the new china/flatware/stemware thread

[October2008bride]

Date: 4/19/2008 12:21:49 PM
Author: claudinam
and another one...

I really like the Kate Spade pebble!!! Very pretty - I think she has a lot of great stuff, minus the bug plates. While I think they are really cute, I just think that over time I''ll wonder why I got plates with bugs on them!

But the pebbles are really beautiful!

 

[CJ2008]

Date: 4/19/2008 12:32:31 PM
Author: October2008bride

Date: 4/19/2008 12:21:49 PM
Author: claudinam
and another one...

I really like the Kate Spade pebble!!! Very pretty - I think she has a lot of great stuff, minus the bug plates. While I think they are really cute, I just think that over time I'll wonder why I got plates with bugs on them!

But the pebbles are really beautiful!

hahahaha Yeah, the bug is kind of cool, but not...I don't know. I agree with you, the style should suit who you are now (I was going to say young, but the closer I get to 40 I'm like, that's not that young!), but you also have to picture those plates 20, 30 years from now...

ETA: I really liked your selections too...we seem to lean towards the same "looks".

 

[CrownJewel]

I love seeing what everyone picked.

scarlet, I don''t think 12 settings is too many. We got 8 just because we live in a tiny apartment and we''re having a small wedding. I remember seeing the Autumn Legacy pattern by Lenox and it''s sooooooo pretty.

october, anything by wedgwood is beautiful! The Jasper Conran is really pretty and perfect for everyday. By the way, my FI didn''t want to register for china at all until I said, "but when we go over to your mom''s for dinner, she always pulls out her china. I think we should be able to do the same." Haha.

claudia...nice picks! Some of the stuff on our registry is really expensive too. I don''t think the Royal Doulton is common at all...I''ve never seen it on any of my friends'' registries. It''s beautiful and versatile too so go for it. Have you seen the Library Lane pieces by Kate Spade? I love the navy blue accent plate with gold polka dots.

miraclesrule, what little spoons are you talking about? I love little spoons. At some point I have to take a picture of these little spoons that I found. I think they''re tea spoons but I don''t know. They''re just cute.

Oh, I forgot to post my everyday plates. We bought them out of desperation when we first moved in together. I don''t love them - too contemporary for my taste. We just went to like Century21 (the discount dept store, not the real estate chain) and found these:

 

[CrownJewel]

and since it''s only a set of four place settings, we bought some blue glass plates from Crate & Barrel on super sale. They''re the same shape and it works well as a mixed set.

 

[CrownJewel]

Ack, I''m trying to make some steel cut oatmeal for the first time, and I think I''m just doing it all wrong!

 

[CJ2008]

Date: 4/19/2008 12:56:39 PM
Author: CrownJewel
I love seeing what everyone picked.

scarlet, I don''t think 12 settings is too many. We got 8 just because we live in a tiny apartment and we''re having a small wedding. I remember seeing the Autumn Legacy pattern by Lenox and it''s sooooooo pretty.

october, anything by wedgwood is beautiful! The Jasper Conran is really pretty and perfect for everyday. By the way, my FI didn''t want to register for china at all until I said, ''but when we go over to your mom''s for dinner, she always pulls out her china. I think we should be able to do the same.'' Haha.

claudia...nice picks! Some of the stuff on our registry is really expensive too. I don''t think the Royal Doulton is common at all...I''ve never seen it on any of my friends'' registries. It''s beautiful and versatile too so go for it. Have you seen the Library Lane pieces by Kate Spade? I love the navy blue accent plate with gold polka dots.

miraclesrule, what little spoons are you talking about? I love little spoons. At some point I have to take a picture of these little spoons that I found. I think they''re tea spoons but I don''t know. They''re just cute.

Oh, I forgot to post my everyday plates. We bought them out of desperation when we first moved in together. I don''t love them - too contemporary for my taste. We just went to like Century21 (the discount dept store, not the real estate chain) and found these:

Thanks, Crown! I know, I don''t know why I have it in my head that it''s too common! I''ll definitely check out the Library Lane pieces!

 

[rainbowtrout]

I LOVE our pattern, and FI picked it out (I poo pooed it at first, hah). it's really hard to see the delicate pattern on the edges (floral and vines, etc in white on white) in any of the pics but it is GORGEOUS and makes the pattern.

It's Wedgewood St. Moritz:

 

[rainbowtrout]

flatware:

 

[basil]

Our china is Vera Wang Lace in Platinum.

We''re not registering for flatware or everyday dishes cause I already have fairly nice Dansk sets that my mom bought me when the outlets were going out of business.

We''re registering for pretty plain Crate and Barrel wine glasses. Fiance picked them out cause he is kind of picky and doesn''t like the super huge tall ones. I picked out our barware from there - Callaway glasses

My mother traded all her china in for sterling silverware after her wedding, so between us maybe we''ll have a complete set!

 

[miraclesrule]

Date: 4/19/2008 12:58:59 PM
Author: CrownJewel
Ack, I''m trying to make some steel cut oatmeal for the first time, and I think I''m just doing it all wrong!

OMG, I have the BEST recipe for steel cut oats. I got it out of the Quick and Easy South Beach Diet cookbook my daughter bought for me last xmas. I got about 5 people in my office addicted to it.

One thing to know about steel cut oats...better to put them in water at bedtime and let them soak overnight. If you don''t, you risk making one hellava mess in the microwave and everyone in your home will need ear muffs.

If you want the recipe, I can post it, but it has cut up unsulfured dry apricots and diabetic maple syrup and I use allspice and some cinnamon. It''s yummy, yummy, for my tummy....

 

[CrownJewel]

Yeah I want your recipe! I made mine on the stove. It''s supposed to take 30 minutes, but mine took over an hour and still didn''t taste "done." I kept having to add more water to the pot b/c it kept sticking. What a mess. Totally not related to china/flatware/stemware.

basil, I loooooove your china. If only they made a curvy cup for that setting... I ogled over it for so long.

 

[basil]

CJ - that''s funny! When we were looking at china, I was turned away from some of the pretty Waterford designs simply because I liked the straight cup better than the curvy one!

I think out of all my registry items, I am hoping most to get the china. I actually set up a separate registry at "homeclick.com" because they offer my china for the same price as BB&B but with a free rim soup bowl (which are like $80 each). So I hope people realize that I''m being frugal, not greedy

 

[oobiecoo]

We didn''t register for China because my parents have 2 sets that they never use and will probably give us. I''m pretty sure we are getting my grandma''s set(that my parents have) for our wedding gift. It is just white bone with a gold rope around the edges. I think it was actually my great-grandmother''s but I can''t be sure. My parents'' set that we will get eventually is Noritake Viscount. It has mint green and gold around the outside. My dad bought it in Vietnam when he was there in the 70s for much less than it would have been in the states apparently. I was a little worried that it would be too "70''s" looking but the more I look at it the more I like it. Do ya''ll think ithe pattern screams "70s"? Be honest...

 

[oobiecoo]

Our flatware is Oneida "Prose". I like that it can go traditional or contemporary and we''ve already gotten 8 of 12 sets!

 

[scarlet16]

Date: 4/19/2008 12:56:39 PM
Author: CrownJewel
I love seeing what everyone picked.

scarlet, I don''t think 12 settings is too many. We got 8 just because we live in a tiny apartment and we''re having a small wedding. I remember seeing the Autumn Legacy pattern by Lenox and it''s sooooooo pretty.

CJ- That''s my fear...we live in an itsy-bitsy Manhattan apartment and probably won''t move for another 2 years. And I really want to have that stuff with us. I guess I can always store them at my parents.

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

i was lucky enough to get almost everything i need at my shower...we have waterford giselle china, vera wang fidelty stemware, and yamazaki alexandra ice flatware....

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

china...it's a really glittery pattern

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

glasses...

 

[LauraSLP07]

Oooo....I''m gonna play too!

My fine china is Mikasa Parchment....I love the subtle pattern! Even FI likes it!

 

[LauraSLP07]

My flatware for everyday/formal is Oneida Bordeaux....I fell in love with the weighted feel and streamlined look! Plus it is 18/10 stainless! My parents have had a set of Oneida flatware for almost 30 years and it has yet to rust! Great quality!

 

[diamondfan]

I love the Lenox. I also am not a too matchy person. I think it is nice to bring in color and crystal and stuff like that, to accent. I happen to love the can cup (the one with the Lenox) and have been looking for a white can cup with a gold thin border to go with dessert plates that I have. They are not part of my china pattern.

I recently got new china, crystal and silver. I really never loved what I got when I got married, so chose things you really love and can picture using. I gave in on what hubby said he would be okay with, because all my choices were too busy for him. I never liked it as it was not really my taste. This is our formal stuff, our every day stuff was easy to agree on.

 

[karasue91]

we just registered today!! well we started registering anyway....

we just wanted something super simple and plain white for everyday use but that was nice enough to use for nice dinners too....also cuz i have some china that was my grandmother''s....didnt pick a flatware yet

anyway, we went with the china by denby set, it''s perfect!! we registered for 14 sets, just the dinner plate, salad plate and bowl. we didn''t like the cups much.

oobiecoo, i think your pattern is gorgeous!! definitely not too 70s, it''s fantastic.

 

[diamondfan]

Basil, I just ordered the gold lace VW cup and saucer. I love the Imperial cup, I have these great dessert plates, all different, which have gold on them, and I wanted white with a gold rim.

I love that pattern, it is just gorgeous.

 

[diamondfan]

Oob, I LOVE that. I think it is timeless and elegant, no way does it scream an era to me, it is just classic.

 

[SarahLovesJS]

Everyone has made such lovely choices!

 

[Haven]

We chose the Kate Spade Noel Alabaster for our fine China. (Thank goodness the square thing doesn''t bother us!)

 

[Cleopatra]

We like plain white. Nothing too elaborate....
We chose Wedgwood Nantucket as our primary everyday and fine china. Dishwashable and microwaveable....you can''t get much better! Ha!

 

[Cleopatra]

We chose Kate Spade''s Malmo as our place setting. We like the simplicity and the modern edge to it. We didn''t select any crystal and doubt that we will register for any. Plain and simple wine glasses are most likely going to compliment our choices for any occasion.

 

[diamondfan]

I love the Nantucket Basket. You will never tire of it.

 

[Cleopatra]

This weekend I just realized that my grandmother has Nantucket! I figure I can''t go wrong with something so classic! And I''ll never have a hard time finding extra pieces!!! Thanks for the thumbs up! ha!