Fun Tableware! Invite Some Ants To Your Picnic!

A summer dinner is even more fun with some fantastic dinnerware or accessories like this red gingham and ant earthenware serving platter.  Piled high with hot dogs or sandwiches, it will add a lot of summertime fun to your picnic table. 

This 16 inch by 11 inch oval platter features a red and white gingham pattern and a hand-painted ant design. A round serving platter is also available.

Boston Warehouse also features this checked pattern in a three-piece serving bowl set, a condiment set, a plate set and they even have an ant-shaped salt and pepper shaker.

These red and white dishes are a lot of fun, positively brilliant for summer entertaining. I would be serving my best-ever glazed baked ham on the platter and my best-ever Hawaiian potato salad in one of the serving bowls.  Naturally, you can use the pieces however you wish.

I was thrilled to see more additions to the ant collection this year on Amazon. Don't forget that Amazon offers FREE shipping on orders worth $25 or more.

Whatever you choose to serve on these pieces, they are sure to inspire a smile. The Boston Warehouse collection would be a top-rated gift choice for anyone who loves entertaining in the summer or for anyone who loves and collects ants!

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Boston Warehouse Red Gingham Ant Collection on Amazon.

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French Bull Mosaic Patterned Apron

I'm in love with French Bull's mosaic patterned apron. This weekend when I baked my ham and pulled on my old apron, I was reminded of this one. Somehow it just makes me think 'baked ham.' If I had an apron for every meal, I would surely strap this one on when I threw together our holiday baked ham.

A brilliant combination of color and pattern in a bold design by designer Jackie Shapiro, the mosaic pattern (just one of French Bull’s distinctive apron designs) has origins from South America and South East Asia.

There is something about the fresh, colorful pattern that draws me in and the pink, of course, makes me think ham.  Made of an oxford cloth in 100 percent cotton, it is, of course machine washable.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered that there are some coordinating melamine dishes available! This apron just left my ham dinner and became my BBQ apron!

This apron would be a wonderful gift for anyone who wants to stir up a little fun in their own kitchen or as a hostess gift, a wedding gift or even a Mother's Day gift. It is sure to please someone on your shopping list, adding a couple of the melamine plates, table linens or serving pieces would elevate an already special gift choice into an extra special one.



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The Lenox Butterfly Meadow Dinnerware Set

What a gorgeous dinner-ware set! The Lenox Butterfly Meadow dinner-ware set is a lovely one and it is striking my fancy for a number of reasons. The first is that it is a beautiful mix-and-match fine china set featuring butterflies and flowers, which can be used everyday.

Not only is it beautiful, it is also practical and is safe from the freezer to the oven and to the table as well as in the microwave and the dishwasher.

It is one of Amazon's top-rated dinnerware sets and, if you do not care for Corelle, the Lenox dishes set moves from 8th place on Amazon's bestselling list to 1st place.

This dinnerware set by Lenox features outstanding Amazon customer reviews and is currently on sale for 60 percent off PLUS it ships for free which makes it a pretty good deal. Now if only I needed a new set...but maybe you do?

Lenox says that with this set, you will "create a buzz at your table with this dinnerware set filled with images of butterflies, bumblebees, dragonflies, and flowers."



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