{"id":9386,"date":"2018-01-01T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T14:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thriftingwonderland.com\/post\/bowls-bowls-and-more-bowls"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:16:20","slug":"bowls-bowls-and-more-bowls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=9386","title":{"rendered":"Bowls, Bowls, and More Bowls"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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Bowls are one of my weaknesses. I just love bowls in all sizes and shapes. I like to use them when I\u2019m cooking a regular dinner and, of course, when I\u2019m baking. Especially Christmas baking. Put on some Christmas music get out the flour and have a great time creating a delicious treat for family and friends.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Thrift stores are great places for finding bowls but you have to be prepared to dig a little and grab them when you see them. If you wait, someone else will scoop it up while you\u2019re making up your mind.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

One strategy I have is to travel around the thrift store with a cart. If I see something that looks interesting, I put it in the cart. That doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m going to purchase the item but I am sure going to think about it. While it\u2019s in my cart someone else can\u2019t buy it. If I decide not to purchase the item, I simply put it back before I leave the store.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

These are bowls I purchased in December of this year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The blue flowered bowl is hand thrown pottery with a ladle included that was designed to be a punch bowl. I found this in one of my favorite consignment shops in the clearance section. <\/p>\n

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I love the one with the Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The red bowl is from Portugal. <\/p>\n

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The average price was about $5.00. The most expensive was $8.00 and the least expensive was $3.79.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The bowl pictured by itself is the one behind the red bowl in the group picture. This is also a hand thrown pottery bowl. (I have a weakness for pottery.) . <\/p>\n

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The two matching bowls are great because they have pouring spouts that can be very useful when cooking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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My latest find is a simple white bowl in the shape of a leaf with lovely leaf carvings on the inside as well.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Bowls are beautiful and functional. A beautiful bowl can make your experience in the kitchen better as you enjoy handling and seeing these beautiful tools. So look for bowls, use bowls, and enjoy bowls every day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Thrifting Tip<\/u><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When shopping for bowls check carefully for chips and especially for hairline cracks. Cracks of any kind can make the bowl unuseable for anything but display. I like my bowls to be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. “Function before form” is my motto for bowls.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Also, bowls can be pricey so check the label on the bottom of the bowl and do an on-line search. You’ll know what it would cost to purchase new and can better gauge if the thrift store price is a good one…or not. You can always try negotiating, if you think the bowl is priced too high.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bowls are one of my weaknesses. I just love bowls in all sizes and shapes. I like to use them when I\u2019m cooking a regular dinner and, of course, when I\u2019m baking. Especially Christmas baking. Put on some Christmas music get out the flour and have a great time creating a delicious treat for family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70469586,"featured_media":9416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[635055331,35425,148819],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-add-a-page-title","category-main-course","category-quick-and-easy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ziaG-2ro","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70469586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16753,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9386\/revisions\/16753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}