To my delight - I just found this site. I hope it helps you out.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fine Home Displays

chijim, that's a cool site.

luvs, sometimes I find easels at the TJMax's and Marshalls type of stores.
There is also a speciality store of sorts that has a bunch of brass styled ones off and on.

Walmart always has the small brass easels and some larger wood stained easels in our craft department. The brass ones won't hold most of my plates. A couple of my easels are homemade luvs. My grandfather made them. They aren't hard to do at all and I'm sure you could do them beautifully.

I have found them at Aaron Brothers(framing store), Michael's, Joann's, and Big Lots, to name just a few. I know you want small ones Luvs,but when I was at BL the other day, they had a very large one that would set on the floor to hold a painting.

Like Sandi said, they're not too hard to make, especially with your skills.;o)

patty_cakes

Chijim, welcome to the forum. What a great site you shared with us. Thank you so much. Hope you'll keep coming by and join in with our discussions--and we love pics.

That site had more easels than I even knew existed! And did all of you see the glass placemats? Lots of styles, lots of sizes, lots of prices. Good reference for when we see them elsewhere too.

Sandi and Pattycakes, I had never even thought about making them--but you are right, it wouldn't be difficult, just cut out two shapes, sand them and paint black or white or gold. Would just need to use small hinges to attach them together. Something to think about, but I think I've gotten them fairly inexpensively in the past. I'm thinking that one to hold the big cabbage leaf plate will be more expensive.

I'll check a few of the above mentioned stores this weekend.

Luvs

On a similar note...does anyone know where to find the black/dark wood slightly asian looking, round risers/stands for a bowl???? You often see them pictured with blue and white china, or the rose medallion china.
I thought they were called bowl stands, but I looked at the site above (thank you Luvs!!) and their bowl stands are for standing a bowl on it's edge.
Thank you for any info!!

jaybird, check your local Kmart ours carry them all the time in the garden dept, a bit pricey, best to wait for a sale. I have also seen them on occassion at Ross dress for Less, TJMax and Marshalls, Pier 1 will often carry them too.

jaybird, I've seen them in the past, but I'm sorry I can't remember where. Hope you find what you're looking for.

The shabby chic white easels I just saw at the site below are gorgeous. Has anyone seen these in local stores like Home Goods, Marshall's, etc?

http://www.bellapink.com/store/products/?category=4

Those are gorgeous Sandi. Okay, I just spent like 30 minutes checking out some of the links from that site you posted! Thanks a lot! LOL Luvs

Luvs, It's all your fault to begin with! The bellapink site is on the Make Mine Pink site that you posted! ;~) I was drooling over a lot of stuff there also. And some of it was very reasonable.

sandi, Oh, such pretty stuff they have at that site.

Sandi, I figured that was where it came from--but each of them list their "links" too, so you can go on and on and on just looking at other places! I love it! BUT, I can spend waaay too much time checking them all out! ;o(

One of those has pics of actual rooms sent in by their customers--fun to see how real people use their items and how their rooms turn out. I'll have to try to find that one again for all of you if you haven't run across it already.

Luvs

jaybird - Here's a site with a few wood stands(as they call them)for bowls, plus if you like blue and white ceramics and other asian objets, they have them.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tai Yick stands

Easels
http://www.easelmoments.com/index.html

Bowl Stands
http://www.newprocontainers.com/content-categories/cat-202_229/bowl_stands.html

Chijim, The site you posted has some very pretty wooden stands. I checked out their vases and such and loved them also. Thanks for sharing that site.

Sandi, i've seen the oriental type stands at my BL several times. Geez, i'm beginning to sound like a walking commercial for BL. They should be paying me! ;o)

patty_cakes