For many years I have flown solo on my "junking" expeditions, or gone with other women who had their own homes in mind when making a purchase. I picked out the treasure I wanted and it was all mine. Now that we are deep into the
ebay experiment my mindset had to change. I can no longer become attached to my treasure.....I still stand by the rule that "if it does not sell...it was meant to be mine." This week we found a great painted metal tray at a church rummage sale.

It is quite comfortable on the parlor table...unless it sells!

I am also not attached to this sweet paint by number...

I took it apart to clean the glass and was surprised to find it was painted on a thin canvas fabric. The paint by numbers that I remember were all on a canvas board. Does this mean it is older than I can remember? I am curious, it is not dated...Does anyone have a guess?
And another mystery- the bottom of this sweet tea pot says Franciscan , made in Portugal. It looks like Desert Rose ...but not like the tea pot that is shown with Desert Rose...which is not made in Portugal...Is it a knock off?


It sure is cute! I think I am safe with this on
ebay because that is one pattern I have never collected...but there is always that first piece that starts a new obsession.....I am not attached....I am not attached...I am not attached.....
3 comments:
After awhile, you'll get to the point where you're not attached to everything, but it'll probably never go away completely. I still get attached to stuff. I've sold a mountain of things that made me want to cry seeing them leave. Lots of things I wish I had back. "Enough of that", said I. I'm starting to keep things I get attached to. Unless I just can't use it anywhere.
On the Desert Rose teapots...they made a lot of these in the late '80
s to early '90's...They are different from traditional Desert Rose but still made by Fransican in Portugal...I have two platters that I use with my more traditional Desert Rose...I got them at TJ Maxx..way back then!
Love the tray and the teapot. You have done well with your thrifting. I hope your sales justify the time and effort.
xxoo Lil
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