From Another Time

Cute Counts.  This is yet another example of things I have saved from life in the thrift store.  Top price:  $ 1.00.  How can someone donate all those hours of work?  I don't get it, why buy one of those strip-mined department store hot pads when you can have one of these?  

I use them like a border under my cabinets and can't help but smile looking at the variety of patterns and colors chosen with care.  Who knew there were so many patterns for hot pads?

I pick these syrup pitchers up when I find them at the thrift store too.  The red handled one is not usually on this shelf, it's on my kitchen sink and you might have guessed:  it's Palmolive and I'm soaking in it!  (Old line from a commercial with 'Madge' for those of you who are old enough to remember)

 

Swanky Swigs!  I found my first set in the carrier at the Gold Rush Flea Market last summer, those are red and the ensemble cost me 11 big ones!  I was jumping up and down happy; I had seen them for  $ 35.00 at the antique store and wasn't feeling that flush, even if I loved them.  These yellow and green ones appear brand new, and I paid 50c a piece for them.  Swanky indeed!

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Even a vase was colorful in the 1950s, this cutie was saved from The Great Big Thrift Store for $ 2.50  I think at one time she might have held an umbrella but we both like Tootsie Pops better!

I love the colors and the cheery usefulness of this earlier time.  Now, I'm off to set the table with the turquoise Fiesta dishes and a pair of Swanky Swigs for my honey and me.