Miss Magnolia, Atlanta
Age and Occupation: 28, Public Affairs and Government Relations
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Lobbyist
Engagement Date: December 1, 2006
Wedding Date: January, 2008
Blogging Since: September 6, 2007
Venue: catherdral ceremony/private club reception
About Me: Mr. Magnolia and I are thrilled to be planning an evening, winter wedding for 200 people in Atlanta. We both work in politics and share a love of University of Georgia football, pop culture, and good food! I'm a runner who adores wedding magazines, bad reality television, and a
good glass of wine. Most of the time I like to think I'm pretty organized, but between wedding planning, house hunting, and a full-time job, I'm being put to the test!
China Options On Ebay!
April 16th, 2008 @ 11:41 am by Mrs. Magnolia
I have got to say, we have had a TIME trying to complete our everyday china since the wedding. We received approximately four bread and butter plates, forty-seven salad plates, twenty-one dinner plates, one soup bowl, a sugar bowl, and a notification that a mug has been on backorder since Christmas. Thanks a million, Macy’s and Bloomie’s.
We selected Wedgwood’s Night and Day pattern, and while it doesn’t seem to be heading into retirement anytime soon… well, it’s also not the *easiest* pattern to find. I do take partial blame, since I insisted that we not register for the five-piece place setting. While that would have been easier, I couldn’t be less interested in a cup/saucer combo. Bring on the soup bowls on mugs! Anyway, I’ve suggested to Mr. Magnolia that we supplement our everyday china with some plain white pieces (hello, Martha!), but he’s surprisingly adamant about keeping our stuff very “matchy-matchy.”
I do love the contrasting fluted/checkerboard patterns on this china. I just wish we could collect all of it! [Image courtesy of wedgwoodusa.com.]
The other day, I was reading a fellow bridal blog, and I came upon a fantastic suggestion! Honestly, it really never occurred to me to look for our china pattern (formal OR everyday) on eBay. Not only did I find various pieces that we’re missing, (and a Replacements store!) but there are other sellers which feature items that I never even knew about! My personal favorite is the vinegar jug:
[Image courtesy of eBay seller DOGWOODS.]
And how about these? It looks like they simply attached a salad plate and a dinner plate to silver handles, but I think they’re cute!
[Images courtesy of eBay seller myTableware.]
Has anyone else dealt with registry completion pains? How did you work around it? Did you find additional pieces to complement your existing items?
4 Responses to “China Options On Ebay!”
I’ve never purchased china on ebay or used Replacements’ ebay site. I have used Replacements’ own website, though… http://www.replacements.com/. My wedding china was my grandmother’s. I have complete place settings, but I used Replacements to find the salt/pepper shakers, a matching teapot, and a few of their “handcrafted” items that they make using pieces of the china pattern. There are a few more china pieces on my wishlist, but I get periodic emails from Replacements when new items in my pattern are added to their inventory.
We tried to be realistic with our registry china and asked for four place settings (two for us and two for the non-existant couple who would be having dinner with us). Well, we received only one…not much of a party. So we had to go back and buy at least one more to make it worthwhile. I agree with the whole cup and saucer thing.
I love ebay for china though! I collected 1940s Homer Laughlin golden rose china pretty heavily a few years ago, and ebay was the only way to go. I tried replacements, but they didn’t have pictures of the items since they were hard to find and pretty old.
Seeing a post from Mags always makes my day! Thanks for the great idea to check E bay for registry completion I’m gonna do it! Who’da thunk it? Why Mags, of course!
We’ve purchased things from Replacements and ebay to replace items from my mother’s own registry. (I haven’t had a registry yet;) She has told me that originally she didn’t receive very many pieces either, but she bought a few with wedding money, and her family gave her pieces for years. In the years since she was married some pieces were broken, so both places have been useful! Based on your list it sounds like you got a terrific number of pieces, you just need to exchange a few!
