After taking lots of photos of Cathy's house HERE and HERE, we headed out for lunch by the beach....
but first we made a few stops.
Our first stop was Mango Joe's garden center.
but first we made a few stops.
Our first stop was Mango Joe's garden center.
For inspiration.
This is a great way to build an arbor. I'll put it on the "Projects" list.
I've been eating oysters for years and saving the shells. Now I know what to do with them!
We saved our old kitchen sink for a "someday" potting bench.
This one motivated me to move that project up the list.
We then hit a few antiques stores, and onto the GW thrift store.
Cathy got a nifty little mesh fedora with a leather band that she wore the rest of the day.
I got: a small wicker picnic basket, 4 vintage corning saucers that I thought matched cups I had bought on another thrifting day, and my fave buy of the day...a vintage cake tin. All less than $12.00.
Love the yellow daisies.
And yes, the cups did match the saucers.
ta da!
Cheers!
Links: My Romantic Home, Remodelaholic,
Finding Fabulous, The Shabby Nest,
French Country Cottage, Common Ground,
The Charm of Home, My Repurposed Life,
Funky Junk, Under The Table, Coastal Charm,
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Great, old cake tin, Rita. I love yellow.
ReplyDeleteLove the yellow cake tin. You lucky girl, love to find something like that...great deal too.
ReplyDeleteGreat finds! The nice thing about the Corning (we grew up with it), it will fit right into that basket and you don't have to worry about them breaking! Now, if you could only find similar plates!
ReplyDeleteI love, the cake tin, it's so pretty! Looks like you scored, and for very little $$, that' the best type of shopping day! Not to mention all the ideas you walked away with!
Rita - love your blog, thank you for sharing your creativity and fun!! Practical question -- where do you store all your pretty dishes/glassware? I'm having a hard time finding the balance of using my tablescapes and storing them. Any words of advice?
ReplyDeleteHi Rita~ LOVE your inspirations from the garden center!! Oh I want to plant flowers!! Your finds from GW are great too- the cake tin is darling! Thanks for sharing at FNF! :)
ReplyDeleteI love that vintage cake tin.
ReplyDeleteWonderful finds! Love the potting bench! What a great idea. Thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteSherry
Answer to Melinda: I store most of my kitchen dishes in my converted food pantry to cottage dish pantry. See my post by searching dish pantry on the 'search this blog' box, or go to my February posts.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Rita
The shell lamp is so cool...and i LOVE the cake tin - wow, lucky you!
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I love the vintage cake tin!!
ReplyDeleteI love that lamp!!!! I cant wait to see your creation too.
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Nice inspiration photos. You are giving me the urge to get out and visit local garden centers. At least there it may be warmer!
ReplyDeleteI love that potting bench! It looks like ya'll had a great time!
ReplyDeletegail
Oh my goodness, I LOVE that daisy cake tin!!
ReplyDeleteYour new cups and saucers look like the cam from a sweet old diner. What fun! :)
ReplyDelete~Liz
Great finds and great prices! I love old cake carriers, and this one looks like it has never been used. You did good. Thanks so much for linking to Favorite Things. laurie
ReplyDeleteForgot to tell you, I also love that potting bench. Can't wait to see yours. laurie
ReplyDeleteI love the tin can, so pretty in yello, some great finds, lucky gal! My mom still has the corning dishes from the early sixtees, in gold and blue design like yours...they have so much memmories of childhood, I loved seeing your post Rita.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Sunday.
FABBY