I loved registering for china with Jason when we got married. Trying to foresee the future and decide on what we would want and need was fun. We decided on an array of china and I loved that!
Our formal china is Vera Wang’s Grosgrain pattern. It’s just beautiful and, I believe, timeless. I have really enjoyed using it over the past few years. It displays very nicely on a set table.
Our everyday china is a combination of Vietri patterns. My favorite was the La Fenice pattern but Jason felt (and I agreed) that the dinner AND the salad plates in La Fenice might be a little much. So we decided to go with the basic red Rosso Vecchio plates and mugs and accent them with the La Fenice salad plates and bowls. We have serving pieces in both patterns. I am still super happy with this selection although we have been talking about picking up an inexpensive set of dishes from Target or somewhere to use every day because every day use does take a toll on Vietri dinnerware. Vietri dinnerware also chips easily if you aren’t super careful and so a few of our pieces have chips already. But I love the presentation on the dishes and am so glad that we picked them!
Rosso Vecchio
La Fenice
We also chose a holiday pattern that coordinated with the Rosso Vecchio plates. That way the only holiday china that would be required would be salad plates, accents, and mugs. I love our Christmas china and we love using it. Unfortunately, it has since been discontinued so if we see any pieces online we also snatch them up. We will probably get a formal Christmas pattern at some point but right now we don’t have one. I love that there are both red and green pieces and so they are so festive when we display them!
I can’t wait to see everyone else’s china. Hop back to Kelly’s Korner to continue surfing the blog hop.
Nicole-Lynn
June 11, 2010 at 12:51 pmI’m looking forward to registering for china! 🙂
The Lawton's
June 11, 2010 at 5:16 pmI love the La Fenice!! Very colorful! 🙂
Tater Mama
June 11, 2010 at 5:22 pmI love your Christmas dishes! Adorable!
hiyaluv
June 13, 2010 at 1:59 amooh i love red! I am moving in with my fiance and i have these adorable black and white polka dot plates but i don’t know what to do with them because the don’t match our decor. such a bummer:(
smiles,
gina
Lindsey
June 13, 2010 at 5:17 pmI LOVE the La Fenice pattern! How in the world do I not remember you registering for that?!?! I definitely think y’all did the right thing by mixing and matching it with some solids though. Makes the individual pieces stand out more. 🙂