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This is the thrifted treasure I gave away at the montly meeting of Connections Over Coffee at Mystikal Voyage on Friday.  I wonder if it should be ‘mouth blown’ but hand blown seems to be the term used when I did some online research.

I was a little disappointed that this was my give away, it seemed so plain – I usually go for something funky yet close to tasteful.  This is a really nice vase though.  The bottom is very heavy and there is no chance of flowers (or pens and pencils) put in it to tip over.  It is about 8″ tall.

The person who won it was very pleased and already had a placed picked out to display it.  She is using it for the shape and the way it reflects light rather than as a vase.

Several people expressed a wish to win this prize.  Once again, a reminder that not all of us like the same things.  Something I thought was a little ‘less than’ others thought was perfect.

Thrifted cost:  $0.49
Estimated original cost – $20 – $25

My snob is showing.  I have never been much of a fan of Home Interiors (now called Celebrating Home) items.  I have visions of going to a home party in the 80s and only seeing plastic wicker butterfly wall plaques and (in my opinion) ugly pictures.  Not my taste then or now.  Although armed with the new plastic paints I look at some of them with a different eye now.

I had to adjust my thinking when I found this pagoda votive light  in a thrift store last week.  It is a heavy frosted green glass.  The design pressed into the glass is well executed.  I think it will be really pretty with the candlelight flickering in it.  This was one of those things I would like to keep but I gave it away as door prize at Thursday’s On Purpose Connections Over Coffee meeting at Bliss Coffee and Wine Bar.

This find reinforced again what I know really well with clothes – don’t look at the label until you decide if you like the style, quality, materials and workmanship of the garment.  Otherwise a label can influence me to pass over something or worse buy something I don’t absolutely love because ‘it’s a (fill in the blank)’.

I can’t find this item online.  Judging from other Home Interiors votive lights I did find, my guess is that it cost $20 – $25.  I paid $1.50!
I love thrifting.

Friday is the Baltimore meeting of Connections Over Coffee at Mystikal Voyage.  My door prize donation is this rayon scarf.  It is 34″ square and has a wonderful drape.  It washed beautifully and did not need ironing.

I love scarves and what they do for a wardrobe so I usually keep what I find.  However the dark reds and autumn colors of this beauty do nothing for mine so some lucky woman will carry it away tomorrow.

I can’t find an exact match for this but I think it would sell for about $30 new.  Thrifted price was $1.75!