Comments on: China Bug

By: Billie

Billie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:00:45 +0000

LOL! Mindy, my mom is the same way. She got hooked on Pfaltzgraff’s French Quarter when the outlet store near us closed its doors. She has enough of this pattern in her home to fully equip 3 kitchens and when my husband asks, “What are you going to do with all of that?” She says, “Your children will need dishes!” I hope they like that pattern! Think of holidays when everyone brings a dish–the table will match nicely, but they may forget whose serving dish is whose!

What a lovely gift from your neighborfriend! God is good!

Your shopping for your daughter reminds me of what we started at Christmas… Taking Nancy’s “The Presumption Chest” post as our inspiration, we started a theme of buying kitchen tools for our college-bound neice. So much fun! I can’t wait until her birthday!

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:25:13 +0000

I happened to read about your Spode attack a week after I resisted a Polish pottery attack. Well, actually I did succomb to the attack, but I bought the Pp teapot for a bridal shower! In a number of circles I’m known as the tea lady and have, ah, a lot of tea cups and do little tea parties. About a year ago my dear husband turned to me, looked me right in the eye, and with the “read my lips” attitude declared, “Heather doesn’t need any more dishes!” Heather is our dear college-aged daughter, and I had been hiding behind the “oh, she will really enjoy this in her home someday!” or “Heather needs tea things at school to share teatime with others!” So, the china shopping has had to stop: no more looking on eBay, no more “15 minute vacations” of scouting antique shops, no more garage sales. What to do? I still love the china! So, as Pslam 24 is true and “the earth is the Lord’s and all it contains”, I find myself praying, “Lord, it’s all yours–all the beautiful dishes–and if you have something for me to use and share, then you make it abundantly clear to me.” Then I turn my face away from temptation. Just earlier this week I was having a china hankering , and I had to submit my heart to the Lord this way. Now, mind you, I’m not saying that this is how the Lord does things every time we submit our hearts, but to my amazement, my dear next door neighborfriend (new word) brought over a box for me yesterday. What did I see when I lifted the lid? A large blue Wedgewood jasperware teapot, creamer and sugar, two teacups/saucers, and two nut dishes. My friend had purchased them in England some years ago, had never used them, and knew that I would. Isn’t God so good? He does everything better than we could ever expect. He doesn’t simply give us our daily bread–He’s the God who created scones and chocolate and Napoleons! Let’s show that same love using our dishes!

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:18:21 +0000

Corelle is actually quite breakable…at least in my house! I’m waiting to smash enough of mine to smithereens before I decide it’s time to get new dishes.

By: Natalie Short

Natalie Short — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:13:24 +0000

Oooh, that is a nice pattern. (It’s also on-sale at Amazon with free super-saver shipping.)

I was born in Atlanta, and I live in Alabama, but my mom just had unbreakable corelle ware. Quite pretty, but not fine china. As for myself I don’t have room for more than my blue berry pattern stoneware, so I’d better not start getting the bug.

By: Billie

Billie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:56:11 +0000

Ellen, I was blessed with a husband who’s even more into china (and crystal and silver) than I am… Probably b/c he’s a born and bred Southerner, and I’m just a transplant!

By: Judy Schneider

Judy Schneider — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:48:09 +0000

Look at how much response you got to this subject! As a Southern Belle, I have more than my share of china–everything from sets I bought as grocery store promotions to Lenox for wedding presents. “Emma’s Garland” is beautiful! Enjoy!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:46:30 +0000

I’m definitely going to have to show this post to the men in my life, because you DEAR folk have made my - umm … interest in china - seem MILD! Bless you all!

By: Megan Lindsay

Megan Lindsay — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:38:51 +0000

Oh dear. I WISH I had even a clue about china. Mine came in a big box from Costco. Goodness, even “Spode” isn’t anything more to me than a character from Jeeves & Wooster. But I can do some really cool things with plastic and paper ware :-). So thank you for giving me something to look forward to!

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:51:00 +0000

“Dishfunctional” — I love it! I almost want to catch the bug so I can use it, but surprise of surprises, I actually have self-control in this area!

By: Billie

Billie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:32:23 +0000

Ah… On the Pfaltzgraff message boards (my casual pattern, as formal china will have to wait until we get a bigger china cabinet) we call this “dishfunctional” Of course, they don’t make it easy, with new pieces (garlic keeper, petit fours plate, beverage jug…) new every season. It is all over my kitchen, dining room, and living room!