More Baskets???

...well not really, but you see my love of baskets

carries over to my love of vintage pottery so

I am drawn to pieces that have a

basketweave pattern...

The pattern is a little hard to see on this piece

as it's a small egg cup but I love

the handpainted flowers.

This is another 'made in japan' piece,

you can see the basketweave a little better

in this photo.

...anothet 'MIJ' piece and

another.

I think it's not only the muted colors

and handpainted accents I'm drawn to

but also the textural element.

Here my love of green pottery overlaps

the love of basketweave.

The textural elements are also carried

over to this beehive pattern...

Are you starting to see how one thing leads

 to another ???

These were too cute to pass up and since

one of my favorite books is 'The Secret Life of Bees'

well I had to bring them home!

(if you've never seen these before, they are vintage

stackable measuring cups)

I started out sharing basketweave patterns

and somehow ended up with beehives...

this is precisely how I end up spending hours scouring

antique and vintage shops whenever I can.

One last basketweave piece,which also

happens to be green is this McCoy

planter, I have a few in several

different sizes.

I'll stop here for today because you just know

this is leading somewhere else...