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Impulse Buy of the Week: Wacky plates

Anthropologieplate
I'm a white plate kinda gal, but every once in awhile I branch out.  While staying at my aunt's house this summer, I fell in love with her arty, glazed ceramic plates. When I saw these, they reminded me so much of her plates that I knew they were meant to be mine.

They remind me of warm climes with their water and tropical flower motifs. Each one is painted with a slightly different pattern—some are more orange, some are more green—and they are the perfect accent plate (slightly smaller for lunches or first courses) so I can still use my white dishware with them. Best of all, they are dishwasher safe.

Anthropologie, $12.

September 13, 2007 in Impulse buys of the week |

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Mimipz5wjj

Those are beautiful!

Posted by: Mimipz5wjj | September 13, 2007 at 01:31 PM

Deborah Dowd

I can see why you fell in love with them! Just looking at them makes me cheerful!

Posted by: Deborah Dowd | September 13, 2007 at 05:44 PM

Cate O'Malley

So colorful and fun!

Posted by: Cate O'Malley | September 20, 2007 at 07:05 PM

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