La Toscana Serving Bowls by Pamela Gladding

I recently purchased three of the prettiest serving bowls I've ever seen:

They are so pretty, they inspired me to remove two little cupboard doors so I could actually display them in my kitchen.  I cut a small piece of beadboard to line the back of the cupboard and painted it pale yellow to match the back splash.

This was the cupboard over the stove before...

...and after.

Vintage Tin Trays and Chocolate Cake!

I have a new obsession with old things.  I've always had respect for beautiful things passed down through generations and the stories they are waiting to tell, but my passion was rekindled a few weeks ago when I discovered a quaint little flea market on the north end of town.  It's really more of an antique mall, but on a smaller scale.  I was hooked from the moment I ventured inside.  These are a few of the wonderfully-old and interesting artifacts that called to me:

A Maxwell House tin serving tray.  Always Good to the last drop.

A lively and colorful Pennsylvania Dutch style tin serving tray.  This was on a bottom shelf, covered by pie plates when I spotted the colors and fell in love.

A Wilton retired sunflower cake pan.  I've actually picked up three different cake pans out there.  They always seem to be too good a deal to pass up.

A small wash board.  I think this is a reproduction, but it will look great in the bathroom with  two vintage hooks added for holding hand towels and maybe a stencil of some kind in the middle.

A bundt cake pan with an ivory-colored enamel finish.

The happiest shower curtain around.  Who can have the winter blahs with this baby hanging in the bath?

Once I realized how well the green wash board would coordinate with my new/old shower curtain, I made a little side trip to  Walmart for a warm and fuzzy bath rug.  It replaces the old one...Spongebob!