Spring Market and Vintage Ivy Dishes

Spring Open Houses seem to be a little late this year, but since our weather has been on the cold side, I think we're all running a little behind schedule. We (my sis and I) only made it a couple of places, but we got our fix for all things Spring.

Full of wonderful vintage and antique goods, the Vintage Peddler, has it all. Just walking through the many vendor spaces you can get so much inspiration from the wonderful vignettes and displays.

How cute is this green vintage bike?

Sorry the pic is a little blurry.

Adirondack Chair with a lacy stencil and Bird Nest Trellis.

When I found this sweet little vintage Ivy dish set, I was smitten. I debated for quite awhile, knowing I didn't need them at all, but they finally won out, because they just looked so fresh and "garden-y".

I have several other little books with adorable garden illustrations, so I grabbed these two, one called Cottage Gardener, the other Herb Gardener. Each little illustration could easily be framed. so sweet.

I stacked the set, which is really luncheon size, 

into my crate that I found there last year. 

I snip off my longer trails of Ivy and root them in water, that way I can replant them in a few months for a new Ivy pot. This time I used a topiary form to give it a little shape. It's in a vintage McCoy pottery planter.

Another find was this vintage jar with an old Lettuce Seed Packet Label

Here are the Sugar and Creamer from the set of Harker China, Royal Gadroon Ivy. It says Harker is America's Oldest China maker. I have my Great Grandmother's bedraggled China set somewhere around here. Even though it is Homer Laughlin, I might be able to use them together. I also have some small sets of Green Transferware that might mix and match too. I have so many vintage floral plates that are just odds and ends. I'd like to see about combining some of them, since this set is missing the Dinner Plates.

Pics from a post from 2014

 Little Shepherdess vintage Lamp

So that's what's new here on the Baker's Rack. Let's not tell my husband that I bought more old dishes. I kinda sorta brought them in and arranged things while he was at work. He doesn't notice that kind of thing, since he knows I have way too much "stuff" for him to consciously catalogue. I hope I haven't set myself up for another kind of "collection". I'm supposed to be subtracting "things" instead of adding things.

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