You Don’t Have to be Perfect to Be Beautiful!

At Dishtopia & The Anytime Tea Bar, we have a very large selection of vintage china dating back to 1925. Beautiful, elegant, and homeless and all looking for a home that will use them daily as part of their family’s dinner tradition. China priced affordably, like dishes, can be used guilt-free if purchased at an affordable price.

As we checked in our inventory, any dishes that were not perfect were placed in a craft bin so that people that do mosaics and other crafts can purchase these “craft” pieces at 5 cents per ounce. This reinforces our approach to building a “green” business. Everything has potential to be something else with some creativity. This is a recent story that really made us feel good about finding homes for even the not so perfect beauty.

A new friend, Sandy, bought some “craft” tea cups. Tea cups that fetched a pretty penny when they were perfect. Each had a very small chip or crazing so we could not sell them as part of the vintage china in our store. Sandy bought three teacups for less that $1.00 and said she was going to put candles in them. Well, not being the most crafty person myself, I pictured putting a regular candle in them and thought at the time that it was a cool idea. Well Sandy posted to our Facebook Wall her candles and I was totally amazed at what she had created. She made Soy Candles and poured them into the cups. Maybe they have a little chip or a line in the bottom but she saw the potential and truly made the most beautiful candles I have seen. We want to thank Sandy for inspiring us and opening up our minds as to what can be done with something beautiful but not quite perfect. Take a moment to look at these beautiful candles.