Julie Wear Trunk Show - November 30th

Julie Wear is a world renowned for her famous paintings of horses. Her original paintings are prized possessions of an elite clientele in the rich and colorful world of Thoroughbred Horse Racing. Even Queen Elizabeth II commissioned Wear to paint her beloved stallion, the painting hangs in Buckingham Palace.

Julie Wear expanded her painting talents and created a line of fine porcelain tableware. Many of her tableware patterns focus on the thing that made her famous, horses. However, her collection is complete with birds, flowers, and garland – and is continually expanding her portfolio.

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, Julie Wear display her collection of fine porcelain dinnerware and original paintings at Sallie home, new retailers of Julie Wear products. Wear will be showing her dinnerware and painting at Sallie home from 10am – 5pm. During this time, she will be happy to answer any questions you might have. If in the area, please come and see her amazing works!

For more information, please call 1-800-257-9167 or e-mail info@salliehome.com

Butterfly Trend Alert: Anna Weatherley Twig Flirting Butterfly Dish

According to the recent Elle Decor issue, butterflies are the new trend. The lighthearted, delicate nature of butterflies brings a touch of fantasy to everything, including hand-painted porcelain. Anna Weatherley is infamous for incorporating butterflies and other innocent insects to her porcelain dinnerware and tableware. The Twig Flirting Butterflies porcelain dish by Anna Weatherley features two brightly colored and intricately painted butterflies flirting amongst flowers and leaves. This butterfly dish by Anna Weatherley is a great way to welcome the spring decor into your home! Click here to view all the Anna Weatherley fine china available at Sallie home.

Price: $148

Lush Tropical Palm Leaves by Roost Home Furnishing

Roost Home Furnishings has made a perfectly delightful salad or serving bowl. The Palm Leaf Bowls by Roost are made from porcelain and are shaped to form lush tropical palm leaves. Roost completes this look with a white matte finish, making it food safe for all your guests. This piece can easy be used for an end of the Summer party and then transition into Fall parties. The palm leaf comes is available in two sizes, small and large, it just depends on the number of people and what you are serving. Wood salad servers are an excellent touch and really draw in the natural look and feel.

Click here to view more wonderful pieces from Roost Home Furnishings available at Sallie home.

Price: $20-$68

World Famous Chef, Thomas Keller Creates Raynaud 'Checks' Pattern to Recreate a Luxurious Dining Experience at Home

I'm in love with the houndstooth pattern; it is a classic pattern that has recently been finding it's way back into fabrics. Thomas Keller, the chef and owner of possibly the world's best resturant, French Laundry, loves the pattern too and doesn't think it should only apply to the world of fabrics. He has decided to bridge the two industries and introduce houndstooth to the world of table dinnerware.

Together, Thomas Keller and Limoges porcelain maunfacturer, Raynaud, commissioned a new line of porcelain that would be used in Keller's resturant, Per Se, in New York City. Patrons feast in luxury as they sit in the two-tired dining room overlooking Central Park and eat upon Keller's specially designed china 'Checks' which features a subtle houndstooth pattern around the rim of the dinnerware to echo the black-and-white checks of the chefs pants.

What would be more perfect than having a world famous chef, an artist of food, work with a world renowned maunfacturer of porcelain to design and create the plates and bowls you eat from? In my opinion, nothing; it is a perfect combination. Keller understands the part porcelain plays in both the creation and the pleasure of tasting the meal. Raynaud understands the porcelain needed to produce the highest quality fine china that will create a truely luxurious dining experience. Click here to directly see Raynaud's Dinnerware Collection available on the Sallie home website.

Jaune de Chrome, Tortoise Tableware: Some Trends Last Forever

Tortoiseshell was everywhere in the 60's and 70's, but when the Hawksbill Turtle went on the endangered species list, the United Nations banned the tortoiseshell trade worldwide. But this would not stop this hot trend; manufacturers found a way to reproduce this look using a fake tortoiseshell that mimics the real thing so well that it has fooled a lot of people, including you.

Jaune de Chrome combines its innovative glazes and its knowledge of color and tone to produce their classic Tortoise Dinnerware Collection. The top-quality porcelain plates, bowls, and serving pieces are all wrapped in a realistic tortoiseshell border, edged with 24 karat gold. It's a reproduction of one of the longest lasting trends in fashion and design, and Jaune de Chrome does it perfectly. The Tortoise Dinnerware collection exemplifies why Jaune de Chrome is one of the most unique and world-renowned manufacturers in the tabletop industry. Click here to go directly to the Jaune de Chrome, available at Sallie home.

Raynaud's "Hommage Flower Magix Box" Does Magic For Any Table

Cooking is an art form, from preparation to presentation. Like any artist, a chef likes to control their creation and the message they want to convey through it. Chefs, or any artist, do not have every opportunity to speak with every connoisseur, so the presentation brought to the table is very important. The food needs to speak for itself and there shouldn't be any noise to distort the message, like an over-stylized plate. This is why many restaurants prefer to use very simple dinnerware, like the French made Raynaud Limoges Porcelain line, Hommage.

Raynaud's Hommage may appear simplistic, but an abundance of inquires about this porcelain line may suggest that this "plain" dinnerware is leaving more of an impression on the food connoisseur than the meal. After seeing the "Hommage Flower Magix Box" by Raynaud in a Chicago restaurant, two patrons had to have this very item for themselves. At this particular restaurant, the "Hommage Flower Magix Box" provided six different salts and spices to the table, creating a very chic and contemporary presentation at the table.

The Hommage porcelain dinnerware maybe white and flat, but it has a pure simplicity that is shaped in such a unique way that is compliments any dish deliciously. But beware; this dinnerware and tableware has been found to take the attention away from the food on the plate. Click here to go directly to the Raynaud Collection available at Sallie home.