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Retro Tuesday, visions of aqua!

While reading The Crazy Suburban Mom's blog this morning I came across an awesome post on vintage kitchen appliances, pyrex and aqua- couldn't make me a happier girl! As I briefly mentioned in my post Thanks, Mommy! I collect vintage Blue Heaven dishes. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE old pyrex. Another great goody given to me by my mom was my grandmother's old pyrex mini loaf pans in- you guess it- aqua! They match my dishes perfectly and are so fun to bake in!

ps- if you head over to The Crazy Suburban Mom, check out the aqua stove. I want me one of those bad boys!

Oh! Almost forgot about my nifty vintage canisters- found these on eBay for $10!


**this post has been added to The Coloradolady's Vintage Thingies Thursday

Linking up to the Turquoise Tuesday Party over at The Single Nester!

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