Because I love my house, I love entertaining friends in it. And part of being a good entertainer is having on hand lots fun serving pieces. Presentation can be everything and is always fun to visualize and create new ways to serve up some yummy appetizers. One thing I like to serve a lot is an assortment of olives, usually along with other appetizers. It’s purely selfish,... 
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the very adorable Erin Wallace, author of Bluebirdbaby and owner of freya photography, lives in a funky 1850 house on the coast of Maine with her partner and daughter. They purchased the very dated house in hopes of turning it into a mixture of modern and vintage. The first projects were stripping rooms of wallpaper and linoleum, although some wallpaper remains to retain the... 
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i am very excited to learn that one of my favorite ceramic shops is coming to the city! heath ceramics is opening a shop in san francisco’s beautiful ferry building this month. so not only can you shop for artisan foods, now you can find something gorgeous to serve them up in! every piece of heath’s ceramic dishwares are still made in their original factory in... 
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since it’s friday food files day here on sfgirlbybay (thank you kindly, ms. watson!), i thought it might be kind of fun to share some vintage-inspired serving piece ideas with you. so very fresh from the sfgirlbybay flickr pool, i give you some glorious ways to serve up your weekend meals! doesn’t food always look better when it’s served in something stylish?... 
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Oooh, oh!! I was trying to take the day to get new posts going and catch up on many emails and an insanely long to-do list, but I just got this update from Amy Butler and had to share! Amy’s got a beautiful new line of china out with Mikasa and it couldn’t be prettier! Check Amy’s new line of china out here. Okay…back to the long list!! See you tomorrow! Tweet#call_to_action... 
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