When I was a girl, my Grandma Mayer had a set of dinnerware on the shelves of her open china hutch. After my beloved Auntie DD passed away, I was given that set I remember so well. It's a simple set, consisting of six each of dinner plates, cups and saucers. The ceramic is a…
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Behind the Lace Curtains-TTS #56/2020 Table Setting Challenge #16, Titanic VIP Rooms China
Titanic. Just hearing the name brings up so many feelings simultaneously for me: the tragic loss of lives especially those in Steerage; of hopes and dreams never realized; of majesty and elegance; and how man's propensity to build the biggest can be taken away with one swift stroke of Mother Nature's hand. I have read…
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Behind the Lace Curtains-TTS #55/2020 Table Setting Challenge #15, Sofie the Bunny with Seltmann-Weiden China
Easter Sunday is a special day in my household, and for years I have designed table settings ranging from polka dots to Old Country Roses. Anything pretty much went, but I had longed for at least a set of salad plates just for this important holiday. A few years ago, I spotted the cutest bunny…
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Behind the Lace Curtains-TTS #54/2020 Table Setting Challenge #14, Raindrops by Hazel Ware, a Division of Continental Can
"April showers bring May flowers". Or so they say! Although it wasn't quite May when I set this table, spring was certainly on my mind, along with all the flowers, trees, shrubs, grasses and other plant and animal life that comes along with warmer, sunny weather. I was thinking "What do I have in my…
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