These look so pretty!

We found this photo on Color Me Pretty's blog and smiled. We have this little wire basket with the small glass vases in the store and we're delighted with how pretty they look!

Jello Molds!

I'm sure if you are a Downton Abbey fan, you have seen jello molds.

Jello molds have been used in kitchens long before Mrs. Patmore and Daisy were making meals. They come in both ceramic, glass, and copper and during the 1950's and 60's aluminum was all the rage. My grandmother made many a jello salad.

I don't use them for jello very often, but I love the way they look, especially the ceramic and glass variety. I re-purpose them as dip or sauce containers and use them with my crudites, fruit or cheese platters etc. Here I've used one for my favorite Meyers lemon yogurt sauce!

Re-Use, Re-Invent, Re-Purpose

One of the wonderful things about vintage pieces is that they can get your creative juices flowing. Not so much because vintage objects are usually made well, often have interesting parts to them, or are beautifully designed, but because so many of the original uses for the piece are no longer common. Just because it's not something I would use the way it was intended doesn't mean that it's not an awesome piece. This is when I begin to think up a new use.

Take for instance, these beautiful lamp globes. Originally, during all those years before electricity, people used oil lamps, candles or gas for light. During the Victorian era, when these were most likely made, these lamp covers would have been on a gorgeous lamp, probably very ornate and possibly gas. Somehow these lamp globes got separated from their base. Too bad for the lamp but the cherub faces and delicate design make them irresistible to me.

So, I washed them, took a candle that you can buy in a glass jar and placed the jar in the inside of the lamp cover.

The glow is beautiful, and these unique candle covers look wonderful anywhere in the house and can double as light for a breezy outside party. I doubt they would blow out!