Too much to list!

This week's treasures. 

$1 for all candles in the picture.
CD's were expensive this week: $1 each.
$1.50 for all fabric in the picture.
$2 for the counted cross stitch kit.
$1 each for the large Kirkland conditioner and the Matrix foam.

$5 for the Teapot. I've been good about teapots this summer: this is only the second one I bought.
It's sitting on a stack of 8 square Crate & Barrel plates. I paid $6.00

Nordicware cake pan. $3

When I bought the teapot, the lady said she had matching cups in her kitchen. She went inside to get them. I paid $5 for 4.

Two of them are in this picture. Front right.
The floral cups are Spode. They were $6.00 at Goodwill. 

Blast from the past: 1970's stationery. I had similar notecards as a kid. You write your note on the inside, fold it over and seal it with a matching sticker (a strawberry in this case). I have no idea what I will do with them. But they were only a quarter.

Find of the week: a salt glaze jar. I know these as Jars from Cologne (Keulse Pot). I Googled those today and learned that this type of jars (made from river clay) did indeed originate in the region around Cologne. And as German emigrants settled elsewhere in the world, this pottery technique was introduced in other places. These jars are the predecessor of canning jars. The salt glaze made them impervious and resistant to acid. People would stuff them with vegetables (cabbage for instance), fill the jar up with vinegar, put a clean cloth over the opening, close it off with a wood lid, put something heavy on the lid and store it in a cool place. It was the way to preserve the summer harvest and have fresh vegetables, eggs, and even meat in wintertime.