Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Watkins Pretty Herbs / Spice Tins

I'll admit, usually when I need dried herbs and spices, I'll find them somewhere for 2 / $1 . Long ago, I use to buy them at a health food store, scooping out how much I wanted into a plastic bag and then transferring them to glass containers at home. That was a very long time ago and is a habit I'd like to get back into one of these days. As of late, I've been sighing over all the plastic spice and herb containers that have been cluttering up our cabinet. How much prettier and simple it could be if I used little labeled glass containers and these sweet little spice tins fromWatkins.Watkins products have been around for 137 years and one thing, besides their quality, that I love about them are their old-fashioned containers and labels. Take a browse around their site and see what I mean. Between you and me, you can get the organic spices you see pictured cheaper at Wal-Mart for a little over $3.50 each. I picked one up the other day - there are 16 colorful tins in all. I think I'll collect them! Hubs and other passers-by in the spice aisle at Wal-mart must have thought I was nuts, lol, as I was holding the garlic powder tin and saying, "How PRETTY! I just love it! So adorable!" I'm sure they were all like, "It's garlic powder, lady...put it in your cart and move on already!"

Posted by Kim @ Twice Remembered at 1:53 PM  

Categories: accessories, cottage, food, kitchen

7 comments:

Jessica said...
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10:27 PM
Jessica said...

Hey Kim ~
Love those spice tins!! Esp the old look'in labels. They definitely have more of that authentic look.
Awhile back, to solve my "can’t stand plastic another minute for my spices" syndrome, I used to buy soy candles from the swan creek candle company that once emptied, I would refill with my spices. They also have some cute little ”kitchen pantry” jars with tin lids that are adorable as well.
Well have fun collecting the tins! =))
And that’s ok I would have been right there with you thinking “OH she actually APPRECIATES how they LOOK!” =)

10:29 PM
Paula Bellman said...

I love the cute jars and tins they are coming out with now for spices. I like the Target brand of spices. The jars are glass and prettily shaped.

I also like that magnetic spice rack, but don't know if I want that hanging on my wall in my limited kitchen area.

2:23 PM
Chris@Cats On My Quilts said...

The colors would be perfect in your home.

2:56 PM
Penny said...

Those are great! I agree they are perfect for your kitchen.

I have Griffith's Spice set, but I don't use it. It's purely decorative and goes perfectly with my kitchen. I too am guilty of spices in the plastic containers cluttering up my cabinet. To take care of this, I plan to use magnetic paint on the inside of the cabinet door and then put my spices in those little round magnetic tins.

5:01 PM
Kim @ Twice Remembered said...

Oooh, thanks for the resource, Jessica. That site looks really cool...just the stuff I like! The little kitchen pantry jars are adorable!

Paula, I'll have to check out what Target has...I don't get in there too often but I always love to look and their house related things...such nice things!

Thanks Chris and Pen:) I do love those colors. Pen, the Griffiths spice jars are really special and look so vintage and pretty. I just love milk glass!

11:09 PM
Amy said...

watkins tins are pretty cool, and yep if I walk into dreadful walmart I have been known to pick up a watkins product, very nostalgic!

8:53 AM

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