Phloral Arrangement – IAVOM McCoy Vases

On By TimelessladyIn Phloral Arrangements

The Farmer’s Almanac counts down how many days of winter are left. As of today, there are 63 days left until Spring. Whoo-hoo! I have some sprigs of daffodils showing above ground, and this week, when storms knocked over pots planted with tulip bulbs, I saw that beneath the soil, the bulbs had rooted and were beginning to send up shoots. I hope being overturned won’t stunt the growth.

I have no flowers or interesting dried-out sprigs left to display in a vase for Rambling in the Garden – IAVOM. Happily, I do have a few evergreen plants growing in the gardens. I have gathered sprigs of Nandina, English Ivy, Barberry, and Vinca vine inside today’s vase. I also added a dried-out tassels of a Bald Cypress. To add some interest, I plucked Wisteria pods off the bush and added those into the mix.

The bouquet is so-so, but the vase is a treasure I found this week. Searching for unique containers to craft into hanging planters, I stopped at the local Goodwill. Usually, I find junk, and a caution for other treasure hunters; I often have seen Dollar Store items in the Goodwill store marked at $1.99. To be blunt, this always annoys me. I am often tempted to point it out to the manager, but the earnings from Goodwill Industries go to non-profit groups. Many of the stores have very high rents to pay in the shopping centers they are located in. For this reason, I don’t say a word.

Back to the find in the Goodwill, though. I found treasure—two beautiful McCoy Swan Vases. One is pink, and the other is blue. I used the blue vase for today’s arrangement. I do not have an eye for antiques as some do, but I love McCoy pottery, and I am good at spotting that variety.

My beautiful McCoy vase twins are, Whatsoever is Lovely to me—a perfect choice for Xingfu Mama’s Week Two Challenge.

32 thoughts on “Phloral Arrangement – IAVOM McCoy Vases”

  2. Donna Donabella's avatar Donna Donabella

    Those vases are a treasured find. I do need to go to a thrift store and browse. And nice to have some evergreen plants remaining to fill it. Lovely. Oh and how wonderful your potted bulbs are growing too.

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    1. It was a good start to the week. Being able to find a few things to use in the garden surprised me. Today, it would have been too late…everything is now covered in a thin layer of snow, and icy rain is falling.

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  9. I have never heard of or come across McCoy Pottery, so I assume it is very much an American thing. Charity shops are a lot better at recognising ‘brands’ these days, so grabbing finds as soon as they are put out seems to be the best way of getting a real bargain. Doesn’t seem right about the CEO’s salary here though… The foliage you chose for the first contents of your purchase proves the point that we don’t have to have blooms in our vases for them to be attractive

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  10. You are right about items being recognized. These were a little high for a resale shop, but because they are something I knew I would keep and pass on; I bought them anyway. In an antique or vintage store, and online, they were at least four times higher, sometimes up to ten times higher on some sites. I have already told someone in the family who loves the same type of thing that I will put her name on them.

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  13. Your lovely vase caught my eye immediately, then to see you found two – how fortunate! Your foliage is very pretty, and you may have some daffodils before long, it seems, to display in your new vases. ❤

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