Tickled "Pink" with Gift from a Friend

As collectors everywhere always know, there is almost never an end to a collection.


Just when you swear off buying even one additional cookbook, or doll, or piece of cranberry glass, someone comes along and gives you one as a gift.


So then it's an okay thing to add to a collection. There's no guilt involved.


A dear high school friend who I've blogged about many times before gives me all kinds of things I love. 

At Easter, for example, she gifted me with those beautiful Ukrainian eggs. You can read about them here if you missed the original post.


Wouldn't you know it that she left a Mother's Day gift in a bag, hanging from my mailbox?


Guess what it was?  Yep, a piece of cranberry glass. Luckily, it's a vase that I don't have in my collection.


It's a really gorgeous vase about six inches tall, and I put it on top of the television with the fairly recently acquired pink glass swan.  You can read about that acquisition here.


My dear friend actually bought the cranberry glass vase at a yard sale and got it for a fabulous price.  That's thrifty shopping and we all love that, right?

Now cranberry glass is usually e-x-p-e-n-s-i-v-e, not only because it's a highly collectible item but, also,because it contains molten gold.

So the fact the person selling my gifted vase put a low price tag on it made it an extra special item and a perfect present.


Would I ever say "No more cranberry glass" to anyone who wants to buy it for me as a gift?  Uh uh. Never.

Joining Thrifty Things Friday on Diann's blog, The Thrifty Groove.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR OF  DECORATIVE GLASS ? AMBER?  AMETHYST?  COBALT BLUE? GREEN? RED? TURQUOISE? YELLOW? WHAT?