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We did and we got all but three serving pieces. I actually got extra place settings. I was shocked. It was Mikasa which is a somewhat lower cost line. My Mikasa pattern Parchment also has a large 8-place setting complete set that runs around six hundred but was almost always on sale at Macy's. I know it was on sale for just $200 a couple of times. If pick a pattern that's not way expensive, so might be surprised. People like to give china.
@kayakgirl - that's the pattern I registered for!
I also think it depends on the cost of a place setting. I know that the Mikasa Parchment is at least another $10 (per placesetting) at Macy's than it is at Bed, Bath, and Beyond (which is where we registered). I wouldn't worry too much, unless you are having a rather small wedding. My sister received all of her china from two people at her wedding. My sister in law who got married last summer got everything but a few bowls. I think a lot of the older guests like to give china.
we registered for 12 settings of lenox chirp. i knew it was something i could not buy myself, but i definitely wanted it! my family still uses my parents wedding china and even though it's dated, it has a ton of sentimental value. we registered for it at bed bath and beyond even though you can't use their coupons for it. we are having 250 invitees so i am hoping that the china set does get completed!
We have super expensive china and everyday plates...so far we've gotten 6 place settings of our everyday and 1 1/2 of china. However, that was in December. Now that the wedding's almost here, I'm sure we'll have at least 8 of each. We invited 280 guests. Hope that helps!
I don't think we are. My parents have 4 sets of china now... ya... Their wedding china, and "updated" one my mom got a while ago, and now my grandmothers and great-great-aunts wedding china.
And, my bro and his wife registered for china so they don't need any.. so we probably wont...
@verosara-
I was told by my aunt that it's pointless to even register for china, because you normally don't get most of the place settings and end up with half the set, and even if you do get it all, you hardly use it...
I was shopping at the SAlvation Army store not long ago and found a great china set for $15!!
that's just my opinion, but if you have family who can afford that then that's so great! I just know I come from lower to middle class families... so there is other things I'd rather have other than fine China.
I registered for the Kate Spade Gardiner Street china in green and FILs gave us all eight place settings and the soup bowls for an engagement present. Big time score. In my family, we use china for holidays and I can't wait until we have a house and can host a thanksgiving and bust it out. I love it so much though, I'd eat chinese takeout off of it.
I actually registered for 2 sets of china. 
I LOVE china.
I grew up in a house where we sat down for dinner everyday, and had dinner in the dining room on the nice china about once a week. Now I am marrying an excellent cook who loves dinner parties. I am a terrible cook, but I bake well and make brunch at least once a month.
Hence, I ordered a very formal set, Waterford's Jaipur, and a less formal set, the Lenox Chirp. One will be for dinner parties, while the other is for less formal dinners and brunches.
As a china person, I think everyone should register for the basics of a basic pattern. Get something very classic that will be in creation for a long time. If you are unsure about using it, just get the 5-piece set and don't worry about the serving pieces. See where you go with it, but I think if you remember that it isn't the end of the world if you break a piece, you will use and enjoy it.
I went ahead and registered for China because on the holidays we go to Grandma's house and we use her wedding China and silver. I know that I'm not going to get her China, it will probably go to another grandchild. So I figured I'd just register for my own and get something that I love.
I registered for the Kate Spade June. I have had my eye on this design for years now so that wasn't a hard choice to make. We only did 8 place settings because when and if we start hosting we probably will have small gatherings. And my dinning table only holds 8 people.
We also registered for everyday plates that can go in the microwave, dishware, etc.
I haven't had a shower yet. My first one is next month. So I can't tell you if any has been bought yet.
We really didn't want to but most of the older ladies in both of our families pulled the good ol' Irish guilt card "*gasp* what? You have to." So we did. Plus, I'd like to think we'll use it for family dinners.
I'm pretty much the only girl in my generation and I'm sure I'll end up getting most of my mom's china so we picked a very plain pattern (Waterford Kilbarry Platinum) so that we can mix it with other things as well either fancy or everyday.
I'll probably end up with 12 sets but that's because my mom & Aunt went to Fortunoff before it closed and paid like $60 a place setting and bought all 4 left in the store (including the one on display - hah) so we only put 8 on the registry at BB&B. I def. agree with those who say use BB&B. I have a friend who registered at Macy's but moved everything to BB&B once they realized the price difference.
We also registered for some of the matching accessories like the platter but we also broke the pattern for other things - we got a covered veg. dish & gravy boat in the Crestwood pattern because it goes with our china but it's cheaper than the Kilbarry stuff.
Kittyachi I lurrrrve the KS Gardiner Street. I'm 1/2 temped to register for accent plates. LOL
We registered for china and ended up getting 12 place settings. We registered for a couple serving pieces and got one of them (a veggie bowl) but ended up returning it because we couldnt justify someone spending almost $250 on one bowl! We exchanged it to complete our place settings and get the 12 we wanted.
P.S. Its all still in its boxes, hasnt been used in 7 months. Maybe we will once we get a house but we really just have no use for it now as pretty as it is.
We registered for everyday china. 8 place settings. We registered for a type of bone china, that is casual enough for everyday use, and is extremely tough and hard to chip.
The plates we have now are stoneware and after just 2 years, they're pretty chipped up. I had no idea that china was so durable, which is the main reason we registered for it.
We've inherited 12 place settings of fine china and monogrammed silver from my grandparents. So we only registered for crystal stemware (water/iced tea, white wine and red wine) all in sets of 12, 36 total.
BBB is cheaper on a lot of stuff especially if coupons can be used, but for some items when Macy's was having a really good sale they were cheaper. BBB didn't have the 58 piece set in my china that Macy's offered they just had a 42 or 48 piece set. I can't wait to host an event to use mine. One tip is BBB will price match. We went to a completion event where you get 20% off everything left on your registry so we were able to get them to price match Macy's $5.00 cheaper price per flatware place setting, 20% off and an additonal 10% off because it was Waterford, plus free shipping. You just have to work the deals.
We registered for this china...
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I have 8 place settings and a few serving pieces of Vera Wang's pink duchesse. I wanted to register for more- so I at least have 10 or 12 settings- but its been discontinued! Im sooo bummed..
I have an obsession with china. Some might call it an addiction. This fall, I found an entire set of Lenox's Kate Spade's Sag Harbor in navy, green and brown. I registered for Christmas china, Spode's Christmas Tree and Wedgewood's Vera Wang Grosgrain. My fiance really likes Waterford's Kilbarry Platinum so we might switch but we host a lot of Asian dinner parties and Grosgrain has formal Asian soup spoons, chopstick stands and teacups.
Guess what? My mom bought me 12 place settings of the Spode Christmas Tree for Christmas! She also got me several serving pieces, matching napkins and other accessories. It was the BEST surprise! And she got some of it at Macy's but found most of it at HomeGoods, TJ Maxx and Marshall's.
I'm the kind of person who uses "good china" to eat Chinese take-out or pizza so to us it was not even a question. And my family and my fiance's family tends to buy almost all 12 place settings for the wedding and showers.
I forgot to mention that I found the Kate Spade Sag Harbor, our everyday china, at HomeGoods. I got it for a fabulous price!
We did and I love it. I worked for a fine china company so I bought a lot of it with my discount before I left but there were quite a few things that I couldn't get so we registered for them. I actually have 12 place settings of Wedgwood Oberon, 6 of Martha Stewart Bouquet Silver, and 6 of Wedgwood Platinum. Plus accent plates from 2 other patterns that I can mix and match with the plain silver rimmed dinner plates. I LOVE china! We got a bunch of the accent plates and serving pieces off of our registry.
I like your style, Miss Politico!! I drink milk out of crystal wine glasses at breakfast!
We opted for a versatile everyday set that can be dressed up for fancier dinner parties. I love my Tamiko dinnerware from C&B with the raised dotted pattern. Its a very classic pattern and I mix it up with some silver serving pieces for special occasions. I received a set of 12.
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we registered for 12 place settings of noritake platiunum, and my FMIL bought it all for us as an engagement gift! Plus she got us some of the entertaining pieces as a housewarming gift. I am hoping we get the rest as shower/wedding gifts.
We are not registering for china. My FI is in the military and with the frequency of moves, it just wouldn't be practical. We are fine with our everyday plates for now. Perhaps when we are older, and more settled we will invest in a set, or inherit china from family along the way.
we have not registered for china but im still on the fence. I registered for Fiestaware ::looooove:: (12 settings) and i registered for all the platters and other nonsense.... so we can use it for hosting. However i do love kate spade :) and i inherited my grandmothers silver so i want to be able to put that to good use so depending on how many things are bought we might throw a couple pieces on just to get a start so that we have them "someday" my feeling is that if you dont do it now, when will you??
Thanks for all the info. And we did end up registering for china, with the Mikasa Parchment like mentioned above. Once the registry saleswoman had the FH do the china "test" we signed up. Don't know if any of you did this, but the saleswoman got a china tea cup from the sample sets, placed it bottom down on the floor and had him stand on it. She was telling us how durable it was. We figured it would be long lasting and good for the holidays. Hopefully we get all the settings, we also registered for the whole set at Macy's.
We've registered for Vera Wang's Gold Lace, 8 place settings, plus soup bowls, the serving platter, and the sugar/creamer set. Our wedding is pretty far away (Sept '10, haven't even sent out STDs), so we haven't gotten any yet.
I chose the pattern to complement my mother's gorgeous china that I'll inherit someday. Discontinued, unfortunately! Royal Doulton's Clarendon.
Mine ^
Mom's ^
Don't match exactly, but they'll go nicely on a table together someday!
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And how many settings did you actually get? I know this all depends on how many guests and all, but I'm curious as to how close you can get to completing an entire set.