Blue and not-so-blue willow

Found this sweet divided vintage 

Blue Willow pattern bowl

while out antiquing this summer.

It does not match anything in our kitchen

or I would have it displayed somewhere --

but instead I am using it.

A lot! 
Who knew a divided bowl could be so useful.

It's not black.

It is blue.

But if you know my kitchen ---

you know I have brown transferware

around on the shelves and white ironstone

and silver pieces.

So, the pretty cobalt blue

gets stashed in the cupboard.

I adore this pattern 

as it was my grandmother's

favorite pattern, on my mom's side.

I have posted on Blue Willow a few times before.

A couple years ago,

one of my dear friends won 

a ceramics party

and she invited me to attend and paint a plate.

(I'm sure many of you have attended this kind of party, yes?)

Well, with a house full of old antiques

and vintage junk :)

I could not think what I would paint

that could possibly "blend"

into the kitchen here. 

So I looked around and found something 

that inspired me. I did a rough (very rough)

interpretation

and this is the final product.

I wanted to create a border too --

but I TALKED TOO MUCH

and I didn't get to finish the edges!!!

The class time ran out.

Typical me.

 (hehehe)

close-up

What did you paint on your ceramics plate 

or teapot or mug or?

Tell me!

New find: old Greek key pattern water pitcher!