Bowls and Balls

AS and I both had the day off yesterday so we headed out to Delaware on a vintage/antiques shopping adventure inspired by this blog. Now I know I discussed doing this trip with some other people as well. We by no means went to every store there though and I would be more than happy to go again in the very near future so please please don't be mad! I really can't wait to go again, hopefully when it's also slightly warmer and not gray and dreary so we can actually hit up the beach as well rather than just stare at it wistfully.


The two best spots we hit were Beach Plum Antiques and Millsboro Antiques Mall. I got on a Pyrex kick and now have a lovely set of bowls and dishes to bake with. The best find was a full set of four mixing bowls.

Now I have to bake something that involves lots of bowls. I also got a casserole dish in a lovely blue.

Interesting "farm" theme detail:

I also picked up a Pyrex pie dish for $4.

Unfortunately I am still looking for a pie server. The only ones we saw yesterday were ceramic and we were already making ourselves look enough like 80-year-old women with all our Pyrex.

The other major purchases were Ball jars. My grandparents used to can vegetables from their garden and even now, years after both of them have been gone, we are still eating their delicious green beans. I therefore have a bit of a soft spot in my heart for canning jars. I found this lamp in the basement of my building soon after I moved in. I dusted it off, emptied out the multicolored beans that it was filled with and replaced a nasty red lampshade.

I bought two more large jars yesterday with the hope of replicating the lamp. I also bought  two smaller ones with the goal of spreading the theme throughout the apartment. 

The next step is to use this kit to turn the jars into lamps.

I made the man at the hardware store explain to me how to attach the wires but I'm still slightly concerned I'm going to somehow electrocute myself. Between the jars, the "make-a-lamp" kits and lampshades, the lamps aren't going to be super cheap but I feel like this sort of thing would be pretty expensive in a shabby chic shop.


The best item that we didn't purchase award absolutely goes to this table.

I sincerely hope that I someday own a "tasteful" beach house to put this in.


Overall, it was a great day and I can't wait to go do it again soon. There were a couple Goodwills we passed that we didn't hit and several other antique stores. 

Up next: I'm staying up late tonight in order to sleep in tomorrow in preparation for my first ever night shift on Wednesday night. This means you work form 7pm to 7am. I have never done with before and am super nervous about how to prepare. In order to stay up late, my plan is to drink large amounts of coffee, make carrot cake sandwich cookies, and try to assemble my lamps. Lord knows come 3am though I'm going to totally stress out whether I'm sleeping enough, whether I'll be able to stay awake tomorrow night, whether I'll just feel like I want to throw up the whole shift from being tired, whether my alarm clock will actually wake me up at the right time and hey, maybe I should set a fourth alarm just to be sure. CA is gone right now so I have the whole apartment to myself to spread out the crazy and obsessiveness. It's quiet here without her and when I'm staying by myself, looking at the front door to make sure it's locked is not enough. I have to actually go touch it to be sure it's dead-bolted. Lovely. Hurry back CA! I'll let you all know how the cookies go.



Parting shot of all my pretty bowls.