Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Random Assortment collection III

I have lots of things that I have bought on a whim for no good reason (as I am sure you all have too).  Here are a number that were close to hand at the moment of photography.

These gloves (shown with my 4 year old's hand for reference) I have had for ages.  I don't remember when it was (high school at least) but I do remember the extreme thrill of finding them.  Because there are 5 pairs, I used to put one on each finger and arrange my hands just so and imagine that the picture would make a great album cover.  I don't know for who and I am not much of a music person but the idea persisted for a long time.


I have  a cooking friend who looked at this and said "oh, an egg poacher" and looked at me curiously as to why it was perched in my studio.  I don't know, it is just a funny thing and I am not an egg poacher so keeping it in the kitchen wouldn't make sense.



These snack bowls are just so lovely and at 15 cents each.......


Now of course, I need to be on the lookout for some egg cups so I can put my boiled egg cosies on some boiled eggs.  (Then I would have three egg related things...and so, a collection that would necessitate a whole separate post!)



I just got this the other day at the Salvation Army--I am pretty sure the lady gave it to me for free.  I am also pretty sure that it is not a detergent bottle cosy but it just had that shape and I do not have any dolls to fit this (or, actually, any dolls).  The fabric is very stiff and the red is some kind of stiff, shiny, nylon tablecloth material.  I did not take a picture of the back but it has a big zipper sewn in with white thread.  It is hanging on my wall now--I had a small hanger.  (of course I did--I have EVERYTHING!! ( Send for help!))

6 comments:

Sonya said...

Well I had absolutely no bloomin' luck with the vintage pyrex, but I did have to control myself from yelling out loud "I love bric-a-brac!" If I can't travel much to foreign lands anymore, at least I can buy other people's souvenirs.

Sonya said...

Oh and those gloves!!!

Pasha said...

I used to think a lot about the person who made those gloves and the stitching--they are machine done but it seemed so impossible to me then.

susan said...

oh what do you think they are for?? how sweet. how do you display them? i love the little dress and it sounds adorable hanging from a little hanger. we all have a mini hanger, dont we??
i love this collection.

Pasha said...

Actually, I don't really display any of these things very well. The gloves are just in a pile on a shelf, the dress on a pushpin in the wall (that is holding up something else), and the other stuff is just piled around. I am kind of against displaying knick-knacks around on shelves so really I don't know why I buy it all. Clearly I have some kind of a conflict going on. Sigh.

susan said...

ha! you are so funny. i think the little gloves would look sweet pinned to a pretty fabric covered board and framed!