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November 25, 2020

Birds of Different Feathers

Today we would like to talk about birds, because we love birds and have several different sorts of them on our plates. Guess how many birds there are in the world? I had to look it up. 18,000 bird species. New research led by the American Museum of Natural History...
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Tags: Mottahedeh, Sacred bird and butterfly, Virginia Blue, Tobacco Leaf, Ch'ing Garden, bird figurines, Peacock, Chelsea bird, Tray, Bengalis, chelsea bird ronda, thanks giving, birds, Brd treen detail, Brd Treen small, bassett hall bowl, Virgina Blue, Sylvanae, R. Haviland, C. Parlon’s, Bird Tureen Creamware
July 17, 2015

Flash Back Friday - Teaching Generations: Bridal Shower Gift Idea

It's FLASH BACK FRIDAY!! Today we'll dig up an old post from our blog's archives to share with you again! Today it's our Teaching Generations: Bridal Shower Gift Idea post from July, 2010. I tend to think that our generation (my generation - the young adults of the present age...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 0 comments

Tags: fine china, Flash Back Fridays, Bridal Shower Gifts, colonial williamsburg, CornFlower Lace, Education, George Washington, Mottahede, h Prosperity Plate, Virginia Blue
May 12, 2011

TeaTime: May/June 2011 Chinoise Blue!

If you get a chance, go grab a May/June edition of TeaTime magazine and look for us! We're all OVER THE PLACE ! Their recipes are totally cute. Find our Chinoise Blue on pages 3, 4, 20-26, 62 and 66! And those beautiful blue and white plates? Yep, that's our...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 0 comments

Tags: Blue and White, Gold, Virginia Blue, tea time, Chinoise Blue, Gold Lace
May 1, 2011

Virginia Blue Breakfast in Bed... Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Here's what I don't understand about Mother's day. Why is it that the men I talk to who are married with kids say, "Why celebrate my wife on Mother's Day? She's not my mother." Thank goodness for that! But hello! If your wife is the mother of your children, isn't...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 1 comments

Tags: CornFlower Lace, Virginia Blue, Vung Tao Vase, Vases, Mother's Day
March 28, 2011

April's Cooking Light with Apple Lace Butterflies!

April's Cooking Light Magazine is bursting with Mottahedeh product, all thanks to one of our favorite prop and set stylists - Lisa Lee! Find us on pages 12, 20, 125, 126 & 128! We even made it into the Editor's Dozen (page 20.) "6. So light it could fly away...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 1 comments

Tags: spring, Mottahdeh, Sacred bird and butterfly, Virginia Blue, Chelsea bird, Apple Lace Butterfly, April, Cooking Light Magazine, Dining
December 20, 2010

Gifts-a-Givin': Sensible Elegance

For the elegant one in your family who has learned to appreciate the useful technologies of this day and age (mainly the microwave and the dishwasher), here are a few patterns that won't break the bank and can be used in both! Blue Canton 5pps (HC100) - $210 Blue Dragon...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 0 comments

Tags: Blue Canton, red dragon, Mottahdeh, gifts, Virginia Blue, Famille Verte, Gift Ideas, Prosperity, Blue Dragon, Fitzhugh Cinnabar
November 16, 2010

Dressing Up the Table for Turkey Day with Tureens, Platters, & Bowls

In our family, Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday. No matter where we are in the world, it's understood and expected that we'll be together on Turkey day. It's a family tradition centered around taking the time to really think about what and who we're really thankful for - and in...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 0 comments

Tags: Mottahedeh, Blue Canton, Thanksgiving, Sacred BB, Virginia Blue, Tobacco Leaf, Ch'ing Garden, Blue Dragon, Coral Torquay Emerald Vine
July 6, 2010

Teaching Generations: Bridal Shower Gift Idea

I tend to think that our generation (my generation - the young adults of the present age) doesn't often appreciate fine china the way our mothers, grandmothers, or great grandmothers do or did. In general we don't see an importance in spending hundreds of dollars on plates when we can...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 0 comments

Tags: Bridal Shower Gifts, CornFlower Lace, Virginia Blue, Prosperity, Dessert sets, bridal registry, bridal gifts, generational differences
June 28, 2010

Virgina Blue and Blue Lace in Victoria Magazine

Look for us in this summer's Bliss Victoria magazine - The Blue and White issue. "Then followed that beautiful season - Summer... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
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By Wendy Kvalheim | 0 comments

Tags: Mottahedeh, Blue and White, Virginia Blue, Blue Lace, Mottahedeh fine china, victoria magazine

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