Oh, the many plates in my house LOL

 

If you know me at all, you know that I have an affinity for sets of china.  I always have.  Helping to set the table was usually a task given to me as a child and I relished it.  Mom and Grandmother both taught me how to set a table.  I always loved helping to set the table for times like Thanksgiving and Christmas and Easter.  And in preparation for any Sunday lunch at Grandmother's, you would find me working my way around the table with plates, then silverware, then glasses.  There was definitely a set order of things then.  I enjoyed it and it helped to create some very special memories.

Now, having said that, I freely recognize and admit that I have too much china.  At least for the amount of space that I have.  I have five different sets of dishes, mostly complete.  And that's not counting the odd serving pieces I have in other patterns as well.  I can't help the fact that I love it and really enjoy it.  And I use it.  I use it as much as I can.  Still, too much is too much.  If I didn't wash dishes, which is not going to happen, Michael and I could eat off a clean plate each night for about a month.  And that's just dinner plates LOL

Most of my sets are family heirlooms.  The one that isn't is based on a family heirloom that I've been collecting for the past 10 years.  I have my mom's every day china she selected in 1968.  I have Grandmother's set of Old British Castles by Johnson Bros.  Aunt Mary Lee's set of Noritake.  A set of Polish gold trimmed china that belonged to a cousin, Isabel Wolfe, who left it to Grandmother.  And the set I've been collecting is Grandmother's wedding china pattern called Pickwick.

I've decided that because of the space that we have here, it's time to thin this down a little.  Not a lot, but a little.  I can handle that.  I just have to decide what can go and where it will go.  I do not want to sell it, really.  I would rather give it to someone who will cherish it.  Not sure who that is yet, but they are out there somewhere LOL  I've got a few ideas.  Until then, I'll keep using my china and when the right situation comes along, I will pass it on.

That is all.