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 [...]
Serving Thanksgiving Dinner | Repurpose Me
November 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
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Twilight by Carmona | Dinnerware Lights Up Breaking Dawn
November 17th, 2011 · No Comments
Dinnerware featured in a movie? Be still my heart! Twilight by Carmona is your key phrase, to see the wonderful bone china dinnerware that is featured in the latest film in the Twilight saga. As fans know, Bella Swan (human) and Edward Cullen (vampire) get married in the film version of Breaking Dawn, which opens [...]
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Pie Serving Plates | Enjoy a Big Slice
October 28th, 2011 · No Comments
Pie lovers are very loyal to their favorite flavors. Pie serving plates are made specifically to enjoy a large slice, especially served with ice cream. Some of them are flat like regular plates, generally in the 8-9 inch diameter size. I’ve written about a favorite pie plate made by Syracuse a while back. By pie [...]
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White China Soup Bowls | Pasta With Bacon
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments
White china soup bowls are versatile to use when serving chili, casseroles and other foods, too. Many cooks and chefs like white because they show off the food to good advantage. And as they say, we eat with our eyes. In the September 2011 issue of Everyday Food, I saw a recipe for Pasta and [...]
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Fiesta China Color Fest For Table Setting
October 17th, 2011 · No Comments
Lovers of Fiesta china color were getting their fix at the Homer Laughlin tent sale this past weekend. The company holds an annual tent sale at the factory in Newell, West Virginia. Fiesta collectors come from far and near to get pieces in their chosen colors. Table setting with Fiesta offers thousands of possibilities with [...]
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Halloween Dinnerware | Classic Black and Orange
October 15th, 2011 · No Comments
Colorful Halloween dessert plates by Sakura are one example of the cutest Halloween dinnerware. Designed by Debbie Mumm, they have special, spooky charm. The Haunted House pattern dates from around 2000, before purple and lime green had gained so much popularity as colors for Halloween decorating. My favorite Poultrygeist mug was made more recently, and [...]
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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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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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China Coffee Mugs | Java in Style
September 30th, 2011 · No Comments
If you’re a coffee drinker, can you ever have too many china coffee mugs? I’m thinking about the stoneware kind, though there are lots of other kinds to use, to enjoy your cup of Joe. I like tea and coffee. It depends on the menu, and the situation. Yesterday was National Coffee Day, but who [...]
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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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