The Farm Fresh dinnerware pattern by Corelle retains its country charm and popularity for casual parties and everyday dining. Farm Fresh is decorated with red apples, green pears and grapes, and has a green checkerboard motif on many of the pieces. The background is almond beige. Some of the items, such as the bowls, have […]
Happy Birthday again for my blog, Diary of a Dishie! To celebrate, we’ve been eating birthday cake for nearly a week. (Well, the blog hasn’t been, just waiting for me to take the photos and post…) Birthday parties are a great time to get out your most charming dishes, and to mix and match your […]
All dressed up and someplace to go… …your dining table for your guests’ enjoyment! Plain vanilla tapioca pudding doesn’t have to go Plain Jane to serve your guests. With a bit of real whipped cream, some silver cookie decorations and a silver plated spoon, it can be dressed up and ready to be elegant and tasty. […]
Once you’ve made your baked goods, it’s time to eat them! Serving breads, rolls, muffins and other baked goods to family and friends is satisfying and enjoyable. What should you know about serving them at the table (if you can resist long enough)? Many dinnerware sets include serving pieces designed for bringing breads to the […]
Arabia is made in Finland…go figure. And whether you pronounce it ah-RAY-be-ah – or ah-RAB-e-ah – it is beautiful stoneware, often with a retro look and feel. The first time I saw this china, I’d never heard of it, but liked it. I found the blue striped Uhtua pattern. It was so unfamiliar that I […]
Many vintage china patterns are based on the perennial garden favorite flower, roses. No surprise, roses are romantic and feminine. Many of the dinnerware designs that use this motif have a soft, pastel color scheme. Make roses your theme for mix and match table setting and the possibilities are enormous. Whether you are planning an […]
Weddings – in June or any other time – celebrate traditions important to family and friends. Vintage china, carefully selected to complement a wedding theme, can add meaning and beauty to your engagement party, rehearsal dinner or a wedding banquet. If the wedding will feature a big dinner, consider using vintage dinnerware on the head […]
Blue and white china. Crisp and clean, great for summer table settings. Around our house, you can have any color, especially blue. It’s easy to mix and match with other blue and white wares, especially those with simple bands of color. Blue and white reminds me of the salty sea shore or a breezy summer […]
We’ve got a definite weak spot for 1970s dinnerware we find in our travels, especially the stoneware. Patterns from Midwinter, Mikasa and even Noritake go great with table settings based on the days when vintage was new: back to the land, Earth Day, Earth Shoe and The Mother Earth News. Midwinter’s series of patterns – […]
Now that Easter is over, time to get ready for Mother’s Day (second Sunday in May). By adding some vintage charm to your table setting, you can impress your mother, family and friends with a table setting that is creative and shows off your china to enjoyable effect. Feature Mom’s favorite flower – such as […]
Traditional holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter have built in table setting ideas. Turkeys and bunnies, snowmen and colored eggs can suggest themes and color palettes for dinnerware very easily. Earth Day isn’t in the same category. It began around 1970, so maybe grandma has some vintage china to contribute to a table setting, but […]
Finding special vintage dishes is fun! See what I brought home with me in recent weeks, including some extra special items.
My dishie antennae perk up when I see pieces of Mikasa’s Mediterrania line in my shopping travels. The patterns are so retro. Many of them show the best of modern style from the 1970s. The shapes are simple and sleek. The colors and motifs just work for me. I think Blue Bird is probably my […]