Lovely Lavender Dreams: The $3 Splurge

My grandma and I were driving down the road, and headed to the seafood market, when we spied a little yard sale! Of course, we couldn't just not go (that would be plain silly!), so we stopped and gave a good look around. Some newer stuff, but mostly older stuff, hurray! I got a fun little bunch of five items for a total of $3, while my grandma got two metal fold-up chairs for $3 each. I held back a bit since a lot of the items were household things, something I love, but not something I use for photo-shoots.

This particular items has me baffled, it's a decorative metal plate.

Why is a metal plate confusing?

Because it's made by Delft! Delftware, as its commonly referred to, was a company that made tin-glazed pottery from the 15th century to present day. This is certainly not pottery, so what exactly is it and why was it made? It certainly has a Delft pattern. The only thing I could find that was similar was a child's plate and cup set made out of tin, but this just isn't child size!

Basically, I bought it because it said it was made in Holland, I knew next-to-nothing about Delft when purchasing it. ;) I love researching things like this though!

And the next purchase:

A pyrex cup with the gold butterfly pattern! She told me she had a larger set of these somewhere and that she would call me if she found them, sadly she never called. Probably lost my number!

The next two items are what I got super excited about though! I've been planning a shoot with a model with a summery glam fashion mermaid sort of theme (slightly confusing, right?) Anyways, these two items are THE PERFECT fashion mermaid accessories, I felt like such a lucky girl! I just did the photo-shoot last Friday and they looked great on camera too!

Don't the metal plates on this vintage belt look just like fish/mermaid scales? Too perfect, seriously. I wanted the shoot to be shiny and glittery like a mermaid's tale, looks like I'll get my wish!

The seller told me that her mom used to wear it when she was a little girl, but looking online at similar ones, it doesn't look like it could be much older than 70s, which is fine by me!

You almost wouldn't expect the webbed back with that glam front, but that is indeed the case!

The other item? Even more perfect! A vintage metal shell purse!

Also glitzy and shiny just like I wanted!

It's branded Le-Ann, and it's got a great snake rope chain on it!

The seller didn't mention the age of this one, but she had the belt and this one paired up on the table together. I figured that they were probably about the same age. This one is actually most likely 80s though. In any case, a shell shaped purse, way too perfect!