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...
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...
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 our 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,...