[ Saturday, July 09, 2005 ]
I have a problem. It's more like a weakness. Maybe it's not even a weakness at all. Maybe it's a strength. Maybe it's an ability, a talent even. I have a talent for scoping out outstanding deals, for buying old things at sometimes great prices. I have practiced this talent for the last two weeks, resulting in a table stacked with old dishes, a floorboard loaded with old crocks & stoneware, price tags scatterd all over hell & creation.
Last weekend, I soaked some newly found ironstone platters in oxyclean. That didn't exactly do the trick although it did move some of the brown spots around. Just to new locations though. I remembered an article I had read somewhere that revealed the best method for cleaning aged ironstone: a hydrogen peroxide bath.
I haven't bathed my ironstone yet. But I plan on it.
Thursday I was thinking about how I needed to go to a beauty supply store to purchase my peroxide, how I needed a tub with a lid, how I'd soak every white dish I own, how I'd make it look new, beautiful, wanted again.
Thursday afternoon I stopped by a flea market on my way home. I had bought stuff all week & really didn't need to spend any more money. I just wanted to see if there was anything I couldn't live without. There was. And old crock bowl for $8. An ironstone vase for $4, but it was 50% off. So an ironstone vase for $2. White dishes. The kind I collect. The kind that makes my heart pitter patter & radiate warmth. I bought stuff. I still haven't gotten it out of the truck. Thursday I decided I have a problem. Today I've changed my mind.
I've been thinking it might be a good idea to post the things I pick up here & there. I know I'm not the only one with this obsession, this need to every now & then buy something chippy & wonderful & white ( or blue or grey ).
So even though I've not even been blogging lately, I'm gonna try to post the things I find.
Here are two recent purchases:
The white highchair was a birthday gift. The blue one I found Wednesday & just couldn't pass up. I really wish I had a before & after pic of the white one. When I brought it home it was covered in dirt. I told Dave that I had a sneaking suspicion that there might be a nice layer of white underneath all that grey/green. I oxy-cleaned that baby, scrubbed it & sure enough a pretty white layer emerged. I never would have believed it could get that clean.
I need to wash all these purchases & get them clean.
I need to soak some of them in peroxide.
I need to blog more.
I'm sorry.
But I have added things to my website. Today has been a day for much needed updates. I added dolls that I've made, 2 new paintings, and several paintings that are old but haven't appeared on the site before now.
2 new paintings:
A digital camera is such a rocking thing.
~ Rebecca 11:27 PM [+]
