becke_davis wrote:
I love that mix and match look!
This reminds me of dinnerware I used to make. I'd make a set of 6, everything match, precisely. Then at a sale, someone would want to break the sets up...I'd sell them whatever they wanted. In the end I ended up with a lot of odd pieces, nothing matched. I went to lunch at a friends house, and she served everyone on miss-matched plates...she did it on purpose, liking the randomness of it with the eclectic look. So, from then on I don't mind serving friends and family with odd pieces of dinnerware that I've made. It's kind of fun, making everyone feel special.
I love that idea, Kathy! My sister-in-law collects Fiestaware, and I always think it's fun the way all of her table settings are a mix and match of colors.
Can you post pictures of the pieces you made? You do such beautiful work!
I know these books aren't garden topics, but they relate to what I was thinking of when I posted the pictures:
When my four kids were young and refusing to help with the washing up, I bought a set of 'Harlequin' dishes in five colours and made everyone responsible for washing up their own dishes. I then bought five sets of different coloured bed linen and made them responsible for making their own beds. Pretty well everything in the house became colour-coded and it made for far less quarrels over possessions and who would do what. I was a hard taskmaster.
KathyS wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
I love that mix and match look!This reminds me of dinnerware I used to make. I'd make a set of 6, everything match, precisely. Then at a sale, someone would want to break the sets up...I'd sell them whatever they wanted. In the end I ended up with a lot of odd pieces, nothing matched. I went to lunch at a friends house, and she served everyone on miss-matched plates...she did it on purpose, liking the randomness of it with the eclectic look. So, from then on I don't mind serving friends and family with odd pieces of dinnerware that I've made. It's kind of fun, making everyone feel special.
Oh Becke how lovely - thankyou! Those chair settings reminded me of 4 paintings of furniture I have by an artist whose name I have forgotten. Here is a link to them, password Choisya.
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/209283449
Choisya wrote:
When my four kids were young and refusing to help with the washing up, I bought a set of 'Harlequin' dishes in five colours and made everyone responsible for washing up their own dishes. I then bought five sets of different coloured bed linen and made them responsible for making their own beds. Pretty well everything in the house became colour-coded and it made for far less quarrels over possessions and who would do what. I was a hard taskmaster
KathyS wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
I love that mix and match look!
This reminds me of dinnerware I used to make. I'd make a set of 6, everything match, precisely. Then at a sale, someone would want to break the sets up...I'd sell them whatever they wanted. In the end I ended up with a lot of odd pieces, nothing matched. I went to lunch at a friends house, and she served everyone on miss-matched plates...she did it on purpose, liking the randomness of it with the eclectic look. So, from then on I don't mind serving friends and family with odd pieces of dinnerware that I've made. It's kind of fun, making everyone feel special.
What a great idea, Choisya! I'm the oldest of five kids, and got stuck with the washing up quite a bit. I like your idea a lot better!
Choisya wrote:
Oh Becke how lovely - thankyou! Those chair settings reminded me of 4 paintings of furniture I have by an artist whose name I have forgotten. Here is a link to them, password Choisya.
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/209283449
I haven't gone there yet, Choisya -- I'm figuring out how to add photos to the website!
