Lost your Kitchen Britches? I found them just in time for shower present season

Posted: May 13, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Craft, Fun Finds | Tags: , | 6 Comments

Kitchen Britches have been around since the 1940s, but I didn’t know they existed until I found a pair in a thrift store last month. Judging by the pinned-on poem, I’m guessing they must have been made for housewarming and shower gifts.

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Here’s a look!

Click to see my vintage britches!

Placesettings: the luck of the stylish

Posted: March 17, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Holidays, Placesettings, Vintage tablecloths | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on Placesettings: the luck of the stylish

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It’s my lucky day!

I don’t think there’s much Irish in either BluesRay or me, but we’re celebrating St Patrick’s Day anyway.

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The table has a vintage white cotton damask cloth to start, topped with a wonderful Startex print of lucky charms.

The tag says it’s a kitchen towel.

But am I using it that way? Heck, no!