Enjoy having friends and family over?  Want to share the love you and your fiancé have with those friends and family you care deeply about?  You have dreamed since you were a child of playing house…remember those tea sets, play kitchens, and all of your dolls and teddy bears that were served pretend tea and cupcakes?  Well, now you are starting to do this for Real.  We love to gather for food, fun, and family...Lets do it with Style! 

The perfect dinner starts by setting the perfect table. The right tableware, crystal, and flatware can make as much a difference at your dinner party as the food you prepare. You’ll want to pick a pattern that best fits your lifestyle. Our high quality porcelain china is not only the world’s most fashionable collection of fine china, but it’s also strong, non-absorbent, durable and dishwasher safe. When making your selections, remember that you can depend on our open stock warranties that will allow you to add pieces to your china collection over the years, with complete confidence that each piece you desire will always be available.

How do I set the perfect table?  When making any choice of dinnerware, crystal, or flatware patterns, it’s a good idea to follow the “rule of three.” This means that in order to ensure a nice balance, choose two fancy patterns to coordinate with one plain pattern or two plain patterns to coordinate with one fancy pattern. As you piece these selections together, be sure to consider a more formal look for evenings and also an everyday look.

Question: How many place settings do I need? Answer: The number of place settings is dependent on the type of entertaining you are doing. For example, if you plan on having a traditional family gathering, every year around the holidays, then you will probably need 8-12 place settings or more.

Remember to dress with Stemware. Noted for it’s sparkling clarity, classic styling, and fine, mouth blown craftsmanship, each piece of our fine crystal is styled by a master artist and individually hand crafted, making it a work of art. With each crystal selection, remember to feel the balance and quality in your hand as well as test its 4 second ring tone. The right crystal will add to the total charm of your tablescape.

Flatware that is functional and beautiful. Our fine, stainless steel tableware patterns are designed to coordinate with our Carico table ensembles and we offer a complete selection of accessory pieces. Fashioned and balanced to fit comfortably in your hands, our flatware pieces are the highest quality 18/8 stainless steel. The 18 refers to the percentage of chromium and the 8 refers to the percentage of nickel.

Chromium: adds hardness and stain resistance

Nickel: lends to the luster of the finish

Setting Your Table - Helpful tips:

• If you are serving a salad first, then the salad fork should be placed to the outside of the plate. If the salad will be served as the last course, then the fork should be placed on the inside, next to the plate.
• Easy rule for setting a table: Flatware that has four letters in its name like “fork” should always be placed to the left (a four letter word) of the plate while flatware that have five letters like “knife” and “spoon” should be placed to the right of the plate.
• Face the cutting edge side of the knife facing in, towards the plate.

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