Old dishes

As a huge collector of dinner plates, I thought it might be fun to share some of my favorite china, melamine, and ceramic plates.

For my scroll stoppers blog post today I want to explore one of my favorite antique items to collect. Take a step into our cozy kitchen and you'll notice within the build in cabinets on our wall my antique collection of transferware. However, what is this antique piece that we're going to be exploring today? Transferware is the term given to pottery that has had a pattern applied by transferring the print from a copper plate to a specially sized paper and finally to the pottery body. While…

Part of my collection.

Pretty vintage Royal Albert Old Country Roses Pattern. cakestandheaven.com

I am a BIG fan of zakka (Japanese term for ‘杂货’) which is basically referring to home improvement and/or lifestyle products for either decorative or practical purposes. I guess it’s also because of my interest in food styling and photography that I’ve started collecting zakka since a few months back. I’ve so many new stuffs […]

I hope you are enjoying a beautiful sunny week as we are here. Today I am featuring some of my transferware collection . As many of you know I can't seem to resist it in any color. Family room china cupboard displays my brown and white collection. Red and white has been my main collection and is always on display in the dining area of our kitchen. These are on display in our library now. I love to use them in tablescapes. A collection of brown and white in our family room. Some of my…

It is raining this morning. Cold, damp, dark...just the kind of morning I long for a bit of inspiration to get me going. I keep a file on my desktop titled "creative ideas". I realize this is now a stone aged practice of grabbing photos online to put in a file. Yes...I know...Pinterest. And actually with the month break I am taking from Facebook, I finally replied to that invitation email from Pinterest and joined. It is quite dreamy. I get what all the hullaballo is about. Not sure what…

Wishing You A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! Jacqueline

This old book page, titled Breakfast and Tea China, is from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Illustrations on the page include: tea cups, bread and butter plates, a teapot, butter dish, sardine box, coffee cups, a tea set, milk jug, another jug, bread dish, marmalade jar and breakfast cups. Image is linked to...Read More