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Serving Thanksgiving Dinner | Repurpose Me

November 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Last minute preparations for tomorrow’s Turkey Day. Serving Thanksgiving dinner and found you need an extra, or different, serving piece? Repurpose the china serving pieces that might be in the back of the cabinet, Use what you have, mix and match with other pieces. These extra pieces can come in handy when there’s a last-minute [...]

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Gold Vintage Glassware | Bling for Thanksgiving Table Setting

November 1st, 2011 · No Comments

Shiny bright glass, and gold vintage glassware in particular, offers a special opportunity for your Thanksgiving and fall table settings. Warmer than amber, bright gold glasses and other serving pieces can give extra spark to complement your china. Finding Vintage Gold Glassware Check the secondary marketplace. This is a color from the late 1960s to [...]

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Bold Colorful Dinnerware | Mikasa Bokhara China

October 11th, 2011 · No Comments

In one of the prior economic downturns, in the mid-1970s, bold colorful dinnerware was also in fashion. A friend gave me some old home decorating magazines from the 1960s and 1970s, days I remember well. It was fascinating going through them, looking at the designer rooms, tableware displays, and the advertising from those decades. I [...]

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Table Setting Charm in Apple China Patterns

October 6th, 2011 · No Comments

Vintage and new dinnerware sets show the long-term appeal of apple china patterns! Some patterns go with red, as you’d expect. Others focus on green apples. And there are versions that have both red and green pieces to mix and match in your table setting, like the Apple Pie pattern by Franciscan (see thumbnail photo). [...]

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Quilt Motif Dinnerware | Sweet for Mix and Match Table Setting

October 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

You don’t have to be using a country theme table setting to enjoy quilt motif dinnerware. But you could! A table setting based on a quilt theme can reach into classic and traditional themes based on Early American styles. Or it can harmonize with modern designs, in sleek shapes and stylish colors. It can be [...]

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More Missoni Table Setting Ideas

October 1st, 2011 · No Comments

I couldn’t stop playing with the dishes, so I came up with some more Missoni table setting ideas. Missoni for Target dinnerware provides lots and lots of table setting inspiration. I used a salad plate in the Passione pattern, purple family colors, big chunks of raspberry and white in between the center color bands. Continuing [...]

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Missoni Dinnerware Table Setting | Colorful Ideas

September 27th, 2011 · 4 Comments

You had to have it. Making a Missoni dinnerware table setting, how bold it that! This dinnerware is meant to make a statement. This dinnerware was designed exclusively for Target and was an immediate hit when it was launched on September 13. So popular, that it could be hard to get enough of any one [...]

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Mix and Match Dinnerware | Cheer Up A Rainy Day

September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

We get lots of gloomy days in Michigan. One way to brighten them, mix and match dinnerware pieces from the cupboards. Playing with dishes is always fun… I started with the smaller plate, Marion by Meyer. This is vintage restaurant ware. In weight it’s close to stoneware. This service-ready china is very practical, and this [...]

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China Gravy Boats | Repurpose Me

September 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments

My china gravy boats tend to drift to the back of my china cabinet, and I’m betting that yours do, too. Meat gravy, to serve over potatoes, has gone the way of the meat and potatoes meal, less common than in past decades. Gravy boats are also called sauce boats or servers. The functionality of [...]

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Blue and White Dinnerware | Perpetual Popularity

September 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Blue is a restful color. Add white and look sharp! Blue and white dinnerware can go formal or casual, to convey a simple charm to your table setting: calm, cool and classic. Choose a dinnerware maker, and look for their patterns that incorporate blue. You’ll find hundreds of china patterns based on a blue, or [...]

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