Christmas Dishes Part I

        Have you ever started a collection, by chance, and then realized over time you would not be able to complete it fast enough or affordably enough to suit your collecting nature?

        That is my relationship with Noritake Hemingway and Noritake Fitzgerald.  May I also say at this point, as an English teacher, that I fell in love with the names of these patterns, second only to their appearance.

        My collection has stalled due to cost and availability. For me, finding things at Replacements .com is not quite the same as finding something in a dusty, cob webbed box on the side of the road.  Sorry Replacements.

        I first fell in love with this pattern through the introductions of two of my aunts from Phoenix.  If you think ladies in blog land have dishes, allow me to introduce you to my Aunt Jody and Aunt Mary. They may have dishes stored on the roof.

        On a trip to Texas years ago, they brought me pieces of both Hemingway and Fitzgerald that they found at a china outlet.

        And so it began.  The quest.  In this case, the frustrating quest.

        This morning, I began playing with my Christmas dishes, in planning for upcoming holiday get-togethers. I paired this pattern with Bordallo chargers, and I liked the way it looked.

        I also decided this morning that greens (hunter,apple, etc.) look good together, regardless of the hue.

        I also set out the red glassware I have collected over the years.

        And I added this silverplate that I found at the flea market.  I only have about 3 place settings (quest,quest,quest). I don’t know the pattern name.

        I should get a suit of armor and go back in time to the Crusades… The history books would say, “She set out on a long, arduous journey looking for Noritake…”

        I am linking to Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch and

Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage.

*  My favorite Christmas dishes are shown in my header, but that will be for Christmas Dishes Part II.

Pattern?  Mikasa’s Christmas Garden