June 30th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to this week’s Fancy Fun Friday! Today we’re showing something our grandmothers would have used to make their kitchen bright and appealing. Isn’t this neat? It’s a measuring cup and it has a ledge so it could hold a reamer. Compare this to the plain glass measuring pitchers you have in your cupboard today. [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
June 29th, 2011 @ Kathy // 4 Comments
Last week I posted about getting our home ready for summer. You know what comes next, don’t you. Yep, the inevitable discovery that this wall needs to be painted so we might as well do those walls too. And the carpet is shot so let’s replace that, and…. You get the picture. My dining room is [...]
Category : Depression Glass Tables
June 27th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
This is a neat piece that’s not too common. Lancaster Glass made several patterns that look like etched glass, including this Cane Landrum design. The paisley motifs are raised to the touch – this is mold etched, mass produced depression glass. Lancaster made glass that is right on the border between elegant glass, with its [...]
Category : Gift Buying Guide - Collectible Glass
June 23rd, 2011 @ Kathy // 4 Comments
It must be Princess week. You read about our dinner table set for Princess on Thursday and now Princess for Pink Saturday. Let’s look at a piece that was not invited to the Thursday dinner, the tumbler. Did you notice the base is squared off? That’s a different look. Plus this tumbler is flat. Hocking [...]
Category : Pink Depression Glass
June 23rd, 2011 @ Kathy // One Comment
Welcome to this week’s Fancy Fun Friday! Here in Michigan we’re coming up to the Traverse City Cherry Festival, a celebration of all things Cherry. Michigan produces more sour cherries than all the other states combined and is #3 for yummy sweet cherries. Cherries and cherry blossoms are a very big deal here. That makes [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
June 22nd, 2011 @ Kathy // 5 Comments
I hope you won’t mind visiting one of my favorite tablescapes. You see, I’ve been scrambling getting our house and garden ready for summer and somehow just not gotten new tables set to show you. (Besides, it’s been beastly hot and I melt when the weather warms up.) This is Princess pink depression glass, all [...]
Category : Depression Glass Tables
June 20th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Soft and white and slightly translucent, this plate is Petalware from MacBeth Evans. MacBeth Evans is the same company that made Dogwood and American Sweetheart. They were one of the few companies that made full lines of white depression glass dinnerware and their monax white is the prettiest. You can see the blue where the [...]
Category : Petalware Depression Glass White or Pink
June 18th, 2011 @ Kathy // 3 Comments
It’s Pink Saturday and time for our weekly dose of pink. This week let’s plan to enjoy our cookies on this pretty pink depression glass tray. I’m showing it on a stand so you can enjoy the interesting diamond design. The pattern is Windsor pink depression glass by Jeannette, from the later half of the [...]
Category : Pink Depression Glass
June 15th, 2011 @ Kathy // 3 Comments
Today’s a retrospective of three tables using American Sweetheart soft white depression glass. American Sweetheart is exquisite, lots of scrolls and swags, scalloped rims and the most glorious pure thin white glass. Which table do you like better? First one combines American Sweetheart with pink Windsor. This table looked so-so on a cloth but [...]
Category : Depression Glass Tables
June 14th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Flea Market Tips, a Treasure and a Video Tips for Flea Market Shopping Have you ever been to a flea market? They are a cross between a humongous garage sale, a bad discount store, and a treasure hunt. It’s the treasure hunt part that’s fun. Not everything billing itself a “flea market” has much in [...]
Category : Antiquing Together
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