I've been baaaad

16 years ago

Yes, I have been neglecting my wonderful friends here for tooo long!!! I have been collecting wonderful things but the bathroom reno and garden have kept me from sharing pics of my goodies with ya'll.

You see, once I enter this glorious site I become engrossed in everyone's projects and creations and 'tawk' and the next thing I know 2 to 3 hours have suddenly disapeared from my day! LOL I'll never get the bathroom finished at this rate!

Last Tuesday we went to Marysville. Every Dec this lady opens her Christmas store and I was in the mood to buy new ornaments. (I'll show you pics of those when I put in the pic of my Secret Santa gift!!) I've been to this town several times and always found the op shop (charity store) closed. But not this time. So these are the goodies I got there - beautiful amber glass pieces - exactly what I was looking for b/c I'm making my friend a totem for her birthday and she loves amber glass.

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Last month I visited my other friend who works in an op shop and she's been saving broken bits 'n pieces for me so

I had this great freebie haul to take home. Some of the stuff looked perfect and I had to ask where the damage was!

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But this last 'bit' may be my favorite. Yesterday was our Salvia Study Groups Christmas party at one of the gal's houses. She used to make ceramic pieces (still does a but but not as a business) and she's been telling me she has tile for me. Finally, yesterday, she asked if I'd like to see the tiles I can have and if I'd like to start taking them home and I of course said 'YES, PLEEEEZE'

She took me to the back of her house where there was a stack of at least 20 styrofoam boxes filled with these gorgeous tiles!!! Ahhh, Christmas has come early for me!! They are very heavy and what I was able to carry was not even half of what's actually in each box. Looks like Our Lady Gardyn will be getting an extreme mosaic section!

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Enjoy!

Cait

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cindee11461
16 years ago
Wow all great items!!!! I see you are going to be really busy now for a while creating all your wonderful creations!!!!! Merry Christmas ...(-:
countrygrl
16 years ago
Looks to me like we won't be hearing from you for a verrrry long time! You're gonna be way too busy having fun! What a fantastic score. It's going to be your life's work!
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sprtphntc7a, the Hull drip ware is on that site, try here. I don't know if this link is clickable, but it's where I found it by typing "Hull pottery" in the search box. https://tamararubin.com/?s=hull+pottery Other than that it appears that my "daily" food is relatively safe with my Wexford Anchor Hocking Glasses, my FiestaWare, my AllClad stainless steel pans and my beloved Griswold cast iron. I'm afraid I can't say as much for my (fortunately seldom used) Thanksgiving plates and some of my old Pyrex casseroles. My mixing bowls are clear glass and my spoons wood, my most often used pans are stainless steel and cast iron and even my Christmas dishes are FiestaWare purchased in the past two years. I don't think I have a dollar store mug or decoration used very much anywhere in the house, since I don't really care for a lot of clutter and "stuff" although the Grandkids have given me a couple of "Grandma" themed things that I keep for use as a vase. As most here know, I have a large organic garden, my canning jars are apparently safe, and we have a freezer full of homegrown chicken and beef. I don't know what the deer eat, pretty much the same stuff my cows do, all grown without chemical fertilizer or pesticides, so we're as good as it's gonna get. I gotta lay off the chocolate, though, apparently. And is ANYONE surprised to know that rotisserie chicken is full of salt and chemicals? And, of course, treated terribly, like most commercially available meat without the "humane" stickers? Annie
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susiesunshine
16 years ago
OH... oh..... O H !!!!
Those are soooooooo nice !! ! Man... my minds eye is wild with thinking about what all Y O U are going to create....
You are sooooo good at that !!!
Thank you so much for sharing ! I love looking at your pictures!!!
You Take care .... keep us posted!!!
Have yourself a
M E R R Y + C H R I S T MAS!
God Bless !
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KaraLynn
16 years ago
Those are some wonderful tiles! So colorful and some with nice designs!
jeannespines
16 years ago
OMGosh, I can't wait to see (much later, of course) what you will do with the tiles in your gardens! I wouldn't say you've been baaa-d ... I'd say you've been VERY GOOD!!! Have fun! Jeanne S.
kudzukween
16 years ago
Wow you made out like a bandit! :) coooool stuff,love the tea pots,too!
garden2garden
16 years ago
Oh Cait! You're going to have some fun with all that tile! Getting it sorted out and figuring what to do with it!

That's some very nice amber glass, looks like it will make a beautiful totem!

I like the blue dishes and the blue and yellow, BUT am REALLY COVETING that old cream colored teapot! I have some similar old serving dishes that are favorites.

Well, you did good, girl! All free too, how sweet is that!
Thanks for posting, it was fun seeing your junk.

Hope you will keep us updated on your projects.
mayme
16 years ago
Nice haul! What great friends you have.
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Bright199
16 years ago
Oh my goodness!!! Cait those tiles are aWsome!!! What are you going to do with them... and the blue plates. MOSAIC!!! And the glass WOW!!! Mosaics and Totems my two fav things.
nonacook
16 years ago
Yes, Cait, You have been bad!
But all is forgiven, now that you have told us why you were bad-LOL! The tiles and things are great!
luna_llena_feliz
16 years ago
I'd say you have been more lucky than baaaad! What awesome finds and some excellent Christmas gifts for yourself and your garden. I can't wait to see what you do with the tiles. I'm sure whatever it is, it will be outstanding!
cait1
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16 years ago
Thanks everyone!! It's sooo nice to be able to share my finds.
G2G & kudzu - I love the tea pots, toooo, especially the cream one. The base is broken and scotch taped on! HAHA I'm thinking it will make a pretty succulent pot.
And I have so many wonderful ideas with those tiles I hardly know where to begin. I will definitely keep you posted, with pics, when I start using them!
Cait

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