If there is one weakness I have, it is for pretty holiday plates, whether it be Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving. I simply LOVE pretty plates.
Not so much dinner plates, but smaller plates for cookies, cheese and crackers, ooooey gooey yummy lemon or chocolate bars. Everything looks better on a pretty plate.
It's one of the reasons I love Pier One so much.
They seem to have a plate for every holiday or occasion, and if you check them out right after Christmas, the red ones all go on a special sale price.
A year or two ago I stopped in in January and picked up two of these and two of those... you know, mix and match, and I keep them in a kitchen cupboard the entire month of December so that I can use them.
I don't hide them away in a china cabinet in December.
Someone stopping by for some wine?
Grab a few pretty plates and use them!
I refuse to bring them out only the week of Christmas.
Pretty plates should be used and enjoyed, and they were on sale after all, so if you break one?
BAH!
Who cares!
USE THEM!
They even make your peanut butter sandwich look better at lunch time!
That's my tip for December.
XOX
This post is NOT a Pier One Promotional post, nor have I received compensation to mention their products.. I simply LOVE Pier One!
This post is NOT a Pier One Promotional post, nor have I received compensation to mention their products.. I simply LOVE Pier One!
I like mismatched plates, actually I like mismatched almost anything. My husband and I went to one of those 'paint your own pottery' places years ago and made dinner and salad/dessert plates - there was kinda theme, sort of, maybe - lots of color, lots of fun. I don't know what our guests thought of them, but we liked them a lot. And it was so fun making them!
ReplyDeleteDelightful looking plates . . . I look for them too!
ReplyDeleteAnd mixing them up with one another . . . I thought I was the only one!
I had mixed up plates for friends who were here last night for a mini holiday gathering. I had a mixed up tummy too, the water heater "conked" around 4:00 which I discovered when I went downstairs and my feet got wet . . . When we least expect, it happens!
Never knew cold water could be so cold!