Blue, Blue And More Blue

I can not believe how many blue items I have found in the last two weeks since my last post.  Everywhere I turned blue was the color I saw and brought home.  It's a good thing blue is one of my favorite colors.  Well I hope you all like the color blue since this post is all about blue.

I found these three pieces of art glass in a day of each other for a price that amazed me and made me very happy.  Two of the pieces are marked Chalet Canada and the other is unsigned.  The piece on the stand that looks like a raindrop has fallen hit the ground and splashed up is one I already have but this one is a bit smaller in size.  Glass has always been something I've collected it started with collecting pieces that washed up on the beach at my grandparents cabin.  And grew from there.

The paperweights are not from my last two weeks of hitting the second hand stores but some more of the ones I received last month.  These are all signed Skookum which are pieces from Robert Held Studio.  I have some other pieces by  him and when on our honeymoon last October we stopped at his studio in Parksville and I picked up two pieces with some of the money we received for wedding gifts.  If you are ever in Parksville on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and like glass I would recommend it as somewhere to stop.

Blue Mountain Pottery is another one of the things I like to collect and was happy to find this piece a few days ago to add to my collection.  This Canadian based company is no longer in business and quite a bit of their product is out there.  I collect pieces I don't see very often which helps me from filling my house up with a lot of pottery.

From The Kitchen

This Pyrex bowl and casserole dish was a nice find in the Colonial Mist pattern.

The blue metal mug holder is one I've never seen before and now holds my blue Fire King mugs.

I picked up three of the plates shown made in England at the Staffordshire Potteries Ltd.

The Canuck mug brings back childhood memories the logo shown on the mug was the uniform logo I remember seeing on their uniforms when honkey night in Canada was on as a kid.  When we were at my mothers parents place when a game was on I was allowed to hear the theme song that was really the only part I liked then I was banned to the kitchen.  I'm guessing this was so I wouldn't nag my grandfather to put on a show I would like.

I collect Celtic jewelry and added this brooch to my collection this past week.  I have one just like this piece with red stones but it's not a brooch but a clip for scarfs to wear around your neck and hold it in place.

This scarf caught my eye and I decided to bring it home.

Do you have songs that all you have to do is hear them and they transport you back to somewhere in your memories. "Crystal Blue Persuasion" when I hear it by Tommy James And The Shondells sends me back to the early 1970's me and my sister were being babysat by the neighbors teenage kids and we spent the day in their backyard surrounded by all their friends who set up a kid's pool for us maybe the song was playing on the radio. 

These pictures are from the husband side they are of his grandfathers beach vacations.  You would not believe how many pictures we have of him in bathing suits.  The funny thing is my husband won't even wear a pair of shorts.

Thanks for taking the time to drop by.

Denise

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Some Vintage Market And Antique Show Finds

I've been to a vintage market in Maple Ridge and the antique show in Cloverdale in the last two Saturdays.  The following items are some of my finds.

The above paperweights including the one of the Parliament buildings in Victoria, British Columbia I got this past Saturday at the antique show in Cloverdale.  I should also mention my boyfriend bought me the one of Victoria.  The 1st paperweight in the collage is unsigned, the 2nd one has a sticker that says Isle of Wight hand made in England and the 3rd paperweight had a sticker that had been taken off.

This brooch is a piece of costume jewelry made in the U.S.A. by Gerry's.

These Cremax Pyrex plates and the blue canning jar that has been made into a soap dispenser I got at The Olde Farmhouse Vintage Market in Maple Ridge.

More Fall Color Pyrex.
My boyfriend bought me this Friendship Pyrex divided dish at The Olde Farmhouse Vintage Market.
The meat platter and bowl I got at the local secondhand stores.

These tins caught my eye it was like stepping back into the 70's again.  They were made in Japan.

This is a old photo again of my dad's cousin and a friend.

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Finds That Make Me Think Of Spring

On Saturday it was a lovely bright sunny day which makes me think of Spring.  The above pictures also remind me of Spring.  The bird measuring cups were a gift from a friend.  The crochet pansy doily was a secondhand store find.

My boyfriend found these Pyrex Delphite blue plates to add to my collection at the flea market.  The fabric behind the dishes is vintage material from a secondhand store.

I found this brooch at the secondhand store it has no markings but I thought it would look good on a purse or something else.

The brown purse with flowers on it and the one with police line on it I found at some local secondhand stores.  The pink purse with flowers on it was a gift from a friend who got it for me while on a trip to Mexico.
I've given the one that says police line to my niece who was quite happy to receive it. 

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Clarice Cliff

Clarice Cliff was a industrial artist in the potteries of England her work dates from 1922 to 1963.  Her body of work is incredible.  I love her wilder designs but have had little luck finding any in British Columbia.  We did find the following plate at the flea market.

                                         Confederation Series Canada
                                         Royal Stafford Ceramics
                                         Burslem England
                                         Montreal circa 1760

I also have the following books on her work:

Taking Tea With Clarice Cliff
A Celebration Of Her Art Deco Teaware
By Leonard Griffin
Photography by Michael Slaney and Leonard Griffin
Published by Pavilion Books Limited
1996 Great Britain

Clarice Cliff For Collectors
By Greg Slater
First published in the United Kingdom in 2009
By Thames And Hudson Ltd.

If your into dishes and have not heard of Clarice Cliff a good place to view her work is on eBay in the UK.

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