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Friday, February 15, 2008

My Love Affair with Blue and White Dishes

I posted these months back, when I first started blogging, but I have a lot of new friends on here that I wanted to see another of my collections....
NOTE: This being a repost, it just posted all the comments from back in Oct., too.

I am totally in love with blue and white transferware.


I LOVE using it and do so every chance I get. A lot of what I have is LIBERTY BLUE that was made during the 70's. For some reason, I've not found one piece of it around our area....Ebay has had quite a bit to offer and I've really had fun tracking pieces down.


I like it just stacked....





It's in hutches.....



I have it hanging on my walls...

I don't see an end to this love affair with this vintage blue and white transferware, vintage canister sets from Germany, lovely old plates, cups, saucers (they don't even have to have a mate!). I have a lot...I am running out of room to put it...and yet, I can never resist these blue and white beauties at a flea market, a yard sale, a thrift shop ...........What can I say? I'M IN LOVE !! :)

Blessings to all ~

29 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love your blue dishes. You'd be "blue" if you didn't keep adding to your collection. Love the way you show them off.
Star

PAT said...

Hello BJ...Thanks so much for coming by the Back Porch and leaving your comment!

Welcome to the land of blog. I will add you to my list!

I love blue and white dishes, too!

Pat

bj said...

Oh, Pat...thank you sooo much. I am so thrilled to be added to your list, I could just about spit! Thank you, thank you, thank you~~
bj

Cindy said...

Your blog is looking great! I'm adding you to my favorites too!

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

I have recently started adding blue transferware to my collection of red transferware. They look great together!
Penny

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

p.s. thanks for adding me to your list of blogs! I have also added you to mine :-)
Penny

bj said...

OH, MY GOSH...I've never, in my life, been so excited to have all you nice ladies that are BLOG DIVAS add mine to your list of blogs to visit. Thanks to all of you, so much!
bj

Mary said...

Dear BJ, Oh my gosh, this is beautiful!!! I'm so thrilled that you started blogging. I just love your wall of books, and those comfy blue chairs, and you know I drool over all your blue and white china! LOL

I'm adding you to my blog list, and I'm looking forward to "visiting" every day!!!
xoxo,
Mary

Anonymous said...

What a great display, love the white and blue against the black, you sure are catchin' onto this blogging thing fast BJ!
PJ

Anonymous said...

bj, i am jidgede, grandmother of 4 from tennessee who visits your RMS site......saw this address this morn and i boy am i impressed with your computer skills......never in a million years could i figure out how to do this.....you r an amazing lady......and HALLELUJAH for the baptism!!!!! jennie

Anonymous said...

I love blue dihes and blue is my favorite color. Sheila in Wisconsin gave me your web site. I enjoyed seeing what you had and agree with most of your favorite things.

Cindy A

Anonymous said...

Hi Jean:

I too am impressed by your computer savvy and am going to add your blog to my Favorites list. I also am a friend of Sheila in Wisconsin. She has a lot of friends, both cyber and in person!Your pictures are lovely.

Shirley H. in Minneapolis MN

Anonymous said...

quilts are my weakness and the double wedding ring is fantastic, gorgeous, beautiful......it amazes me how women had time to make quilts when they had NO modern conveniences to help w/housework....and btw, your quilt is precious....i think you did wonderful.....i started quilting about a year ago (58 yrs old) and love it, however, i'm not very good because i can't see that well....don't feel sorry for me, i just want go get glasses.....anyway, your quilts are absolutely stunning and causes one to covet.....don't need to do that.....jennie from tn <>< (jidgede on RMS)

Rudy's Mom said...

Congratulations Jean!!! I'm proud of you and the work you've done on your blog. Thank you for the help you've given me with mine too! Sheila

Amelia said...

Blue and white, whether in decorating or dishes is so pretty.

I sure like your collection and seeing them peak out from many different places in your home.

Alice said...

bj, love the blue and white dishes. i especially love the blue against the black. i love black and thinking of getting a small hutch in black. my kitchen dining area is so small, i may have to just CRAM it in a corner! lol, alice

Anonymous said...

Love your dishes, BJ.

One can never have too many blue and white pretties!!!

I have some blue and white from memory lane and have just started to collect red and white transferware.
Happy collecting,Janie

Anita said...

Your things are so beautiful!! That bottom picture is just stunning... And is that a pie bird I see? :)

You're going to think this is an odd story - maybe, maybe not...

My Grandparents went to the dump every week, and when I was little I loved going with them. One day my Grandma and I noticed a beautiful little blue willow saucer lying on the ground, all in one piece. Of course, we couldn't let it get destroyed, could we?
We brought it back to her house, and it was there until they died. I got it then, and had it until it was destroyed when they crews bulldozed what was left of our house a day early - we didn't have everything out! That's one of the things I miss the most...

(sorry for the long comment!!)

CIELO said...

Good morning, BJ! Please come visit me; I have mentioned you in my blog.

thanks

Cielo

SweetAnnee said...

They are beautiful..no wonder you love them..
HUMM
wonder if I have some somewhere..
I'm gonna LOOK!!
fondly, deena

Anonymous said...

Love you blue and your hubby is a doll. Please don't take this wrong because I love Paula Deens hubby...There is just something about that soft snuggly look man with white in his hair hehe.

Karen H. said...

Good Afternoon BJ,
Oh my goodness, your Blue Liberty dishes are just to die for. I really love the one that has coffee on it. I think they really look good in your hutch and hanging on the wall. By the way, I love the quilt too. My Sister used to have a set of the Blue Willow dishes, but I don't know if she still has them or not. I'm going to check and see and if she does and doesn't want them, I'm going to see if she will give them to me. "THANK YOU" for sharing them with us. If you keep running out of room, your just gonna have to build another room just to showcase all of your dishes. LOL. Take care my friend and have a great day. May God Bless You and Yours.

Love & Hugs,
Karen H.

Betty said...

BJ, the girls on the message board want you to post the address to your blog. I gave it to Tootsie a while back.

Unknown said...

Your collection of blue dishes is just amazing. My sister collected blue dishes as well.

Kathleen Grace said...

Hi BJ, I adore transferware! I have red, but I would take any color out there:>)

Betty said...

I love your blue and white dishes. I have two or three pieces that came from my Mom. They are similiar to what I'm seeing here.

Anonymous said...

I love blue and white dishes...I have one small set that Correll put out back in the 90's but I don't think they make it any more...boo!

You have a lovely collection!

Cottage Contessa said...

Beautiful BJ! Have a wonderful weekend sweetie!
Amanda (aka Cottage Contessa)

Laura Lee said...

Hi,

Just found you. Your blue and white dishes are gorgeous. And, oh my word, the quilt wall! Spectacular!

Thanks for sharing.