China

Nathan and I have Vietri Incanto for our everyday dishes....we love them!!! There are 8 different patterns to choose from in the collection to mix and match, we chose just the baroque and ruffle. I made add some lace pieces if I ever buy more. I liked that you could dress them up or down and mix and match the patterns. ***Edit - I forgot to mention these are dishwasher AND microwave safe. Many of Vietri's first collections were not dishwaher or microwave safe because of the clay they were made with.

The Incanto was their first dishwasher safe collection and I was skeptical, so before I put them on my registry I bought one plate, ate on it, put it in the microwave and washed it in the dishwasher....came out perfect each time. Doing that little test made me feel so much better about my choice.

We also have Spode Christmas Tree china.

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Things I collect.....

This week over at Kelly's Korner, she is hosting Show us your Collections. I collect cake stands, tea cups, Vietri Incanto (my dishes) and most recently I have started collecting MacKenzie-Childs...I have one piece so far.

Some of my cake stands...

My latest addition, my 1 year anniversary present. Love this Vietri cake stand!!!

Signed underneath by Frances Gravely, co founder of Vietri. I met her when she was at Domain in Fort Worth. She is so awesome!!!


Happy 1st Anniversary!

Only one with dome


Has matching pitcher, dessert plates, vase, and goblets


Artimino Pearl from Dillard's

Found this on clearance at Target!!


Most used.....


Matching our glasses


Etegere of some of my Vietri serving pieces before we painted they kitchen.

After....

Tea Cups


Cat Studio glasses...collecting them from places we have lived or traveled together.
New York and Arkansas for me, Texas for Nathan, Ft. Worth for both us us.


The beginning of my MacKenzie Childs collection.



Do any of you collect any of these?
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It's a Jungle!!!! Baby Shower!

In one of my earlier posts I posted ideas for the baby shower I was working on for my friend Veronica and her sweet baby Luke. The shower was in September....it is now almost March so I think I will show you how it went :)

The shower in one of our conference rooms at work. I didn't notice until after the shower that the other lion that was before "IT'S" had fallen off, so it looks off center.

I had so much fun painting these letters (canvases, paint, wood letters, and some of the paper from Hobby Lobby and some Scrapbook paper from Michael's)

The diaper cake was the first thing I completed. The blankets (set of 4, I used 3 for the cake) were off her registry. "It's a Jungle Sign" from Hobby Lobby. I wanted the decorations to all be things she could use...Burt's Bee's baby, glass bottle's, etc.

Chocolate and Vanilla Monkey cupcakes

Real goldfish!!! We also had Goldfish crackers as they were one of the mommy to be's favorite snacks :) Broccoli, carrots, and ranch veggie dip. The plastic plates and bowls from Target and paper goods ordered on the Internet.

Duck pond punch, M&M's (yes I picked out all of the red and yellow) and a blown up copy of the invitation.Luke is now 4 months and ADORABLE!!!!!