Found Loot: Bright, Unique Plates, Cuddling Swans, and Zany Frame

A half-hour stop at a well-stocked Goodwill turned a rainy afternoon into a fun excursion.

My eye usually picks the pearls out of a sea of shells.  Maybe this artistic ability to find great items  is due to reading eight million decorating magazines over the course of a lifetime. ha!

Scanning a hodgepodge of household artifacts, three plates, all HausenWare and made in China, jumped into my line of vision.

On one, there's a fat white sheep, with the words "un moution" written across the blue rim. (Perhaps it's French?)  Sheepy Pie rests against a light green background.

              

A large Navy blue fish with lime green and polka dot fins graces another plate. Small goldfish swim nearby on a deep teale backghound set off by a lavender and turquoise rim!

                                        

                                                

On the last of that trio of plates is a chubby black and white cow with "un vache" written along the blue rim.

A Christmas plate with a golden pear-covered tree smack dab in the middle also jumped out. There's a partridge shown, too, at the top.  It'll make a great little gift if I can ever bear to give it away. It's by Sweet Olive Studios and has the worlds "certified International" on the back.  Place of origin?  China.

Two plates with sweet birds on them could not be left behind. Done in pastels, they do everything but tweet.  These birdie plates are just adorable.

They're titled "Birds and the Bees" by Sango and are designed by Sue Lipkin.  Guess where these were made?  Ahhem. China.

A white and black photo frame, bordered in red and yellow (where the photo goes) is an eyeopener.  It bears no markings of any kind but looks southwestern.

Most unique of all the day's purchases are two swan candle holders.  The male swans appear to be caressing their female partners. The females look almost as happy as I did when headed to my car in the Goodwill parking lot, stuffed bag in tow.

Want to know the amount spent for all the loot on the rainy afternoon?  A whopping $8.49!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OF THE ITEMS SHOWN TODAY?