Two FABULOUS Finds & New Additions

So my daughter and I headed out today for a little Father’s Day shopping.  We went to the bank before heading to JCPenney’s.  I had a $15.00 coupon good for any $15.00 purchase (if you work it right….FREE money), plus the normal…$20.00 off if you spend a $100.00, $15.00 off is you spend $75.00 and $10.00 off $50.00.  Well….I had to pass the Goodwill on the way, so we, well I, decided to stop (this was NOT on the list).  OH am I glad I did…my pocket book’s not so glad, but I was happy.  I headed for the furniture first, as I always do.  Nothing of interest today!  Browsed a couple of isles and then found what I thought would be the best find of the day.  A basin bowl and pitcher!

I’m flipping the bowl in every direction possible looking for the crack, the massive chip, the huge stain….NOTHING! Nothing?  Am I missing something?  How could this be? So I looked one more time….Nothing!  So into the cart it went.  My heart was racing.  How is this still here? As I am putting it in the cart, my daughter says,  “That’s breakable mommy”.  My response: “YES it is….NO TOUCH!”.

The pitcher they had paired with it is quite pretty, but not ironstone.  It is Wyandotte by Ford China Co.  They are not a matched set, but being sold as one.  Oh well….who cares.  Love it anyway and I had to have that bowl.

I probably will sell the pitcher at the booth (I think…I haven’t decided), but the bowl I will be keeping.  It will make a fabulous fruit bowl, salad bowl, dessert bowl…or just a sit and look pretty bowl.

If you look closely, there is a tiny chip in the rim of the bowl. This is the only major flaw I could find outside of normal wear.  I can’ tell you how excited I am.  My everyday dishes are all white and this will work PERFECTLY with them and I needed a large bowl.

So just when I thought it couldn’t get any better than that!  I round the corner and find a FABULOUS milk glass lamp that is COMPLETELY INTACT.  Again, my stomach does a couple of flips and I am looking around to make sure no one is coming to steal my lamp.  I have been looking for the perfect lamp for our bedroom and this one was coming home with me.  I love milk glass and to find this all in one piece ….AMAZING!

There is a clear glass shade that is under the white hobnail globe that sticks out the top slightly.  You can’t see it from the light in the window.  I still can’t believe I found this all in one piece.

Now to explain, for those of you that are wondering what the heck I am talking about.  My mother-in-law has a beautiful lamp that sits in her living room, similar in style, but with purple glass and a hand painted floral shade with…. you guessed it, purple flowers.  Everyone of us has heard “Don’t break the purple lamp”.  I once had a dream it got broken.  It was really a nightmare…but the good part is, in the dream, I was on the couch so it wasn’t me that did it. Phew!  Unfortunately in the dream…I didn’t see who did it.  What I do know…it wasn’t me and that is all that matters.

So, Yes we did finally make it to JCP and we found some good things for Father’s Day, but I can’t post that now or Mr. T will know what we bought.  So instead, I will share some new additions we added to the booth last weekend and a few new additions for this week.

Fun, Summer, Chalkboard Entertaining Pieces.  Made from galvanized tubs and painted with chalkboard paint.  I will share how I did this in another post.

Faux terrariums and a faux potted fern

Tiered server made from a vintage china plate, platter and compote.

I really like this piece and want one of my own.  I just need to find the right dishes that will blend with my current china.