Now how many dishes is too many dishes? Well we are about to find out. Summer is on its way and so is yard sale time....woo hoooooo! Dishes do not have to be new to be beautiful in fact I adore vintage dishes. I am going to collect dishes of every color, every shape, every size and every pattern that I fall in love with. I never have had a complete set of dishes because I have never "loved" a pattern for a long time, I keep changing my mind and wanting something prettier, something of a different color or just spotted something that has made my heart sing.
A chipped plate to me is okay, even wonderful in that it holds a story. Maybe I can find a set of 4 mismatched plates that have been cast offs from someone's old set of china. A set of tea cups that used to be a little old ladies? Awesome! How about a set of three dessert bowls from a yard sale for 50 cents? Hurry, grab them before they are gone! If they are the right shade, they might coordinate with that set of soup plates I picked up from the thrift store for a buck and a half!! Or....get this, I bought a set of flatware for 25 cents a piece! Of course Anika and I had to do some digging around at the thrift store, but heck!
I know it's silly, but this is what I enjoy. I don't go to the movies, out to the clubs, I don't watch a lot of t.v......I hate to read, but I love to make things pretty. My home is my canvas and my hands are my paint brushes.
So if you are out and about and see some lovely dishes....think of me!
