I collect all things Fiesta along with lots of other colorful dishes and pottery. Because storage is getting to be a problem, any serving dishes and platters have to be round or oval because the odd shaped ones are just too hard to stack in the cupboard. This summer on the way to Megan's college orientation in Philadelphia, I dragged my family to the Homer Laughlin factory store in Newell, West Virginia where Fiesta is made. They were thrilled. I just found out that Fiesta will be adding brown to the color lineup in December - yippee!!
Some of my collections are a "love at first sight" thing where I can't resist the color or the shape of something and just have to have it. Other collections happen accidently, like the rubber duckies that multiply without my consent. How on earth did that Hooters duck get into the "yellow and white" collection??
We've been cleaning and I've come across this really old matchbook collection. 25 years ago, my roommate and I used to pick up matchbooks everywhere we went. I had always intended to have some of them mounted in a frame. Somewhere, there are several magazine photos I've saved of exactly how that will look. You'd better check back daily to see the update on that plan, I'm sure it will happen any minute!
Hi Terry! Other than fabric (don't we all "collect" it???), over the years I have collected a large amount of yellow, green, dark orange and beige Shawnee pottery! All of my dishes are Fiesta, but not antique - rather the first re-release that I think was back in the 80's. My husband and I also collect copper lustre pitchers, WWII food posters, lots of antique oak furniture and I love collecting vintage sewing tools. Oh, and also rintage Manhatten serving platters and bowls - whew! Cheers!
Posted by: Candace | November 19, 2008 at 01:06 PM
I love your fiesta collection. The colors are just like your new fabric line... hmmm just coincidence?? Of course I collect fabric, but I also collect crackle glass, bright and beautiful colors. I get them at antique shops or online at ebay. Really neat and not too expensive.
Posted by: Jackie | November 20, 2008 at 08:20 AM
Last night I was going over the instructions for Shoeboxes and was wondering if the beautiful pottery in the book was yours! I collect McCoy flower vases--I only have 5 so far, but I am always on the lookout for a good deal on them.
Posted by: Karen In Breezy Point | November 20, 2008 at 08:00 PM
The real question is what don't I collect?? The answer.... Fiesta - I have admired it from the collections of most of my friends, and have picked them up pieces too. Believe me when you see something that you don't collect, it is much easier to give away. I had a huge collection of matchbooks, even tho I never smoked - everywhere used to just give them out. Well, any way - my husband is always afraid of having fires, so we gave them away to some friends sons who had started collecting. There were some really risque ones in there, and they got such a kick out of them. I love old kitchen gadgets also, and am the lucky recipient of several of my grandmother's - and they work better than the new ones today! Thanks for the memories, Linda
Posted by: lovetostitch | November 24, 2008 at 05:44 PM
That's cool. I have a big old pickle jar that is full of matchbooks. It belonged to my Grandma & Grandpa. They would pick one up at restaurants, hotels, etc on their travels. My Grandma would make a note inside on most, who they were with & the date, a little about the trip. What a treasure. I was thrilled when I saw your post, never saw where anyone else had collected matchbooks. :)
Posted by: sherry | December 15, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I collect Fiesta too! And like you, any nice bright colorful pottery. I also have a collection of copper jello molds, and I love colored glass anything :) Loved seeing your pics - and I would love to go to the Homer Laughlin factory store, you lucky thing! Oh and your rubber duckies are adorable ;)
Posted by: Joanna | January 24, 2009 at 05:33 AM
Terry Ann, I too collect pots (as well as Fiesta ware)....I not only display them.....I USE them. I keep my make up in one, my hairbrush, comb and curlling iron in another one, my toothbrush and tooth paste in yet another one. In my sewing room they hold literally everything! I simply adore them. I have a small collection of beige pig pots.....how adorable those are, one was free to a good home! I love it with is little chipped ear and toes.....
Each time I get home to the states I have to go foraging for pots. I collect yellow ones for one room and beige ones for another. I'm running out of space!
Posted by: Becky Cochran | February 08, 2009 at 11:28 AM