Monday

I used to get my meals served on a silver platter... but I now get served on a gold bowl

 

 Then my sweet dessert will be respectfully served on a square glass plate

 

 After dessert comes a lover-ly cup of tea from an English tea pot, no less.

 

 Then the English tea pot is placed on a dainty crocheted white cotton doily

Yes folks.... just a reminder that I find these types of things on people's junk piles - in case you've forgotten.  ;)

Sunday

Cute things found for $1 each!

Ceramic hello kitty

Mother goose egg cup

Wooden egg cup

Sweetest little plate

Wednesday

How lovely is this bowl and saucer set?  It set me back a whole $2.99;

 

 This sweet plate cost me a mere $2;

And how adorable is this teapot?  Also adorable was the price, at only $4;

 

And lastly for today is this egg cup.  The lower gold rim is fading away, but never mind... still a nice egg cup for $2;

Cool new plates

I'm having a hard time finding the correct size plate hangers for some of my smaller plates.  So... I'm going to attempt to make my own and hopefully won't accidentally destroy any of them in the process!

Newest plates found, small and large...

$5 Beautiful hand painted plate, and I'm loving the holes near the rim.  It says 'Hand painted Fine China Made in Japan' at the back, and the signature at the front says 'J. Kita':

Pretty 'Young Love' plate for 50 cents;

Johnson Australia plate for $1;

And lastly, I'm loving my $2 Avon plate;

A very special plate

What started my fascination with plates?  I can answer that quite easily and quickly.  It was well over 5 years ago when my father and I were at a shopping center, walking along and browsing before we got to our destination.  We spotted the shop named 'Thingz' and stopped to have a look at what they had for sale on the outside of the store.  

My eyes went straight to a gorgeous bunch of plates.  I commented on how pretty the plates were, so he quickly bought me one.  Now, that action in itself is special, isn't it?  This plate has such HUGE sentimental value to me, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I (or anybody else!) ever accidentally broke it.  Yes, it's THAT special to me.

Here is my gorgeous Il bacio (the kiss) plate;

Onto some other pretty op shops finds...

This little soap dish is just adorable, at only $1;

Two towel hooks, both for $4 and bought because of the old time shabbiness look to them, which I simply love.  I later found out that they are part of a bathroom accessories set, by the pottery makers 'Wagner & Ryder Australian Pottery'... and somewhat vintage in age;

And these cute little pots right here, I love them to bits, $4 for both;

Brownie Downing

Brownie Downing Australian pottery is highly collectible.  Read a little about her here;
 Brownie Downing History


So when this gorgeous little plate was passed onto me, I was excited.  Firstly because it's indeed a Brownie Downing miniature plate, and secondly because I collect the miniatures.

I remember it from the 1970's hanging on a wall of the old house we used to live in and I had always admired it, especially how his little butt is exposed for all to see!

It was hardly ever touched of course so the condition is excellent.


I scoured the internet to find another, and the only one I found is here, about half way down the page;
 Brownie Downing Plates