Yesterday
Linda at Linda's Blue Gate blog gave me this
Dishaholic Award. It got me thinking that maybe there needs to be a group for
dishaholics, not an award....
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So the rules were I am to show my favorite dishes, tell the dishes I'd love to own and show my favorite accessory.
This is our everyday blue willow. Every time I see a piece of it that is $2 or less I pick it up, so I have
enough to feed at least 30 people. These have been our everyday dishes for over 30 years and I never tire of it!
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This is my favorite set, Dainty Blue by Shelley. You've seen it before if you visit very often. It's a
tea set. I used to have 8 cups and saucers but over the years they have broken and I still have 8 saucers, I only have 4 cups now. I just love to serve tea in it.
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The dishes I'd love to own are red
transferware.
My favorite accessory is any kind of blue and white china.
This is the china that I picked out as a young bride. My mother said to get something classic, so I chose this Wedgwood set, plain white with a gold edge. It is so boring looking but food looks great on it!
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This is the oldest set of dishes I have. My mom bought it at an antique store years ago . It's well over 100 years old, made by Royal Worcester. I don't know the pattern name.
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Here is a close up.
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I have lots of odd bits and pieces....
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Lots of mismatched plates..
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I
like to display my dishes in this red hutch in the kitchen.
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On the wall and shelves in the kitchen....
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On lots of walls...the dining room....
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I hide, I mean, store extra dishes in bedroom closets.
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So as you can see I have quite a few dishes, but I don't think I'm a
dishaholic. I mean really, I can walk in to any china department in a big department store and not buy a thing. I can pass by a display of dishes at a thrift shop and not buy anything. Well maybe if it was blue and white and very cheap I'd have to buy it. I mean it would be a crime to let someone else get the deal wouldn't it? And what's one more piece of china, now really! No I don't think I'm a
dishaholic. I can control myself. So
Linda I think I should return this award because I really don't qualify. Guess I'm just in denial!
Rhondi xo