Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Thrifting, lately

Ginormous ring - large enough to be a fairly effective mirror, excellent for checking to make sure nothing is stuck in your teeth, awesome filigree detail on the underside, fits perfectly on my middle finger which could come in handy in so many situations.
$15
(from the NCJW thrift store on Santa Monica Blvd, always pricier than your average thrift store but also a little better organized and curated)

vintage ring
vintage ring
{vintage ring}

Milk glass baking dish with vintage detailing. Cleaned after I took this picture - looks even more gorgeous now.  Love.
$2.99
(from my usual Goodwill, also on Santa Monica Blvd)

vintage baking dish 
{vintage baking dish}

22 comments:

  1. i love the baking dish, you find best "finds" hehe

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  2. The baking dish is perfect. Nice finds :)

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  3. Love the ring. Thrift store jewelry is the best!

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  4. love the vintage baking dish! what treasure. and of course that ring is diiiiivine!

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  5. hmmm...i have that exact ring (filigree detail and all). it's not vintage though, i bought it from target a few months ago.

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  6. I love finding things that are beautiful and have history like that! Love that ring!

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  7. @ anon - how funny! I don't mind if the ring is actual vintage or just second hand Target. I love it. If it is the Target one you have, I'm super impressed by the weight and feel of it. I always expect Target jewelry to feel cheaper and lightweight, but the ring is great.

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  8. ha! your description of the ring is great. love the filigree.

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  9. Wow beautiful ring :) Great find! I have been thrifting myself lately and I was wondering what is your take on all that Karma thing, that a item has other persons karma on it?!

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  10. @ Bridget - thank you! I had seen some of this line before but couldn't remember what it was called! Now I'm having fun looking up all the listings.

    @ Katriin - I have to admit that I'm not a big karma person so I haven't given any thought to this. I like to imagine that the vintage objects I buy were treasured by their previous owners, but I don't think that material objects retain any bad karma. I do sometimes see myself as rescuing the objects from the thrift store, which means I clearly have a much bigger issue with anthropomorphizing!

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  11. Love, love, love that dish. The detailing looks a bit Jetson-esque:)

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  12. I have a baking dish with this same pattern!!
    It belonged to my Mother, and she made my favorite rice pudding in it!!
    That ring is quite the find!

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  13. ABSOLUTE THRIFTING RADNESS ON THE LEVEL WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM YOU.

    You never let us down, Rache. Ever.

    Love and r'spek,
    the reason your Google analytics is showing hits from India

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  14. Youre so right. I like the whole recycling-reuse thought and love the quote: one persons trash is another ones treasure :)

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  15. great ring find! and milk glass (is it Pyrex or FireKing?) is always a joy to rescue.

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