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Miss P: Cherished Collections Blog Tour - Thrifted Homewares

&Nbsp;It's no secret that I love a good thrift. In that sense I'm a total Magpie. If you asked me if I'm a collector though, I'd say no. I don't collect anything in particular. At least I didn't think so until I read Casey's post and realised I had any number of different groups of objects, that I guess you could term "collections".  So much so in fact, it took me a while to decide which group of favourite things to share as part of this tour. My collections have subconsciously "emerged" from several years worth of thrifting, rather than been consciously collected. They are the things that I am drawn to time and time again. The types of things that set my thrifting "radar" off at forty paces across a packed charity shop or boot fayre.  I realised our home is full of them...our kitchen in particular. Mostly vintage, like these pasta storage jars.... Actually I have a bit of a thing for vintage storage jars in the kitchen. (I won't mention the ones in the bathroom, sewing room...)Le Parfait and other kilner style jars, sweetie jars...J considers this particular area a bit of a weird obsession...but loooook at all the pretty jars....and soooo practical because you can see at a glance what you have left...... I seem to have a little collection of soup parephernalia emerging too. The 60's/70's soup mugs were gifted to me by my neighbour (methinks she's got me sussed!) and the two soup sets (Rayware and of a similar vintage) were thrifted a few years back. I love  them because you can pop your bread on the little plates, your soup in the bowl and you're all set. The kidney shaped plates even have a little indentation where a miniature salt/pepper pot can sit. (still on the lookout for a suitable set!) Total genius in my opinion... Ah, casseroles! I do love one pot cooking and casseroling is the ultimate. Perfect if you're in a rush and just want to "bung" something in the oven and forget about it. There's something special about the flavours in a dish that has spent hours in the oven. Real depth of flavour and meat that just falls apart. Yum! The vintage green enamel one was bought last week for £1.50 simply because I loved it and it was the perfect match for our kitchen. (The dish and our kitchen walls are a more cheery apple/pea green than these photos show). In the foreground is a 70's Pyrosil dish thrifted a few months back for £2. If you can get hold of some Pyrosil, then do! It's the easiest ever to clean.

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