My latest collection: Franciscan Pottery

Two weeks ago I spotted these two white bowls.  I paid $4.00 for both and really only bought them because I liked the way they looked.  They say Franciscan Dining Made in the USA on the back of them.

On Saturday I went to a garage sale and this lady had a ton of pottery and guess what....  She had another white bowl, a teal one and a yellow cream a sugar.  I had to have them.

I guess that makes me a collector of Franciscan Pottery now.  I paid $8 for the 4 new pieces, so I am in a total of $10.  Not bad for a cool collection.  I love the colors.  I looked up the history and found this site: http://www.gmcb.com/franciscan/.  They are not that old (about as old as I am) but worth a little more than I paid.  I can't wait to watch this collection grow. 

Amazingness (minus the lamp shades)

I found two of these amazing lamps at Goodwill the other day. 

 Isn't the base beautiful?  They came with these shades

 which I love, but they are in horrible shape.  I found similar shades online, but they are like $60 each and part of what makes these lamps so amazing is that they were just $3.99 each.  I really don't want to pay that much, so what do you think of these $14.99 shades from Target? 

Do you think these shades are too white?  I am thinking I could add more white.  I really want to add more pillows and obviously something over the sofa, so what if I picked something more white to bring it all together?  Am I just trying to talk myself into something just because it is cheap????