Classes started new obsession ....er collection

18 years ago

I've so enjoyed the classes that Judith has started. I've paged through the book over and over, absorbing the beauty.

The more I looked, the more I was drawn to the spring luncheon (pages 16-21).

I've dreamed of having a tea/luncheon with some of the ladies from my church for the longest time and this table kept calling my name. I already had some green leaf plates similar to the chargers used here. So today I went to a couple of local antique stores to see if I could locate some of the green and pink depression glass dishes. I figured I could copy this well enough if I could find at least the pieces in the plate stack. The rest could come later. This is what I found. Please excuse the bad photography (hunted everywhere for the tripod I had bought without any luck).

I walked into the first store and explained what I wanted and she led me straight to these. And I'm in love! But no green. So I head to the second store. I showed the lady there the picture of the square green plates I wanted so badly and she said that she had never seen any of those. She found them in one of her books and when I saw the price I decided I would live without them and try something different instead of hunting for something I really couldn't afford. So I found these-

My question is, do you think I can pull the look off if I can find the desert rose dishes and put the depression glass on top like this-

without having the square green depression glass plate in the middle?

One thing is for certain.....I'm hooked on this depression glass. It is so thin and delicate. And it sparkles so that it brightens up my whole china cabinet. I must have more.

Betty

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Comments (6)

Purplemoon
18 years ago
What beautiful pieces, Betty! I especially love the plates.
I'm no help on your question but wanted to say how wonderful it is that Judith's class has inspired you to do a tea with your friends. They are in for a real treat when they visit you!

hugs, Karen
Sandi_W
18 years ago
Betty, I love depression glass also. I have some pink, but would love lots more. I don't have the book with your inspiration picture so can't help you with that. I love your new pieces. They are very pretty.
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plainjane425
18 years ago
what pretty pieces betty, and what a pretty look. I agree with Karen..that it's so nice that Judith inspired you to actually put your dream into action. I think your friends will be so impressed. Please show us when you finialize it all..love to see it.
Bright199
18 years ago
I fell in love with depression glass as a teenager and have loved it every since. Have to go to the library and see if they have the book would love to see this picture.
Good luck with the obsession you won't believe the patterns and colors!!!!
kathleen_li
17 years ago
So pretty, Betty.
Glad you are finding things to inspire you!
And mix and match, if it pleases your eye, go for it!
judithva
17 years ago
Betty, you have a fantastic start to that table! The idea with tablesetting is not just to exactly reproduce a tablesetting (impossible for most people because of dish availiabily, cost etc) BUT, the idea is to capture the "flavor", feeling of the tablesetting, with what you have now you are well on your way to having that look of your inspiration tablesetting. WONDERFUL JOB! I am so excited to see it when you are finished! If you have to have the "same" flower dishes, try looking on Replacements.com, they are pricy, but if you want them bad enough they are worth it. BUT, again, keep looking for something similar in looks, and you can still do a successful subsitution. Your table is going to look wonderful!