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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

HELLO...I'M bj AND I'M A DISHAHOLIC

I HEART THIS AWARD....
IT'S PRETTY AND....IT'S TRUE THAT ..
I LOVE DISHES ! My sweet friend, LINDA , gave this award to me and
I'm not sure what the RULES are....
SOOOO.....
I'm gonna WING IT !!
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list my favorite set of dishes....
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I have a LOT of dishes but my collection of 10 place settings of
LIBERTY BLUE
is my ALL-TIME FAVORITE....
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I have very few SERVING pieces so I use crystal bowls and
platters when I use this set.....
I'm forever searching for another piece but I do think
a service for 10 is enough for anyone !!
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I KNOW....you've seen this piece a thousand times but it is, by far,
my FAVORITE SERVING PIECE.....
I have really used this versatile piece a lot...
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I also like my BARNYARD BREAKFAST dishes...
let's see....there's a cow, a pig, a chicken and......
oh, yes....a rabbit ! :O)
one of the grands has her name on these !!
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This set is from ENGLAND and probably is my
"best" set.....
I especially love it with silver pieces.....
uh oh...there's those famous BIRD salt and pepper shakers
that our sweet SUSAN of BETWEEN NAPS ON THE PORCH
says she might do a Mr. Linky post on someday...
so many of us in Blogland have them...and I just came from
Target last night and they STILL HAVE THEM !!
:o)
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These I have shown you several times....
they are WONDERFUL serving pieces...
soups, dressing, rolls....just about anything...
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and, I can't forget my favorite little sugar bowl...
wow...$3.00 at a thrift shop...and all the way from ENGLAND..!!
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I adore using my cut glass creamer and sugar bowl
handed down to me by my momma...
PRICELESS
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I will always love my plain white dishes...
with a green mat, this will be a good setting to
work on for ST. PATRICKS DAY....
hmmmm...I need to find napkins with SHAMROCKS...
t'would be cute...
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This isn't nearly all the dishes I have and love !
Just a sampling of some of my favorites...
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Please take the award and have fun playing with
some/all of your dishes...I know for a fact that there's
LOTS and LOTS of DISHAHOLICS
out there !!
Be sure to let me know so I can come over and visit....
AND, go over to see LINDA at BLUEGATE...she has a fabulous blog...
XO bj

36 comments:

Deanna said...

Hi BJ! You are most definately deserving of this lovely award! You have so many different patterns of dishware that it inspires me to collect various patterns and styles!

Congrats!
Deanna :D

Four Paws and Co said...

Congratulations on your well deserved award! I love all your dishes and awesome serving pieces. A great post for a fellow DISHAHOLIC! ☺♥☺ Diane

Candy said...

Oh my but you do have some pretties! Love the blue liberty.
Congrats on the award, Candy

Beth in NC said...

You certainly deserve this award. :o) Congratulations!

Your dishes are beautiful!

Love,
Beth

LADY JANE said...

Bj....what a lovely collection of dishes...truly award winning...JUST like you!Hmmm...we may have to make you some St. Pattys Day napkins...
would you need a matching runner? Hugs!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to you for receiving a most deserved award. ;-)

I agree that there are many dishaholics arounds. I would have to confess to more than on addiction.

Stacey said...

BJ, I say wear that badge proudly!! You have a beautiful collection.

The Quintessential Magpie said...

BJ, I love ALL and I do mean ALL of your dishes! I have a thing for blue and white, and it appears you do, too! GREAT dishes, and I can see why your grand has a claim on those cute bunny plates! Oh, how cute are they! And I love the white birds, too.

Thank you so much for your sweet note yesterday, and I'd love to be your neighbor, too! :-) Although, I think we wouldn't get much done because we'd be too busy going to Target and TJ Maxx, getting loads of new dishes and chatting like magpies! :-)

Love to you, sweet friend...

XO,

Sheila

The Quintessential Magpie said...

Oh, and congrats on being a full blown, card-carrying dishaholic! LOL! The good news is, the rest of us won't put you in rehab! ;-)

XO,

Sheila

Anonymous said...

You are the Queen of Dishes....... and we love you... you set the prettiest table. LOve those first dishes are they vintage? You are so right blog land is FULL of dish lovers.....
HUgs
Linda

Edie Marie's Attic said...

Don't you feel better now BJ? It feels so good to come out of the dishcloset!
I LOVE all your dishes but those blue & white dishes from England with the flower baskets are the prettiest dishes I've ever seen!
I had to wipe the drool off my keyboard just now!! LOL

Great post! Hugs, sherry

Marcela said...

Congrats on your award dear BJ
I would be a dishaholic if I had those pretty dishes...

Kisses to you :)

Marcela

Tardevil said...

I'm convinced! You deserve that award! LOL! And I can't think of a better honor, can you? Unless, it's the Mom Award! :O) Like your new "birds"!

SmilingSally said...

Congratulations on this well-deserved award. I love the blue.

The Raggedy Girl said...

What lovely dishes. I love the black and white serving dish the very best...it is so neat! Sometimes I think my favorite dish is a white Styrofoam one from the little local restaurant. Smiles! Enjoy your reward.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday
from a Raggedy Roberta Anne

Anonymous said...

Your dishes are so very pretty. Your blog is so neat, it keeps me coming back! Have a great day.


Tiffany

Betty said...

Good day BJ! I love dishes and sure enjoyed looking at yours.

Betty

Knitty said...

Well dang. Just dang. I am a dishaholic down deep, but just don't have enough storage space to indulge. Thanks for all the pictures. I get to enjoy looking without worrying about where to store them! :)

Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer said...

Oh Bj..love the liberty dishes! and did you say Target has those salt/pepper shakers? I am off to go look and see if ours does.........

susan

Denise said...

Wow, you have some beautiful dishes!

I think I need to take a look at Target for the salt and peppers! I have a thing for birds.

Have a great day, Denise

Anonymous said...

Oh, Dear BJness, thank you for your confession! Don't you fell better now?:) I love all of your beautiful dishes. The blue and white are so pretty! Welcome to the diseased club of Dishaholics!
Be a sweetie,
shelia ;)

Ginger~~Enchanting Cottage said...

What a pretty award! You do have beautiful dishes.
Ginger

Tootsie said...

I too have an "aholic" issue or two! love the photos...and congrats on the award!

Bo said...

Hi BJ...not an UGLY dish in the bunch, but my very, very favorite is the McKenzie Childs (if I spelled that right) serving dish!
;-) Bo

~♥~ Monica S said...

Lovely!!! So glad you got that award :-)

Monica

Allidink said...

Wow! I love that floral set from England it is beautiful! Ugh, you are so lucky! They are all so pretty :)

All the best,
Allison

the voice of melody said...

These are all so pretty! I thought the very first ones were especially beautiful. There's just something about blue and white plates that feels so homey and cozy to me. Thanks for sharing! :)

Anonymous said...

This is a great post, BJ. I love all your dishes!

Blondie's Journal said...

BJ,

You are very deserving of this award and someday I may have it as well, trying to collect dishes for this & the lake house (you never know who may drop in!) I just love finding those old English pieces at the thrift stores. And it is perfectly acceptable, if not more interesting to mix them with other pieces!

Your crystal is gorgeous, they would take center stage for me.

Congratulations!! :-)

xoxo
Jane

Jackie said...

Hello BJ, I love your dishes. I think I could easily become a dishaholic too!

God bless.

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

Oh, I love all of your dishes too! I too am a dishaholic, but the thing is....I BREAK em. Yep, I confess...I see a stack of wonderful vintage dishes all chipped and crazed and I just have to break them for my mosaics..
xoxo
Penny

Chandy said...

Hello BJ! I'd love to have Alice as a friend, too! I had so much fun playing with my valentine table using the same colors!

I will accept that award because I, too, am a dishaholic! Thanks!

Chandy said...

Btw, you so deserve that award! Thanks again for sharing!

Lisa~A Cottage To Me said...

You have some beautiful dishes! Congratulations on your award!

Miss Janice said...

Hello, My name is Miss Janice and I'm a dishaholic also! Loved this post! Congrats on your award 'cuz with all those darling dishes your are a dishaholic! Too fun:-)

Kathleen Grace said...

I love those liberty blue dishes. Always fun seeing the pretty table settings you put together!