There is a growing obsession with these tiny bowls, especially for wedding gifts, favors, or bridesmaids' gifts. And I can't help but be enthralled with them myself! In fact, I've made several, from the teeny, tiny dish to the large bowl! (OK, not that large, if it's still to be called a ring bowl!)
The dishes have a few obvious uses:
- on a nightstand before bed, to place your everyday jewelry
- on a windowsill for your rings, for doing dishes
- on a table right inside the front door, for spare change
But what about the ring bowls? They don't seem to be as popular, but I would argue they should be even more desirable than their dish counterparts, because they have many more uses! They can do anything a dish can do, plus more!
A ring bowl can be used:
- to hold more jewelry than just your everyday pieces (I use one to hold all my rings)
- to hold men's items, like collar stays and cuff links
- to collect spare buttons
- to hold coin, button, bead collections
- candle or tea light holders
- to hold hair clips, bobbi pins, hair ties
- to hold desk items, like paper clips and extra staples
- in the bathroom for cotton balls and Q-tips
- and finally, because our pottery is perfect for use every day in the kitchen, you can use these small bowls for food! Cereal, grapes, goldfish, you name it!
So why aren't you collecting ring bowls?
Over a week ago now, I gave birth to my first child (and in the process, made the founders and managers of Jean Elton grandparents)! And as other parents of newborns can attest, I have been kept very busy as I get used to my new schedule and responsibilities. But don't think that means no more posts! We will soon be continuing to provide behind-the-scenes pictures and current events at Jean Elton on this blog as usual.And in that vein, let me show you how we've incorporated Jean Elton into our nursery! And maybe give you a couple ideas when you are decorating your next room.
Our stamped square plates add some decoration to the walls of our nursery. We color coordinated them to suit the colors we used on the walls and other pieces in the room (pink and green). At some point, we may replace these with plates customized with the baby's name.
This wall-hanging is also on the wall in the nursery. It adds some color and hopefully, can be used to help our daughter learn her alphabet some day!
So as you can see, nearly 30 years of using Jean Elton dishes has not soured me on them. In fact, with all the new designs and colors, I'm more excited about them now than I ever was!