"One Is Silver and the Other's Gold"

Today, Writing Straight from the Heart is joining Cindy's Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home. Check out her beautiful blog to see some of the other entries for Show and Tell Friday.

We are also joining Diann at The Thrifty Groove for the third, "Thrifty Things Friday".

 Remember the Girl Scout round that went like this?:

                             "Make new friends

                              But keep the old,

                              One is silver

                              And the other gold."

Neither was better than the other, of course, and both were quite precious .

Well, when it comes to decorating, people usually have a preference of either silver or gold.

Personally, I'm a gold person. Whether it's summer sandals,  costume jewelry, or household accents, gold, more so than silver, has always been more appealing. That's why it's surprising that I've been drawn to silver vases lately.

One afternoon, while sauntering around a Goodwill Store, a silver vase with thick satiny rope around its rim, beckoned  from one of the shelves. It made a rather dramatic statement and in my mind's eye, I could picture it filled to the brim with beautiful flowers like stargazer lilies and tall, regal gladiola.

The price on the bottom of the vase was a shocker----$1.29!  Sold.

Sure enough, it's a lovely vase for tall flowers, especially, don't you think?

When our daughter got married a few years ago, we hosted a a Jack and Jill shower (both men and women are invited) for the happy couple. It took place at Christmas time. White roses in silver vases served as table centerpieces since the theme was silver and white.  They were so pretty. I still have two of the vases, shown below:

In two additional thrift stores, on separate occasions, (can you tell thrift store shopping is an addiction?),  I found more silver treasures. One was a  silver tray that  could not be passed up since the price on the bottom was 79 cents.

The other item happened to be a very pretty, dainty silver vase with a kind of wavy top edge. It was only about seven inches tall and cost $2.79.

It looks great set up up the tray, such as shown in the photo at the top of the post and below:

Here comes a question for all you blogging photographers out there. Have you ever attempted photographing silver vases? You practically have to lay down on the floor to avoid getting your own reflection in the vase. Challenging, to say the least!  When this blog began, I had no idea it would include becoming a contortionist but it's worth it to get the photos to accompany the text! :)

WHICH DO YOU PREFER---SILVER OR GOLD?