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Red lacquer charger plates

16 years ago

I went back to the Shopko store where I got the deal on the stacking plates. Again browsing the Christmas clearance. Still lots of red lacquer charger plates now at 90% off so a set of 4 now costs $1.49. Red satin 70 inch round table cloth marked $1.99 on clearance. I told the clerk how this red stuff would be great for Valentine's Day. Of course that was after I had those items securely in my shopping cart!!

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Sandi_W
16 years ago
WOW, Snolady, you got some GREAT buys! Congrats on that. And you're right, the red will be great for Valentine's Day.
luvstocraft
16 years ago
Boy, those were great deals. Glad you found such good bargains! No Shopko stores around here either, but those red lacquer chargers sound really nice. Can't wait to see your pictures. Luvs
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Thanks, Judith. I do have a lot of sage green, so I wanted something different. It is a big room, and I am afraid of the dark color, plus the light from the den might make some of the walls look funny! I will buy some of the small jars and do the squares to test first. Luvs, the berries on the plate are not red, but more a cranberry color. The plastic charger is really RED, and I don't think it would look good, plus I think the plate lends itself to a more formal charger. Later I will play and see which charger looks best! Thanks for your thoughts...you know I wasn't here last Christmas, so it is nice to be able to get some other opinions!
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Guess I'd say the red is best too. After seeing pix. Tho silver and gold also nice. Red works for the other holidays mentioned, so good choice. Blackthumb (sounds like me, LOL. I murder flowers). Anyway, if you hang around here with us thru out the year you'll find that some of us have a little secret skeleton in our dish closets. I'm not telling WHO either! But "some of us" don't entertain, or have reasons to do pretty tablesettings other than we love them and want to try doing so. So we set a pretty table for our 'invisible friends' and take a photo, which we share here with everyone to admire our wonderful table decorations. LOL. We're so easily amused and have such fun here! Especially me, before I met this gang and became a dish nut, I thought a Charger was the horse a knight rode! hugs, Karen
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Resurrecting this one! My first ever set of charger plates are on order in time for Christmas Day ... and now I’ve realised that I don’t actually know what to do with my crockery, when. I’ve seen all the photos with the crockery (dinner and salad plate) on top of the charger, with the napkin on top or to the side... but what are the actual mechanics of getting the salad onto the salad plate and the Turkey dinner onto the dinner plate?? Do I clear the crockery when people sit down and give them a fresh, pre-plated salad? Or not have the salad plate out to start with. (The salad will not lend itself to self serve...). Then the starter is done, I clear the salad plates... and I’ve got cold dinner plates left on the charger. Do I just clear them and pop them in the oven or warming drawer while we carve the Turkey? I was planning on plating up the Turkey then letting guests add the trimmings, so the also need to be able to hold their own plates without gloves... help!
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thrift_shop_romantic
16 years ago
A friend of mine had mentioned gathering red and white things from Christmas to use for the Fourth of July, too, with pops of blue added in. I hadn't thought quite that far ahead, but really, it is a smart idea.

No Shopkos for us either, but I can see why you snapped up the chargers.

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lynnencfan
16 years ago
Fantastic buy Snolady - they can be used for so many holidays incl any of the patriotic ones. If... no WHEN... I finally get some I have decided they would be red - my second choice would be gold. I don't have a formal dining room but I am trying to get some ideas on where I could set up a small round table for 2 to decorate with pretty table settings. Either that or dicipline myself to keep the dining area neater. I tend to junk my table up with craft projects...ggrrrrrr......

Lynne
kathleen_li
16 years ago
That is a fantastic price for the plastic chargers. I paid a dollar each in Linensthings before Cmas, on sale with a coupon, so you sure beat that. I always try to buy red candles, etc after Cmas for Val and July 4th, and green for St. Pats. Didn't find that much this year though,,,did get candles for 19 cents in Michaels.
1.99 for a round tablecloth is great!
Purplemoon
16 years ago
At least, in spite of our uncontrollable desire to acquire more and more dishes and decorations, we ARE a bunch of thrifty shoppers here. LOL.
Super buys you got, Sno. Look forward to seeing what all you do with them. Isn't it nice that red, and green, can each cover so many of the holidays for us!

hugs, Karen
bettyd_z7_va
16 years ago
WOOO WHOOOO!! You go girl!! Looking forward to pics also.
Betty

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