Thrill of the Hunt #137

Welcome, friends, to another fun-filled Thrill of the Hunt post where I share my latest thrifty (and usually) vintage finds with you. 

I also share how I use and style the finds in my home. I hope that by sharing my thrifty finds I can motivate and inspire you to explore your own local thrift stores, estate sales, flea markets, barn sales and clearance aisles in the hopes of making your own fabulous finds for yourself. So let's get started.

Transferware is one thing that always stops me in my tracks when I'm out thrifting. Blue, brown, red -- they all lure me in with their beauty. This time it was red transferware.

I'm  also a sucker for a pretty sugar bowl and creamer set. So this set had to come home with me.

I found the set for $12.00 at a local creative co-op of 50 small businesses that offer vintage, new and handmade goods in an ever-changing, but always beautifully staged, shopping emporium.

I'm not sure of the exact age of the set but I believe this pattern was made between 1964 and 2001. 

     

I adore the detail on the handles!

I love to display red transferware pieces around Christmas time. The red is a subtle nod to the holiday season. I'll add this set to my other red transferware pieces and happily display it over the holidays.

This adorable vintage bee hive salt and pepper set was picked up at the same local pop-up estate sale for $2.50.

From my research I believe it is Marutomoware pottery, said to be manufactured in the the 1920's and 1930's.

It says Japan on the bottom and has cork stoppers rather than plastic ones, helping determine that they are, indeed, vintage. 

It might have originally been sold with a stand that the shakers fit into (I've seen photos of this online) but I'm okay with no stand. These shakers bring me joy just the way they are.

Now for something that's not vintage, but a great find nonetheless, meet my new Grecian cement head mini planter (originally with succulent) from -- wait for it -- Wal-Mart.

While I wasn't attracted to the succulent, I was attracted to the mini Grecian head planter. I mean, how cute is this?

It didn't take much elbow grease to pull out the succulent -- voila.

Now I was free to insert any type of plant I wanted, preferably one that fit in better with my decor.  

And what better faux succulent is out there than boxwood?

I just stuck one of my boxwood stems into the mini Grecian head planter and my mission was complete.

You can read how I transformed a larger, white cement Grecian head planter into a faux concrete planter in DIY Faux Concrete Grecian Urn Head Planter.

Well that's it for today, friends!

I hope you've enjoyed reading about  

 Thrill of the Hunt #137

 and that I've inspired you in some way.  

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