I broke the last drinking glass in my house last week end. This isn't really a tragedy - the glasses were bought on clearance at Kmart. But I really don't fancy the notion of having no drinking glasses (or the notion of paying for replacement glasses which, let's face it, will probably break aggravatingly quickly....)
So, time to get creative.....
I needed something that was made of glass (I hate plastic for soooo many different reasons). It also needed to be sturdy, as I'm surrounded by boys and a rather rough-and-tumble girl. (Besides which, I really don't have the time to molly-coddle my glassware. We're just not that kind of family, nor do we have "staff" to do the washing up.)
In addition to the above criteria, the answer to my drinking glasses dilemma needed to be cheap (or, better yet, free).
I found a matching set of twelve that will serve the purpose beautifully. They were collecting dust in an exclusive little boutique I like to call "le Basement".
It's not a permanent solution. (I have my eye on 2 dozen of these gorgeous articles - to be bought with my accumulated Amazon gift cards from SwagBucks.) But for the moment it works, doesn't create a storage dilemma (they will once again be put to their intended use when their more beautiful substitutes finally arrive) and didn't cost me a penny.
I can definitely live with that.
1 comment:
I love jars for drinking glasses, they are large enough to get a nice, big drink:) I adore those blue rimmed ones, too. Used to have some but they bit the dust...could have set music to it (another one's gone and another one's gone...) I would LOVE to learn to blow glass, it would be so very convenient. Maybe one of your kiddos should take that up. Do something with all of Missoula's glass...it would be a hit.
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