November 28th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Poppies were an important motif in the 1920s and into the 1930s. Think of Cambridge Gloria, Hazel Atlas Florentine, Fostoria Rogene. Poppies were a symbol of the first world war because they grew wild all over the Flemish fields that were battlegrounds and cemeteries in the war and were immortalized in poems like In Flanders [...]
Category : Other Fostoria Glass
November 12th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Bobbie sent me an interesting email asking for advice on evaluating her Royal Lace blue depression glass. Blue Royal Lace is one of the most popular – and expensive – depression glass patterns. I get emails every week asking: ”What is my glass? How much is it worth? How can I sell it?” It is [...]
Category : How to Enjoy Your Glass
October 24th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
I don’t know whether I should be honored or not. The nice lady who runs the Great Lakes Depression Glass Club asked me to please present a program this fall and wouldn’t I like to do one about center handled servers. After all, I wrote an article for the Collectors Journal newspaper about them so [...]
Category : Center Handled Serving Trays
September 22nd, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
When I was in college I remember friends drinking Brandy Alexanders when I was not old enough to join them. The exotic looking drink always intrigued me with its luscious color and nutmeg sprinkle on top. Every time I see vintage cocktail stems they remind me of Brandy Alexanders. I’ll include the recipe at the [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
August 11th, 2011 @ Kathy // One Comment
Welcome to this week’s Fancy Fun Friday post, our weekly celebration of those little touches that add fancy to your life. Do you like mayonnaise or salad dressing? Here’s a fancy way to serve it for your sandwiches at lunch, certainly a far better way than sticking the icky jar on the table. This is [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
August 4th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to Fancy Fun Friday! Every week our blog party features something that’s fun and just a little bit fancy. We all enjoy those small bits of fluff and frills and that’s what we are celebrating. We’re all about vintage glass here, so our Favorite Fancies are – can you guess? – glass, elegant etched [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
July 27th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Sometimes it’s hard to know what glass you have. Fostoria marked very few of their pieces so unless you recognize the shape or the cutting or the etch it’s going to be difficult to identify the glass pattern. I thought it would be helpful to have a good photo identification guide online that showed all [...]
Category : Tips to Identify Glass
July 21st, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to Fancy Fun Friday, our weekly blog party featuring those little touches that add fancy to our homes and lives. This week it’s horribly hot here in mid-Michigan and time for a cool, refreshing salad. Naturally we’ll serve it in a fancy bowl, like this Fostoria Italian Lace one. This looks fancy but it’s [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
July 14th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Now here’s a fancy piece of glass! This compote has a beautiful scalloped rim, lovely molded stem and scrolls and flowers all etched on crystal. The pattern is Chantilly from Cambridge Glass. It looks like it Chantilly lace, doesn’t it? I love this etch when I feel like adding a spot of pretty. It’s far [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
July 7th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to this week’s Fancy Fun Friday blog party. You’ve seen all sorts of different glass pretties, from a depression glass measuring cup to a gorgeous console bowl. Today we’re fancying our lunch table for summer BLTs. Don’t put that icky jar of mayo on the table. Leave it in the kitchen and serve your [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
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