Colorful Thrift Store Finds: Ceramic Plates

One of my very favorite interior designers and writers is Alexandra Stoddard.

The first time I saw her arrangement of blue and white plates on her kitchen wall, it made me want to have a similar arrangement in my own kitchen. Never a fan of blue, our kitchen is now a cheerful combination of very pastel yellow walls, white woodwork, and blue and white tiles behind the stove.

Then,  on one wall hang plates that are  primarily blue and white with some blue and yellow color combinations. The look is one I absolutely love.  (Thank you, Alexandra.)

 Even though I thought the plate wall was complete, as I strolled through one of my favorite second hand stores, Saver's,  yet another plate really drew attention. It had a blue, red, and yellow floral motif in the center and swirls of dark blue around the edges. For $3.99,  it was impossible to resist. 

At first, the plate fit nicely into a gold holder from the Dollar Tree. Now,  however, it's been added to the kitchen wall arrangement. 

Lo and behold, another day yet another plate just about spun around on the shelf in front of me in the thrift store. It was  blue and white with the words  "Slovakia" on the back. The floral pattern in the middle looked very appealing so I bought the plate.

So that's it for plates on the kitchen wall. There are enough there now and any more attractive plates I see are not going into my shopping cart unless they become gifts for somebody else.

GUESS WHERE THE FIRST PLATE SHOWN WAS MADE?  p.s. (It's not from Italy.) Put your answer
in a Comment, okay?