Admiring Thrift Store Patterns

For the past year or so I've been irresistibly drawn to items with intriguing patterns, textures, and color combinations. If I took every beautiful piece home I'd be bogged down with junk (and broke) so I continue to take pictures of my muses without bringing them home. (Ultimate frugality, just take a picture and save your money!) Here's what I saw this weekend:

This vintage mod pattern sunny and bright . I love the clean graphic design of the toy tin behind it as well.

 I always struggle to resist collecting more patterned tins. I'll certainly buy more when there's a price I can't refuse...

Japanese patterns are my favorite. My artist brain will implode when I finally visit the motherland of these clean graphic prints.

The black background with red and yellow details recalls Greek and Roman plates and urns I remember seeing in Italy. It's a pleasing combination of color and pattern.

I couldn't stop admiring this glass, the simple pattern with the powder blue and the gold is whimsical. The gradient near the top is a nice touch.

I think this last little piece of art is perfection. I'd never encountered this poem but as a horror fan it's perfect for me. Who doesn't love the word Beasties? Every line of this poem pleases, and I'm further enchanted by the Medieval design and ghost drawing. The only reason this isn't hanging on my wall now is the price, $18!

I might have to go back for it, frame and mat it properly, and hang it in my bedroom. Hopefully this brilliant pattern and poem will keep the night time Beasties away...

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