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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

I got it thrift! Kitchen edition

Here are the purchases I've made so far, for a one-day home. I photograph each item, and then pack it all up and leave it in the storage room.

Step-mommy got me this big set of flatware at a garage sale...
 ...but I found a cuter tray for them.
 

Ginormous tea strainer. Yesss!
 
Friend-Harvey uses mason jars as glasses. Great idea! They're comfy, durable, stylish, and where I work -> 15 cents. So far I've only bought two giant ones, for cutlery or vases or whatever...

"Improved"
 Fruit
 
A dish I took from my mum
 

Two giant mugs, and one pretty...
...later learned from a customer that these are expensive mugs. I just loved the color.
  

For my visitors who don't want to drink from mason jars (sorry, this glass was hard to photograph.)

Bright colors! I'm trying to only buy bright colors for my kitchen.
(Steak knives ain't just for steak!)
 

Measuring spoons!
 
Side plates

Plate

Sweet little mug!

Plant holder!

70s Dish Scrubber Holder!

Wee bowly!

Side plate!
 
On the left: Grizzly Bear by Kelly Robinson, Nuxalk/Nuu-chah-nulth
On the right: Intention by Mike Dangeli, Nisga'a/Tlingit/Tsimshian

But I buy other colors when needed...

Like this salt shaker. There's no pepper shaker, but I'll just look for one that matches in color. Or an interesting shape and then paint them.

New peeler! 

Pearly-handled bread knife!  
 

Ceramic Dish!
(There are a lot of artists on the island, and the island nearby. We get a lot of non-Wal-Mart type ceramics, signed, so I think they're from our artistes.
    

Reading

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Les années douces : Volume 1
Back on the Rez
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Stupeur et tremblements
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