My $3.00 Garage Sale Finds

How $3.00 can make you happy.
The annual Cooper City Neighborhood 

Garage Sale was on last weekend's 

list of activities and places to go.

A beautiful day to walk the grounds and see 

what might need a new home with moi'. I

found this cranberry red tea pot for $1.00!!

It's also a cute coffee pot.

I can make coffee using a filter cone

 top and the drip method. I don't have to 

tell you how many holidays this little 

ceramic pot will see. 

 The same vendor also had this stack of 8 

dishes for $2.00!! Because he was a man he

 neglected to point out how perfectly they 

matched my newly purchased tea pot and 

what a lovely table setting they would make

 for lunch, brunch or tea...but

I figured that out right away. 

 Now in the back of my mind I thought the 

color would match a set of Longaberger

 mugs I have and I was right.

 You can just imagine the joy!

 The ivory background on the plates works

with my Longaberger ivory pottery. 

So it keeps getting better.

 Now for that mix-and-match look, 

I used my red transferware. Better still!

 So these 8 plates for $2.00 have 

completely expanded my plate "wardrobe". 

 I have 4 of these mugs and one or two 

red Longaberger plates to mix in.

 You'll be seeing them again in July when  

I do the Americana color scheme. 

 But I just had to play with them a bit before

putting them in my dish cupboard 

HERE and HERE.

This is the brand on the bottom of the dishes.

I haven't Googled it yet, but I like that it's 

an American company in Beaver Falls, PA. 

Sounds like a nice town. I'm sure someone

enjoyed a nice piece of homemade apple pie

 on one of these plates. :)

Cheers!

Links: Between Naps On The Porch

Confessions Of A Plate Addict