Franciscan and Gladding MCBean

The white Ivory 12"bowl in the picture is marked GMB on the bottom which stands for Gladding McBean and Co. They started making pottery sewer pipes, floor tiles, and dinnerware (what a combination!) in 1875. In 1934 the name changed to Franciscan Ware which is the mark on the pretty yellow 11 3/4" chop plate. The pattern name is Coronado. Any piece marked GMB is harder to find than the more common Franciscan mark, but both are desired by collectors. Wouldn't the bowl be pretty with a salad or dessert in it? My husband was thinking of Banana Pudding. LOL! I will be taking both pieces to the shop today. If your a collector or just love the look of these 2 pretty pieces, hurry in and check them out.

Halloween's over

BUT we still have some in the shop AND it's on sale. Come in and grab something for next year!

I couldn't resist this really funny picture I found on the web. Will people ever learn to stay off the phone while driving??? Even the witches are doing it!

I'm sorry

for being away from the blog for so long.
Now that the Open House is over I will really, really try and post at least 3 times a week, so don't give up on me and check back often.
Speaking of the Open House we owe all of you that came a BIG thank you! We were rewarded for all our hard work.
If you didn't make it during the Open House we'd like to invite you to come in and see how beautiful the store looks and see all the wonderful merchandise on display.
I took a few pictures, hope you enjoy them.

Santa is coming to town

along with Angels, Snowmen and other wonderful Christmas goodies.

Come to our

Christmas Open House

Friday the 22nd 6pm -9 pm

and Sat. the 23rd & Sun. the 24th 10-6

Remember we will be closed Monday the 18th and re-open Friday Evening.

HALLOWEEN

I know I keep talking about our CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE on Oct. 22nd, but we still have Halloween coming up. So I was playing around on the the computer today and for the fun of it googled vintage Halloween magazine covers and WOW there are a lot. It's fun give it a try. You could print them out, make cards, etc.

Only 19 days till........

Our Christmas Open House

and only 15 days till we close to get ready.

The question was asked the other day why we close for so many days before the Open House.

Well.........it's because we have tons of boxes to open, price and get in the shop, and all of us at
My Friends and I are getting older and everything takes us longer, a LOT longer! LOL
Seriously, if you've been to our Open Houses you know that they are really special and it takes time to make everything look wonderful.

With the amount of UPS boxes we have been getting this is going to be one of our best events.

Look to the left for the dates and go to the Sept. 30th entry for all the details

Only 22 more days till..........

Our Christmas House

Scroll down and read post from September 30th for all the details!