Setting an Elegant Table? Use Vintage China that's pristine

There will be times when using the Country-styled settings just won't do...no Shabby for you! You may look at the silver and see the blackened tarnish and think "it just looks dirty." When planning your elegant party or event, keep in mind that the eye eats first!

If your eye comes to the table and sees "vintage-y" or "shabby" and not pristine, you may be off-put, if just a little. How many times have you seen an elegant cup and saucer and instantly, you spot the crack that has weathered many cups of tea and is slightly browned from age? That is NOT the cup you want to use for your elegant affair.

When you are planning your event, check every piece that will go on the table and remove finger prints, remove the black from the flatware if using silver, ensure there is no "build up" inside the cups, launder and press the linens. Better yet, you could use Fancy That - we rent vintage china and unqiue glassware. We also rent vintage flatware - silver plated "hollow ware" from about 1860 to about 1945. Each piece is shined, cleaned, rinsed, sanitized and packed, ready for your use (there may be some use marks and light scratching on the china and flatware, but overall, the condition is good to great). You'll never find a "flea bite" on the saucer (those nastly little "dings" that take a small chip from the smooth china) or that under-glaze fine cracking called crazing. Each cup is inspected three times before they are packed for your use. All the silver, no matter if it is a serving tray or flatware, is shined to near perfection - if there is age that cannot be removed from the vintage pieces, we let you know in advance (like around the handle of the vintage urns or flower pots).

Enjoy your dinner party or event and remember...when you are looking for that elegant table, use the pristine china instead of the "shabby". Enjoy your party!

What to do with your Grandmother's Tea Cups - Fancy That consigns!

If you are asking yourself what are you going to do with your Grandmother's tea cups, maybe you should consider an adoption service. Well, that's what we like to call our consignment service! :) Fancy That's Shoppe, selling gifts of tea and whatnot, now consigns fine china. We cannot tell you how many people have called or come into our Shoppe and asked if we would give their Nana's cup or cups a good home. Of course, we are always happy to immediately adopt - we have never met a vintage piece of china that we haven't liked!

We gladly accept individual cups and saucers, collections, or tea sets. The pieces must have no chips, cracks, crazing or "flea bites" (those nastly little dings that you can feel when you run your finger around the edge of the saucer). Our percentage is 30%. We "foster" the china for about 60 days depending on your request and the time of the year. We may "foster" longer if your china does not sell right away, may lower the price a little (with your permission), or may call you to come pick the little tykes back up (we ARE still talking china here folks!).

So now you have a place to go when you are confronted with that nagging question: what am I GOING TO DO with Nana's tea cup collection. Fancy That consigns! (call toll free for more info 1-888-32-32-TEA)

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