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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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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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No Bake Peanut Butter Bars | Sweet Vintage Treat

November 8th, 2011 · No Comments

Get out the cookie jar, and make some easy, no-bake peanut butter bars for quick snacks. Not that they’ll last long. If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember Rice Krispie Bars made with marshmallows, or the version with chocolate tops. This one is something of a hybrid, to my mind. It has peanut butter [...]

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Deviled Egg Plates | Serve a Classic Dish

November 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Who would have thought, a National Deviled Egg Day, devoted to one of the most popular appetizers ever to make it to a Midwest holiday feast? We always had deviled eggs at home, at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter especially, and for other special family gatherings, too. Couldn’t put them out too early, though, because they [...]

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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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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 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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Glass Relish Dishes and China for Serving Pickles

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments

Glass relish dishes, and china ones, too, have been a mainstay of holiday dinner tables for many years. Because, you need them to serve the pickles! At home, we always had a relish tray for any holiday or special occasion. Pickles and deviled eggs were favorites on the menu. A relish tray can include lots [...]

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One of a Kind Dinnerware Find | Table Setting Inspiration

September 7th, 2011 · No Comments

One of a kind dinnerware pieces can inspire an entire table setting theme, or even a whole room’s decor. If you love it, there will be ways to fit that piece into your china collection, to use and joy the unique piece. Scouting last week, I found a darling china dinner plate in the Strawberry [...]

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