It’s Pink Saturday again at Cottage Dreamer! Thanks to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for once more hosting this fun day of sharing all things Pink!

One of my favorite places to go hunting for “deals” is Home Goods. We have a new store in town and it’s become one of my “must stop by” places for Saturday morning shopping. The other day I found an adorable teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl that I thought would be perfect to take the place of the Easter Bunny and wreath as my kitchen table centerpiece. And I was even happier with my purchase when I found the exact same set in an ad in Tea Time – for close to twice what I spent. Oh, and the name of the pattern in Vintage Rose – not real original – but very descriptive.

Home Goods didn’t have the tray that is shown in the above features, but it is available online – though it does cost more than I paid for the whole set.

And then I found a set of four cups and saucers. It does seem a shame not to finish off the set, right?

And then look what I found online! A tired pastry stand.

So my “bargain” may just have changed into a rather expensive collection. Though I think I’ll probably just get the tea tray. Or maybe on my trip to Home Goods today I can find a plain white tray and then put a pink print napkin or something on it. Or how about a pink cake stand with this tea set on it?

Enjoy your Pink Saturday!

This is my first time participating in one of the many “special” days sponsored by other bloggers. Today is Blue Monday sponsored by Smiling Sally. Right now I don’t have a camera, but I do have an image of the dinnerware I bought as part of my remodeling and redecorating that I started last year.

This is Laura Ashley’s Mayfair pattern in blue. It’s a wonderfully heavy stoneware that has held up for about a year with only one chip on a soup bowl. I think I might have hit it with another dish or something when it was in the sink. The pattern is no longer made but I did see the completer set and a tea pot on eBay, but I’m not really sure I need those pieces. They would be nice, but shipping is more than the price of the pieces.

I debated between getting the pink and the blue but settled on the blue – I think my son is a lot happier eating off blue plates than pink ones. There’s enough pink around my place to make me happy.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to truly getting involved in this community of bloggers.