Looks like a minnow bucket & coal carrier. I have some of those urn looking plastic planters. They last pretty well, I've had them 3-4 years & haven't broken or cracked yet, would last better painted tho. Mine are white. They had green & color you have also at the 99 cent store. Didn't see them this year. Love your long 1/2 barrel thing too at back of pic. Wipe the metal down with alcohol before you paint it & try not to touch it except on handles so when it is dry from alcohol, it will keep paint on. Jan

Some of the best exterior glues I have found are E-6000, and GE Exterior Adhesive for Windows and Doors. I especially love the E-6000 which is available everywhere. I get it at Wal-Mart in the Crafts section. Also copper- The home stores like Menard's and Home Depot have those vinyl tiles for ceiling and kitchen, that look like copper. You could get some of those and make roofing tiles with them. Just cut to the desired size and shape with shears. You'll find lots of ideas in the vinyl tile section. -Sprout

Thanks Punk, Jeanne, Jane, Jan, and Luvs - hope I don't bore you all to tears with my YS finds! It's now the season altho I do need to be very selective with what I buy this year as I have way too much stuff and no more storage space. DH agrees we need to add even more cupboards to our kitchen so I think that will be one thing we'll eventually do. Punk, you are right, I never looked at it like that - obviously not too expensive or I wouldn't have bot them. There was a box of utensils, mostly stainless, altho I was only looking for silver as already have some stainless I haven't yet used for crafts. I prefer silver of course and always look for the pattern on the back of the piece altho not all have that and if not I look it up. There's a website that I'll post with a lot of the vintage silver patterns. Apparently having mismatched sets of silver is a current trend I've read about on blogs. Some stores are even selling new sets that don't match. Interesting idea. Jeanne, I do usually say yard sale altho GS is also appropriate of course. I actually bot the placemats at a MS - moving sale which was in a house! :-D Whatever they are called they are a great source for interesting low cost treasures. Jane, I do think the place mats may be 'older' and the seller was from Europe so they may be from there. Possibly the Delft plates were bot there also. I also have occasionally used bone china cups for my tea break. I also use old silver trays to serve it on and a doily when I really want to go 'all out'. Fun! I agree this is really a nice pattern and it would be nice to find more altho I don't hold out hope. Jan, I had found the 'big brother' to these 2 little plates at a sale 2 years ago when we were traveling so I had to grab them immediately. I now need to figure out a wall arrangement with them. The violet teacup was another thing I latched onto as I have the same one packed away that was a shower gift so many decades ago. Eventually when I figure out how to display them all I'll put them together. Luvs, my motto is "I never saw a plate I disliked";-D and do have a lot of orphan plates. Always nice to find sets tho. DH and I have lots of fun shopping at YS. He finds things like tools, fencers, and fishing stuff. Here is a link that might be useful: Silver Patterns

The dishes have a gold rim. The rim is then circled with a border of yellow, dark blue and green stylized leaves or flowers, with a dark red background. In several places around the rim, larger flowery things appear in the same colors, also with a reddish background. Connecting these places is a vine with leaves and a few actual small flowers. It's really a stunning pattern, now that it's cleaned up.