collecting Archives - home is where my story begins... https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/tag/collecting/ quilting, baking, sewing, gardening, machine embroidery Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:04:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-2-32x32.png collecting Archives - home is where my story begins... https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/tag/collecting/ 32 32 104914864 My Love of Copper Bowls https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/my-love-of-copper-bowls/ https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/my-love-of-copper-bowls/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:00:00 +0000 http://205.134.224.148/~homeis11/2014/06/25/my-love-of-copper-bowls/ My obsession with copper bowls began several years ago, when I was watching a food video where the chef used a copper bowl to beat egg whites.  I’ve always love the look of copper, but never really thought about using copper mixing bowls, until that time.  Well, I couldn’t get them out of my head, […]

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]]> My obsession with copper bowls began several years ago, when I was watching a food video where the chef used a copper bowl to beat egg whites.  I’ve always love the look of copper, but never really thought about using copper mixing bowls, until that time.  Well, I couldn’t get them out of my head, so when I had a few Williams Sonoma gift cards saved up, I thought I’d put them toward the purchase of a nice copper bowl.
Doesn’t it look pretty?
Well, as much as I loved that pretty bowl, I couldn’t begin to dream about plunking down $140 for a mixing bowl.  That was only the small bowl!  The larger bowls were more expensive.  I thought and thought about that pretty bowl.  I actually think I may have even lost sleep over it.  (I know, I’m pretty pathetic when it comes to my love of all things kitchen related.)  I started shopping around on Ebay and found a few large copper bowls that I was interested in.  The best part was that the big bowl I wanted was only $20.  I bought one that looked like it was in pretty good condition, with only a few small dents.  It is big and heavy and I absolutely love how it looks hanging on my pot rack.  I’ve had it for a few years now and I’ve used it a handful of times, and I really really love it.  I chilled it in the fridge, just this week, and then whipped up some cream in it for strawberry shortcakes.
The second little bowl you see there was a garage sale find.  It was only $2!  Talk about a steal.  It was pretty tarnished, but polished up very well.  

They’re pretty, sparkly, and chill ever-so nicely.  Plus, they weren’t $140!  Who knew happiness could come in the form of a copper bowl?
Happy shopping, friends… and may you find a great deal on a copper bowl for yourself!

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]]> https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/my-love-of-copper-bowls/feed/ 2 143 Goodwill Finds https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/goodwill-finds/ https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/goodwill-finds/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:00:00 +0000 http://205.134.224.148/~homeis11/2011/02/14/goodwill-finds/ The conversation usually goes something like this: Me: ” I have a bag to drop by Goodwill while we’re out.” Hubby:  “Anything to get another bag out of my garage.” Me: “While we’re there, you guys can drop off the bag in the back and I’ll just run in really quickly.” Hubby:  “We don’t need other […]

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The conversation usually goes something like this:
Me: ” I have a bag to drop by Goodwill while we’re out.”
Hubby:  “Anything to get another bag out of my garage.”
Me: “While we’re there, you guys can drop off the bag in the back and I’ll just run in really quickly.”
Hubby:  “We don’t need other people’s crap that they didn’t want.”
Me: ” It’s not crap.  It’s treasures, waiting to be discovered!”
Here are today’s treasures.
You can find silver trays at thrift stores for about $1.99.  They are often passed by because they look filthy and disgusting.

The trays and plates I bought today were only $1.99.  What a steal!
 
This big bowl/tray was my splurge at $4.99.
 
I couldn’t wait to get home and polish them up.  I like the Tarn-X.  It really smells horrible, but the results are amazing.

They just sparkle now! 

You might be wondering why I would need four silver plates.  Well, what do you do when you need to take a dessert or appetizer to a party and you don’t want to lose your good platter, or you know you’ll need to leave it there?  If you’re like me, you run to the party store and buy something lame, plastic, and cheap.  Oh, $1.99 seems like a good price for a plastic platter.  So there you have it.  Instead of paying $1.99 and showing up with your lame plastic, you’ll show up with beautiful silver!

I do use silver around the house in my decor.  This was a platter that my hubby and I received for our wedding.  It has a few scratches, but I still love it.  It sits a little table in the kitchen.

This tiny bowl was a .99 Goodwill find.  It holds antique spools of thread in the living room.

This bowl was only .79, at Goodwill, because it had personalized engraving.  No one knows, once you put a few old pocket watches inside.

Hit your local thrift store and see what you can find.  There are treasures just waiting to be discovered.  Just don’t go to my Goodwill, because there aren’t any silver trays left!
Happy thrifting!

 

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]]> https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/goodwill-finds/feed/ 8 693 Collecting https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/collecting/ https://homeiswheremystorybegins.net/collecting/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:00:00 +0000 http://205.134.224.148/~homeis11/2010/12/14/collecting/ I’m a baker. Always have been. Stressful day at work, time to bake cookies. I didn’t purposefully set out to collect cookie cutters, but I have a huge collection. I don’t display many plastic cookie cutters because, well, they are really ugly. I have several vintage cookie cutters. Wow, I just called the cookie cutters […]

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]]> I’m a baker. Always have been. Stressful day at work, time to bake cookies.


I didn’t purposefully set out to collect cookie cutters, but I have a huge collection. I don’t display many plastic cookie cutters because, well, they are really ugly. I have several vintage cookie cutters. Wow, I just called the cookie cutters from my childhood VINTAGE.


I love my copper cookie cutters.

And this little guy…

He has a story and he’ll always be my favorite.

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