Vintage Thingie Thursday: Vintage Souvenir China

Welcome everyone to Vintage Thingies Thursday. If you have a love for vintage things, well....you have come to the right place. We have a really good time each and every week!!!
If you are new to this party, please take the time to read and follow the instructions for participating in Vintage Thingies Thursday, click HERE. I try and keep things fairly simple, so please make sure you follow the instructions. Please only ONE link per week. Lastly, if you link in, LINK back to my blog, so everyone can see all of the vintage goodies on display that day. If you don't link back here, they won't know who to visit......thanks so much.

This week, I have a couple of souvenir ashtrays. I love these vintage china ashtrays. I seem to find these every now and then, and sometimes I pick them up if the call to me! ~ ever have that happen?? Seems lots of things call to me....just sayin'.

This one caught my attention, as it is from the state my husband is originally from - Missouri. I loved the finish on the china and that is what originally got my attention. This is stamped Japan on the back.

Of course, I was drawn to this one from Colorado. I love the roses on the corners and the gold etching. It is a sweet find. This one is also stamped Japan.

This tiny plate was so small. I am sure it originally came with the matching little tea cup, but the tiny plate was all I found that day!! Another great Colorado souvenir plate. The back of this one says, "Design Patented, made in Japan"


I really like vintage souvenir pieces, and of course have several if not more than several in my collection.....sorta a strange collection...but I guess I am sorta strange anyhow!!!


Happy Vintage Thingie Thursday!!! Hope you have a great week!!

Tell Me Tuesday: Week Seventeen

Welcome to Tell Me Tuesday.....First off the title is a bit deceiving.....it really is not about you telling me anything.... but answering a question truthfully and maybe telling yourself a little something you had not thought about.

I'd love for you to join me each week, and copy the question onto your blog and answer the question....and link back here. I am sure it will be interesting how there will be many different answers to the same question.....and hopefully give each of us something to think about as this new year progresses. My thought is so many people (including myself) are looking for some answers to various things. I have a feeling that the answers are inside needing to be jiggled loose and maybe a question posed a certain way will have a cause and effect in a good way. We will see how it goes! I have committed to this once a week for the whole year of 2012. I'd love for you to take the challenge with me!

I am keeping the rules simple...I'd love to watch this grow as the year goes on.

1. Grab the button on the sidebar if you like so others can find this new writing experience each week.

2. Once you link in, visit the person who linked in before you and leave them a comment. It would be great to visit and leave comments for as many as you can. But at least try and leave the person ahead of you in the link a comment of support.

3. Please link back to my blog and mention Tell Me Tuesday somewhere in your POST. That is it....easy.

Most of all, look at this writing experience with an open mind. Sometimes the questions will be hard...and require some thought. That is a good thing. Other times it will be easy. You can add photos, or whatever you like to your post. It is about you after all. ~ Thanks for joining me.....I hope you enjoy this each week.
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Week Seventeen Question:

What is one thing that people say about you that is not true?


*wince* you know sometimes these questions make me think about things that I would rather just leave alone. Point noticed.


I guess today I would answer this question by saying most people would say I am a good cook, some might even say a great cook. However, in all actuality I feel like I am just average at best. And honestly, if I even fall under the average category these days I am happy to hit that mark. Yes, I feel like I used to be a great cook, but lately not so much. 


For example, this past weekend, I wanted to make a cake I have not made in a long time. I have made it for years and it always turned out great. So this weekend, I proceeded to make that very same cake.....it was not fit to eat. That cake from scratch was so heavy, I feel like if you had dropped it on your foot, you could have injured yourself. Not to mention, I messed the icing up not once....but twice.....such a waste.

This is not the first time I have noticed things not turning out like I know them to be. Sometimes, recipes I have spent years making are just not quiet right. I always secretly wonder what is the reason behind this. 

And if I am honest here, there is always a thought playing in the back of my mind that reminds me of a time when my grandma who was a fantastic cook, but in her failing years, she lost all her cooking abilities. There is always that fear that lurks in the back of my mind and I wonder is that what is happening to me?? Fear is a terrible thing and I really can not believe I have put this out here today. Sigh. Logic tells me I am fine, I feel fine, I know I am fine.....but it bothers me to not have things turn out like I know they have done time and time again in the past. 

So you see why I feel that is the one thing people say about me that is not so truthful these days. I am sure they say lots of other things too.....don't know how much of that would be the truth either...but today....this is on my mind.