Posted by swistle on 10th February 2010
Categories: Holiday, Toothsome products (for grownups)
5 comments
Several years ago, clenching my teeth through another unsuccessful, crabby, sticky attempt at making heart-shaped pancakes for Valentine’s Day breakfast, I realized my problem: I am a lover not a fighter shopper not a maker. Instead of making heart-shaped pancakes, I should be shopping for heart-shaped cereal bowls. Since then, my only Valentine’s Day woe is that there is a low limit on the number of heart-shaped dishes I want to store for a year between uses.
Zak Designs Mini Heart-Shaped Bowls (photo from Amazon.com). The stackability of these makes them something I could consider using all year.
Zak Designs Heart-Shaped Serving Bowls (photo from Amazon.com). These tempt me to throw a Valentine’s Day party, just so I can serve stuff in them.
Yedi Houseware Heart-Shaped Espresso Cups with Heart-Shaped Saucers (photo from Amazon.com)
Hearts & Kisses Heart-Shaped Plates (photo from Target.com). When my mom and I see sets like this, we play the Dividing Them Up game: which two would you choose if splitting the set with a fellow shopper? Which one single plate would be your favorite?
Melamine Heart Dishes Set (photo from Target.com). PERFECT for my no-more-pancakes plan.
Heart Plates and Mugs (photo from CrateandBarrel.com)
Miniature Nesting Heart Dishes by JDWolfePottery on Etsy (photo from Etsy.com). I love the pretty green color of these, and the pottery reminds me pleasantly of my 1970s upbringing. These are teensy and would be good for sauces and dips and olives and, like, CAVIAR if you were so inclined, but would also be good for holding earrings and coins and beads and buttons and so forth.
Let’s see…if I were dividing the heart shaped plates from Target, I would take the stripedy and the spotty ones. Hearts on a heart motif is a little much for me, but the other two are cute.
Phe | February 10th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Oh! How I love that melamine heart dishes set.
Nowheymama | February 10th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I saw some cute heart shaped bowls at Target this weekend too!
Devan | February 10th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
When we got married over a year ago, I actually bought one of those little dishes from Etsy for our dresser. My husband and I keep our wedding rings in it each night.
Sarah | February 10th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Love the pottery bowls from Etsy! And the Zak serving bowls are adorable too and so are the espresso cups! It’s just all too cute.
Tracy H | February 12th, 2010 at 3:01 pm