Some people shop for Christmas decorations in January… I buy outdoor furniture in late August. In San Francisco, our summer doesn’t even start until September, so I’m going to score some bamboo plates on sale and be ready to picnic all through fall.
I’ve been searching for a personalized gift for the children on my holiday gift list. I came across some personalized melamine plates and thought they would be perfect. What could make mealtime more fun than your very own plate? It is also a good way to teach preschoolers how to spell their name. They will see it emblazoned across their plate at every meal. That is assuming they eat their food and uncover the design underneath! These plates are the modern day version of the circular piece of paper I drew on as a kid and my mom sent it away to be laminated and returned to us. It was special to eat on my own personalized plate and I loved to eat my meals on it. I’ve found several personalized plates, a bit more sophisticated than the designs back in the day. You may even find some that coordinate with your home’s decor. The letter to Santa plate can be customized with a custom letter from your kids. Sweet! There are several sites which offer these plates and one place I always turn to again and again for personalized children’s items is Etsy.
Plates featured above: Pink Polka Dot plate, $22 at daninotes.etsy.com, Candy Cane Striped plate, $22 at daninotes.etsy.com, Letter to Santa plate, $22 at daninotes.etsy.com, Baseball plate, $24 at mollycarolinedesigns.etsy.com.
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This is your moment to beach, picnic, blub, or just belly up to the table and burp.
It’s our constitutional right. Right?
These cheery plates–porcelain! 4 place settings for $45!–will help you get the party started.
I’m so excited about these food face plates that I’m going to post them, even though they’re not available for purchase until APRIL. Egads. You can, however, sign up for an e-mail that will notify you when they’re in stock.
I’d get in line, because I have plans to order one for every kid I know.
via Zottarella
Dear Me,
For some reason, you’ve decided that this was the year to host Christmas Eve dinner for 16. Forget buying gifts; you already worked on that all last week (as evidence, see your holiday gift guide). What you really need to turn your attention toward is making sure that you a) have enough dishes; b)have enough chairs; and c)have enough Xanax to get through Christmas Eve.
So pull out your great grandmother’s gorgeous old thistle-pattern china (if not now, then when?), and stop freaking out about the fact that the dinner plates have long been broken. Just mingle your antique stuff in with this delicate, modern pattern, and revel in the mix. The evening will be beautiful, and most importantly, it will be fun.
You’ve been training for this moment for a long time; isn’t that why you read Domino?
Love,
Me
