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I'm happily married to Mr. Man. We have 2 daughters, Big R and Little R. I'm a stay at home mom. We moved from the big city to the country, living a dream. I'm a collector and a packrat. I'd rather read a book than watch a movie. I battle depression. I love life, but that wasn't always the case. This is my journal.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Show and Tell Friday #2

Show and Tell

It's Show and Tell Friday again, hosted by Kelli at There Is No Place Like Home. Go to Kelli's to join or check out all the participants.

I got todays idea from my friend SW. I have so many sets of dishes, she suggested I show all the different patterns for all my dishes. Great idea. Like everything else I have collected my dishes from various sources. I was talking about it recently because I acquired yet another set from Freecycle and really the last thing I needed was more dishes. Some sets come with serving dishes and platters, some don't. All are full sets. Here we go.

First up are the dishes I got from Freecycle. There are 8 place settings. They are Sango "Pavillion".



Next is the set I bought at a yard sale. I paid $30 which is more than I wanted to but I loved the pattern. There is 8 place settings and it came with a platter and a cookie jar. It is Corelle by Corning, "Ivy" pattern.



The next set was my mother's "good china". They are very old as she had them for as long as I can remember. They were passed down to me after her death. I treasure them and do use them on special occasions. There is place settings for 12 as well as several serving dishes and platters. They are Johnson Bros. "Old Chelsea" pattern.



Next is a set I collected piece by piece. It all started with a platter from an auction. I now have place settings for 4. It is Georgian China "Briar Rose" pattern.



Now we have our everyday dishes. I have place settings for 12. I bought these when I was hosting Thanksgiving dinner and didn't have any appropriate dishes for the occasion (I hadn't yet received my mothers dishes). They are Tienshan Stoneware with no pattern name. They're apples. We use them as our everyday dishes now.



And now my Christmas dishes. My husband bought these for me one year when we were hosting Christmas dinner at our house. I have place settings for 12. I don't particularly like the pattern, it's not what I would have chosen, but they were bought and given with love and have been well used. They are Royal Heritage Collection, no pattern name.



And lastly another set of Christmas dishes. I got these on sale after Christmas a couple of years ago for $8. I loved the pattern. I have place settings for 4. They are Everyday Gibson, no pattern name.


So you can see I have more dishes than I need. I also have other mix matched dishes. These are just my sets. We used to host a lot of dinners, not so much any more. I plan on dividing them up between my two daughters when they move out on their own and need dishes. They all get good use. And thank you for the great idea SW.

Hope you enjoyed my Show and Tell, thank you for checking it out. Have a great day.

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20 Comments:

Blogger Hootin Anni said...

I love the Briar Rose and the holdiay set. Yes, that IS a terrific idea to share them...I'm glad you friend suggested it.

My S n T is shared. If you haven't dropped by, I sure hope you can stop and say "Howdy Do!".

Happy Weekend to you and yours.

8:24 AM  
Blogger Jerri junque said...

Oh, I have a few set of dishes myself. About 8 or so. But they are all a 4 place setting. So if we have company, we use differnt pieces. or the fine paper china.

9:06 AM  
Blogger j said...

I love all of your dishes and that you have the sets and not just a place setting here or there. The last set of Christmas dishes and the price, were my favs. Jen

9:32 AM  
Blogger nannykim said...

I love dishes and those are all so neat. It is so much fun to use different sets because they give a feel to the dinner.

9:33 AM  
Blogger Constance said...

Your mother's dishes are my favorite! They're beautiful, in my house, I'd be afraid to use them! I have to many rowdy's at the table and I would probably be the first to break one!
Connie

10:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh Wow, I love them all.

11:53 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Next time I visit home, I'd like my lasagna served on the old chelsea pattern :)

12:43 PM  
Blogger cherished*vintage said...

WoW! Great dishes! One can never have enough different patterns, right? hehe I love, love, love, the briar rose pattern and I so want to find some for myself now. Thanks for sharing all your lovely dishes!
-Karoline

1:41 PM  
Blogger Susan said...

A really nice assortment and collection.
Susan

4:06 PM  
Blogger LW said...

What a great collection of dishes…..

Louise

5:54 PM  
Blogger Simply Stork said...

oh the "old chelsea" ones match some of mine...how cool.

they are all just beautiful...I love china.

~simply~

thank you so much for stopping by...please come back again sometime for a visit :o)

8:09 PM  
Blogger Sondra said...

I love all of your plates. Very pretty! I used to be big into freecycle but I stay far away from it now. Too many people just posting wants- big wants!

8:16 PM  
Blogger JEWELGIRL said...

I like pink so I like all
the dishes with pink flowers or
roses on them and gold edging! Lovely

10:02 PM  
Blogger nancy said...

Lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Nancy

10:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am partial to pink flowers, especially roses, so those are my favorites. How nice to have a variety to choose from!

11:26 PM  
Blogger Heather said...

What a fantastic collection! I adore the Briar Rose pattern, but they're all just lovely. You'll certainly never be short of dishes! lol Thanks for sharing them with us -- and thank you for stopping by my blog today. ;o)

1:00 AM  
Blogger Cheryl said...

Good-nite! Girl likes her dishes! I admit, they are fabulous, but where on earth do you store them all? lol

9:54 PM  
Blogger The Apron Queen said...

I confess. I looked at your funny post "Hot Monkey Sex" before I looked at your plates. Love the sense of humor. Sort of matches mine!

You can pop on over to my S&T at http://anapronaday.blogspot.com

10:12 PM  
Blogger Karla Cook @ Roads to Everywhere said...

How fun! What a pretty collection of dishes you have.

1:24 AM  
Blogger Kelli said...

What a wonderful collection of dishes you have! I especially like the pink roses.
~Kelli

5:40 PM  

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