More finds

Just in case you've come over from looking at Rachael's smashing new dress and you're into thrift shopping, I'll give you some thrift shopping. (And if you didn't click over from there, I'll happily wait while you go and look at Rachael's smashing new dress.)


Melamine (a.k.a. Melmac, although I think that's a brand name) is a relatively recent collectible for me. For many years I've collected vitrified china made for use in diners and hotels, but that stuff is harder and harder to find nowadays. Melamine, however, can often be found -- although the prettiest colours are harder to come by -- and it's often cheap because the people who set the prices figure it's "just plastic." The photo above shows my haul from four different thrift stores in Vancouver and Penticton, B.C. Most pieces were 25 cents each, but I paid $4 for the cream-and-sugar set. Now I've added these to the turquoise bowls I already had at home, as well as a mint-green cream-and-sugar set, a black lidded bowl, two yellow cereal bowls, some avocado-green bowls, and a pink covered butter dish. It's such a cheerful collection!


(Click that one for a closer look.)