Please join us for shopping with a twist on Friday July 23rd 2010 as we
present "The Kitchen Cupboard"
The dining room china cabinet held the very best dinnerware that was used for special occasions, but the kitchen cupboards were always like a treasure hunt. You never knew what you might find tucked inside. Some pieces useful, some pretty, some very mysterious.
Miss-matched china cups, some missing their saucer, just waiting to be used for special desserts. It was always just a little more fun to eat my grandmother’s tapioca or my mom’s pudding from a fancy cup. Nothing was discarded. Even at a time when re-purposing and recycling was not even recognized as it is today, our mother’s were doing what we’d one day find so much pleasure in.
In one cupboard, our everyday dishes. They were always more utilitarian, but used for so many occasions, they were rich in memories. I remember my dad having his morning coffee in a heavy Fire King mug. He loved the weight of the mug and always searched through the cupboard until he found just the right one. As I seek out a very favorite coffee cup myself, I remember and smile.
The cupboard that held the slightly worn, tin canisters, was one that brings back some of the very best memories. I remember cookies being baked for school parties, and pies and desserts for special holidays. All of us kids gathered in the kitchen to watch the magic, each vying for the honor of scraping the batter bowl, or spoon and awaiting our part in this magical play.
Tucked in this same cabinet, sugar sprinkles waiting for our little hands to add the finishing touches.
There were so many memories made from what our kitchen cupboards held. Some that shape us as mothers and grandmothers.
If you’d like to take a walk down memory lane, some of these very same treasures can be found in the boutiques at Make Mine Pink.
Joyce Lucas, Founder
Make Mine Pink
Photo Contribution 1: Grandma G's Cottage| Photo Contribution 2: Mary's Cottage Treasures | Photo Contribution 3: Rue de la Paix
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