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  1. Old School V-Day Posts

    I just wanted to bring back some of our old V-day posts from last year. Click on the links below the pictures to see the full post! Love Unites Us Black, White, Red & Prosperity  What Women Want - The Little Things: Syracuse Rose What Women Want - Know Her: Alencon  What Women Want - Flowers: Famille Verte What Men...
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    By: Wendy
  2. Better Than a Valentine's Day Card - Verse Tray

    Better than a valentine's day card, and it won't be thrown in the trash or in a box! Take a quick peek at seven of our different verse trays that may be fitting for this Valentine's day. Perfect for rings, jewelry, or for the manly valentine, stamps and paperclips on a desk. Make it yours! Trifling Verse Tray (CW250B...
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    By: Wendy
  3. Chinoise Blue Butternut Squash

    Here in the Northeast the weather has been playing ping pong with us. It's mainly been warm (relative to what we're used to experiencing this time of year) with cold snaps that chill you to the bone. It is this time of year when butternut squash and other hearty vegetables are still in season. So, why not make yourself some...
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    By: Wendy
  4. TradHome: Feb/March 2012 Year of the Dragon

    If you haven't yet, go grab yourself a Traditional Home magazine and look for our Blue Dragon dinner plates on the contents page as well as page 20: New + Next YEAR OF THE DRAGON. "Fierce and fire-breathing, stylized dragon designs lend a bit of flair to one's lair. The Chinese revere the dragon for its ability to transform into...
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    By: Wendy
  5. GUMP'S Bridal Event: Sunday, Feb 12

    Here's an event you don't want to miss! GUMP'S is having a Bridal Event on Saturday, February 12 from 11am - 1pm and Mottahedeh is a Tabletop Platinum Sponsor. So grab your best girl friend and buy tickets for the event. I've already had a wedding, but if I lived out in San Francisco, I think I'd still go to...
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    By: Wendy
  6. Martha Stewart Weddings: Winter 2012 Arc en Ciel Dusty Pink

    Look for R. Haviland & C. Parlon's Arc en Ciel Dusty Pink inspired wedding cake in this winter's Martha Stewart Weddings magazine!   Gold Standard "Nothing says marriage like Robert Haviland & C. Parlon's Arc en Ciel china pattern, the French Limoges company's new take on its original wedding-band motif. And nothing says delicious like this four-tier interpretation. Its tinted...
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    By: Wendy
  7. Garlic and Prosperity

    Whenever we go to a fancy Italian restaurant and they give you a little bowl of olive oil with fresh ground pepper, herbs and roasted garlic swimming around on the bottom to dip your bread into, my father, mother and I are usually the ones quietly and calmly fighting for the chunk of succulent breath freshener. My dad usually wins, and my mother usually...
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    By: Wendy
  8. House Beautiful: Dec/January 2012 - Blue Lace

    You may have read this article in House Beautiful's Dec/Jan 2012 issue on pages 86-95 talking about "The New Luxe; Bold, uncomplicated, livable-and it's pretty." "A Naples, Florida, living room sets the stage for the rest of the house - bold patterns, blue and white, straightforward furniture."  It's hard not to be drawn in by all the blue in this...
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    By: Wendy
  9. Glazed and Confused

    Nearly a year ago there was a blog post posted about our Majolica Reproductions. I only just found it today! I thought it was a fairly good read and wanted to share it with you! Check it out here: CLICK I have fallen in love with our Majolica Cobalt Blossom Teapot and Mugs from our Milestone collection. Two very close...
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    By: Wendy
  10. Gift Cards Are HERE!

    Not sure WHAT to get that person who is impossible to get anything for?  or ...need an idea of how to ask for fine China for your wedding when the store you are registered with doesn't carry it?  or ...moving but you REALLY want that Tobacco Leaf dinner set, but won't have a place to put it after the wedding...
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    By: Wendy