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The special china of the colonial elite in North America. Have you seen the interesting blue porcelain with Chinese houses, boat scenes, butterflies and bugs?  This style of porcelain, that can still be found in abundance in antique stores today, was the special china of the colonial elite in North America.  During colonial times, cargo ships set sail for the...

Purity of Body Porcelain is a specific type of ceramic material.   The necessary ingredient that differentiates porcelain from other ceramics is a naturally occurring ore called Kaolin.  It is a pure white powdery substance that is actually decomposed granite.  It enables ceramics to be fired at an incredibly high temperature that fuses the clay into a durable solid. Just like...

One thing that always tickles me pink are cupcakes.What an amazing invention!! "Hey, I can't eat a full cake (or I shouldn't) so let's make individual sized cakes in cups." GENIUS! Add this little bundle of cuteness below and tell me you don't want a cuppy cake.  But what inspires cupcakes? What inspires anything? For me it's other people...

It seems like every home decorating magazine I open these days has a blue and white piece of porce"> It seems like every home decorating magazine I open these days has a blue and white piece of porcelain sitting on a table, hanging on a wall, or nestled on a shelf. Blue and white porcelain is classic and its popularity...