I have told you before that I collect antique and vintage China in various styles. I am especially fond of anything floral, but I love the mid-century plain pastels and other patterns too.

I was flicking through my Facebook feed recently and came across a friend’s post about her garage sale, 12 hours too late. My friend Jody had a table full of gorgeous ceramics and I sighed, and commented that I was disappointed I had missed it, as I loved all that fabulous China.

Next thing I know, my friend messages me to tell me very little of it was sold, and would I like it? Would I what????? Holy macaroni, I was SO excited!!

When she dropped off a huge crate, it felt like my birthday, Christmas and Easter all at once.

I will never be able to thank Jody enough for her amazing gift, and I hope my squeals of enjoyment as I unwrapped her incredibly generous gift went some way to showing her how much it meant to me.