So the question becomes, can one have too much china?

My mother would say no. I can attest that one can have to few shelves for one's china.

The piece in brenda's link looks very familiar to me. I can't quite place it. Not one of mine, though.

We were too counterculture to have a china pattern; this was our pottery pattern. I eventually inherited a massive service of Haviland Eden that I never use because it has to be hand-washed.

Oops. It turns out that most of the service is Haviland Paradise; there are a few plates of Eden. The only difference is whether the edging is blue or yellow. Most of mine are blue.

Jilli, that is good news!

I hate dreams that I don't need a psychologist to interpret. For the past couple of weeks I've been losing things in my dreams and falling off cliffs.

My china was my grandmother's.

And, on another topic altogether: Students, when you hit me in the face with a door, a "sorry" over your shoulder isn't enough, dammit. I want to look at your face, learn your name, and yell at you a little. Perhaps tell you how lucky you were that I had quick reflexes.

This is the china I collect. I have four place settings in it, and they don't get used very much.

And again I am lost in the names of dishes. There were lemon dishes. cranberry bowls.

And my current favorite, Pancake Dish With Lid. V. sensible.

Love the service, Jilli.

Where do you find spiderweb lace? And is there any in good (i.e. non-flocked non-printed) quality?

We don't have a china pattern, namely because of the breakability and storage issues. We registered for stoneware, but we didn't get any pieces, so we continue to "make do" with the Pfaltzgraff I got for college graduation.

Jilli, that's fantastic news. YAY!

I love this.

Where do you find spiderweb lace? And is there any in good (i.e. non-flocked non-printed) quality

I think the costume supply place here in Seattle has some no-flocked/non-printed spiderweb lace, but I'm not sure. The best place to look is, as usual, eBay.

At last we have achieved sleep. Whew.

I'm working on tracking down all kinds of logistical information for the bride whose wedding I'm coordinating in May. Nice couple, albeit very young, marrying straight out of college. (I can't have looked that young when I was 22. It's just unpossible.) But their wedding is going to be a production. They want to invite 400 guests. The sanctuary officially holds 280, though we probably get 400 at the 9:00 service on Easter. But that's with 40 people in the choir, a chair on the end of every row, pews jammed uncomfortably full and people sitting on the floor in the front of the sanctuary, on the balcony steps, and peering in from the narthex. And is probably in violation of every fire code known to man. I know inviting 400 != 400 guests, but they're both local, so it'll probably mean more than 280.

They want to have the reception in the fellowship hall, which means a lot more work for me, but increases my fee a bit as well. The bride asked about decorating the foyer between the sanctuary and the fellowship hall, and if they could take down the IMO perfectly innocuous bulletin board and table talking about church events and ministries. Trust me, there's nothing gaudy or tacky about this thing. Everything is neat and orderly. It's part of the Presbyterian creed.

I feel like Grumpy Old Woman, because I'm all, "Sheesh! YOUNG brides!"