Vintage View: Part Two

We have arrived on the beautiful island of Okinawa, Japan but until I have some photos to share I thought I would hold off on blogging about it. Until then, more vintage treasures from my kitchen...

I love vintage glasses.  Obviously.  I have quite a few (some not pictured) and actually use these to drink out of everyday.  While I would love to have everything vintage and sit unused and perfect, I cannot.  We use most stuff so everyday wear and tear occurs.  In fact, breakage happens too which is why my husband doesn't use these very often.  He also doesn't like that they are so small.  Because we live in 2010, we have been brainwashed into thinking everything needs to be supersized and while most of these fit only an 8 ounce serving of milk, it just isn't enough for my husband.  I will mention that while packing, I did give away my remaining collection of the two on the right.  I used to have tons of these (regular size and juice glasses) that my husband kindly bought me at the St. Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Church annual rummage (yes, I said rummage) sale for $2.00.  We lived across from that church for a few years in Belleville, Illinois and it was a great sale each year.  We started out with a big box full.  Over the years, many of the larger glasses broke and I now only have a few of those and a ton of juice glasses remaining.  So, in the effort to pare down, I donated those to the local thrift shop.  The rest of them came from my mom or I purchased them at thrift shops.

These are another favorite of mine.  My pink and black metal canisters.  These are pink, not copper colored. They are worn as in some of the black paint labeling them as "flour, sugar, coffee and tea" has flaked off and a couple of the tops are missing some of the paint around the knob but they are still very nice.  I do use these for my flour, granulated sugar and powdered sugar. I had someone come to my house once and get all excited when they saw these because his grandma had the same set. Again, my mom gave me these.  My mom is quite the thrifter and she finds really great vintage stuff for me.

Here are a couple of my fish chalkware on the kitchen wall.  I have another set of pink, white and black ones that I bought to match the pink tile bathroom in our last house but I didn't have them up anywhere in our current house so I didn't photograph them.  I picked these up very cheaply at a thrift shop and hung them up quickly on some nails already present when we moved in.  I didn't really intend for them to stay there but they have.

Also featured is a vintage cookie jar my mom gave me for Christmas one year.  It has different colored circles scattered around the base.  This is my favorite side.  And another gift from my mom, a plaid metal lunchbox that is in great shape.  It has the original label on the inside too.  And last but not least, some vintage Pyrex refrigerator dishes. More Pyrex to come...