mydearwatson: thrift - hello, beautiful

8/2/12

thrift - hello, beautiful

despite my complete lack of storage space there was something about this perfect condition teapot that i could not pass up when thrifting last week. lovely lines and perfect finish. she's just so pretty. so i MADE room.

i justified it by telling myself she would be the first piece in a new collection. {yes, brian's face fell into his palm when he heard the words "new" and "collection" together. poor dear.}

a while ago i bookmarked this post by 'the vintage cabin' and i just keep going back for the eye candy. it's like pottery porn. consider me inspired.

just for fun i did some googling to see what i could learn about this particular piece. long story short it's authentic vintage by a well known and respected company. apparantly she is valued at quite a bit more than the $6.99 i splurged to make her part of my new ENGLISHBROWNSPECKLED collection. hopefully the first of many many more. poor, poor brian.

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Heather · 660 weeks ago

Oh how pretty! Love your first piece of your new(and what hopes to be huge) collection!! :)

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my dear watson 74p · 660 weeks ago

thanks so much! spoiler: i found some matching dinner plates the other day. ;)

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Charlotte · 660 weeks ago

I am constantly talking about "new vintage collections" as well (ceramic cow creamers.... pie plates...cute coffee/flour/sugar canisters) and all my husband does is roll his eyeballs.

What a great score! We recently found a 1959 General Electric transistor radio at a yard sale for $1.50 that still works, they're valued at $50-90 pending on condition. We'll never sell it (it just looks cool!) but it was exciting to find such a score. Congrats! That teapot will come in handy on cold nights!

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my dear watson 74p · 660 weeks ago

don't you just love knowing that you fell in love with something for a reason other than it's financial "value"? it gives me the warm fuzzies.

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nicholl · 660 weeks ago

I love it, its beautiful!

Drop by nichollvincent.blogspot.com and say hello! Have a great day!

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my dear watson 74p · 660 weeks ago

thanks for visiting! i will be visiting you very soon!

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luwilson500 53p · 660 weeks ago

I was wondering how Brian feels about all the items you come home with. I'm just getting into this thrifting malarkey and Al just keeps tutting at me and saying we don't have room for things. If he didn't need endless suppplies of batteries and bottles of ketchup there would be more room! I am liking your new collection a lot and will keep an eye out for any matching bits over here in England. After all you need a good excuse to come see me (or for me to visit Canada)!! Hehehe. As for your link to the the vinatge cabin, I am positive my mum had a collection of the cream plates with the brown pattern. I made her get rid of them years ago as they were brown and I hated brown! Dammit.

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my dear watson 74p · 660 weeks ago

finding and making room is easy when you follow the one and two rule... for every one you bring in you purge two.

or move to a bigger place.

i'm determined to move within the year. ;)

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Marielley · 660 weeks ago

What a great find! I love thrifting for vintage items:) I know what you mean about having little space for more thrifted items....It really adds up over the years doesn't it? We seem to have a lot in common. Come visit me at <a href="http://www.lusciousmarielley.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.lusciousmarielley.blogspot.com

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my dear watson 74p · 660 weeks ago

isn't thrifting the greatest! thanks for such a great comment, will stop by soontimes.