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I used to think that I woudlnt register for China but now I think I want to! I dont know if I will ever have another time in my life when I can ask for such nice things and I know I wont ever be able to buy it all myself!!!
Did you register for China? What pattern did you choose??
This is the pattern I am thinking of choosing. Its casual bone china at BBB.
We considered it, but discussed how often we'd use a $50+ dollar setting (x8-12 to feed our families when they visit or when we entertain, which I see as the point of china, anyway) vs a wii, a nicer kitchen gift like a mixer, or tools for making that delicious food to serve while having guests.
We decided we'd rather register for cheaper dishware @ Target so that we can change up the style every once in a while and donate the old, rather than having to purchase a $10-20 plate to complete a set if we break one. I totally would love to have a lovely set of china, but it's not worth subbing it out for other gifts we'd prefer to have instaed that we'd use much more often.
ETA- My grandpa has a ton of china that is never used, especially after my grandma passed. And Mr.ND is an only child, so whatever gets passed to his parents from grandparents will end up ours as well. I'd rather have family items if they choose to gift those to us.
Oddly, china was the one of the things I was looking forward to registering for the most (That and a Kichenaid Mixer lol).
I have fond childhood memories of my mother's china, which she got when she got married. She would take it out on holidays, special occasions, birthdays... and I always dreamed that one day I would get my own set of special dishes when I got married, lol. I'm weird like that.
This is the set we registered for. All 10 settings we asked for have already been purchased, yay!!
We also registered for the matching serving dishes and gravy boat, ect.
At first we weren't going to register for any china, but after going to BBB and talking to the bridal registry department, we went ahead and registered for some. We chose a plain white pattern.
We didn't. Our family is larger than 12 people so it wasn't like I would ever be able to use if for a holiday and we aren't very fancy people to be having high end dinner parties. I think some patterns are beautiful but I'm much more or a practical person.
We're not registering for actual china because my grandmother gifted me with some before she passed away. We have never, ever used it. It's not exactly our style plus we're just not "set the table with the good china and crystal" type people. We are, however, registering for some nicer than our every day, plain white Pier 1 dishes for special occasions.
I registered for Waterford Lismore Butterfly! I'm do glad I did, my grandmother actually decided she was giving us our China for our wedding present and purchased every piece of our set! I was worrieat when we first registered no one would buy anything now all I need is our Waterford Steamware.
My mother wants me to register for China in a bad way - I feel like I'll probably do it, but I can't find one for cheaper than $130 a setting.
I think maybe I'll register, then see how many I get. If I don't get enough, I'll return them and pick out something I can use. If I'm close, I'll try and buy out the remaining settings.
When I got married I wasn't really sure if I should register for China or not. Keep in mind that DH and I didn't live together before marriage and we both need 'basics'. I talked it over with my grandma and she told me not to because when I got a home she would just give me her china. Fair enough. Also DH's mom has lots of china also and I'm sure someday we'll inheirt that.
I have started my Christmas China collection on my own.
To sum it up, I'm glad I didn't register for China because everything we got we needed and honestly I'd have no place to put it.
@deathbydesign: I am the same way so I guess we are both weird! ha! I like your pattern!!
@Aisling10: The pattern I chose is $79.99 per 5 piece set. I hoped I would find it at BBB because of their 20% coupons! I think it will be a lot easier for people to gift at $64!
No, we didn't register for China mainly b/c we don't have anywhere to put it! We don't have a dining room with a hutch or a china cabinet in the kitchen, so we just registered for nice 16 pc. everyday dinnerware and a nice modern looking silverware set, both from BB&B.
We registered for Royal Doulton Platinum Silk, and ended up with all of it after we applied cash and gift cards to the set. Still working on the silverware, but those were basically the only two things that we chose.
We wanted our wedding gifts to have longevity, plus we already own virtually everything we could want. The upgrades idea didn't work either, for example my blender is pretty awesome, so I'd want a Vitamix instead, which is ~$350... so not realistic. Most everything else has been purchased new within the past 3 years.
We also randomly use the nice stuff, when we make a decently good meal usually.
I know that china just doesn't make sense for a lot of people. Honestly, don't do it if you feel pressured and feel that you'll never use it!! For us, it was a great fit. For my brother, for example, he'll be in year 8/8 for school after they're married and his fiancee will be in her second year of work (hopefully she gets on full time as a teacher next year!). They are in need of lots of basics and china seems quite frivolous, plus they don't think they'll use it.
@SaraP2012: I'll check out BBB. The reason I haven't looked there yet is because the enarest store is anhour away from where I live. Do you know if they do an online registry?
I always loved using fancy china on special occasions when I was a kid. DH and I have quite an eclectic collection of casual plates and bowls so we thought it would be nice to have a more cohesive set. Plus we were running out of ideas for things to register for, and his big Italian family was putting on the pressure to add stuff they could buy us, lol. We found a pattern we loved and registered for it, and his grandmother bought up all the place settings. We've already used it twice and are really glad we decided to register for china.
This is ours, Kate Spade Gardner Street.
I swore up and down I wouldn't register for China, but when we went to BB&B to make our registry, guess what we wound up registering for? Yup! FI and I didn't agree on dishes, and then he pointed to this gorgeous set and I was just like YES!
Noritake Platinum Wave
That being said, if we don't get more than 6 or so setting from my showers, I will probably return them for something else we will use more. Not willing to buy more than a couple settings myself, but hope I get them!
No, we arent really entertaining people. Especially china worthy. :)
And plus he has a set from a grandma and I have a set from my mom. So we are up to our necks in china. Am thinking of giving one of the sets to someone. Though my FI is really attached to his so it might be mine that I give away.
Though honestly, I really dont think we will use whichever one we keep. :)
I didnt register for any. I did register for everyday plates and bowls. We need those.
@ChemistryBride: Hey China twin! We registered for the same pattern :) FH found it and knew I'd love it!
We registered for china for down the road. I don't anticipate using it for a few years. There's so much we already have, so adding fine china, stemware and flatware wasn't a big deal.
The problem with having china is that half an hour later you want more.
I couldn't resist.
@ChemistryBride: I got the same pattern! I got 8 place settings, but no serving dishes. I am planning to slowly build the collection over time.
Yes we did, Vera Wang. It's very simple but I want to have it just in case I should need it. When else is anyone going to buy my china than my wedding?
We did! We registered for 12 place settings and multiple serving dishes etc. Crystal too, haha. I doubt we'll get it all, but I hope to get place settings.
We registered for china (Waterford's Lisette) and crystal (Vera Wang's Duchesse).
My grandparents bought us all 12 china place settings, and we got all of the serving dishes from other people. We have all of the wine glasses from the crystal, but none of the champagne flutes or water glasses. So far we've only eaten off of it twice... I'm afraid to break them! Haha!
But... they look so lovely in our china cabinet!
Yes! But my requirement was "dishwasherable," since I knew we'd never use it otherwise! (I'd rather have useable $40/set dishes than unwashable $150/set dishes!)
And we have definitely made a point to use them EVERY time we have any guest over, not just for "super-special" occasions. (We've gotten more than one comment from our friends, who are also newlyweds, on how they haven't been using their china! :-o )
(It's Noritake, Regina Platinum. And I was extremely annoyed upon realizing that the set did not come with a bowl, so we had to register for that separately! But, I still love it, regardless.)
We registered for china. For 12 sets. We have a nice sized group when we get our families together, and once we're settled, we'll be throwing big parties where we'll put it to good use over the years. And for what ours cost, there was no way we could afford it ourselves. Our guests have been buying it for us 1-2 sets at a time. I'm hoping we get all 12 by the wedding!
No... I didn't think they sold entire countries anywhere!
Sorry... just being a cheesy smart ass.
After much debate we decided to register for china. I love a dressed up table. :) And on our third tour through the fine china at Macy's a lady suggested we register for 16 sets as this past Christmas they were one set short since the grandkids are increasing!
And how sad is it that I have been stalking fine china so much that I knew the name of 98% of the sets PP posted?
Our original pick - Ralph Lauren Silk Ribbon
The choice that made it on the registry - Noritake Crestwood in Cobalt
And after being wishy-washy because I didn't really LOVE either of those we chose Vera Wang for Wedgewood Lace
@Stammie16: That is too funny! My FH is also the one who found it! I love it, it's elegant but not too feminine so it gets the male stamp of approval!
@msfahrenheit: It really is a gorgeous pattern! That is my plan, hoping I get 6-8 place settings, and the other stuff we'll fill in as we go. I am crossing my fingers that I get some of it for my shower in April!
I am super, super lucky that my grandmother has an entire set of gorgeous white and grey bone china (6 full settings) that she wanted to give to me since she has no use for them. It means a lot more to me than anything new I could get (for the sentimental value), but sometimes I wish I had a use for different China sets because I've gone in Lenox stores and they are just to die for! I love shopping for China, even though I never buy it :)
@baletrina: We have the same taste! I love the VW Lace set - but its too expensive. So we stuck with Noritake Crestwood Platnium (the un-blue version of your 2nd choice).
I didn't think that I was going to register for china, but I ended up falling in love with the Vera Wang for Wedgewood "Flirt"
I love the Vera Wang China SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! It is just too expensive and I dont think we would get all of it if we register for sets over $100. 
@techie: I wish that this pattern had been out in the stores when we were registering. I LOVE it, however I probably wouldn't have been able to convince DH. :)
@ArwenBride: FI didn't mind it because I let him pick our everyday plates. He wins in a way :)
I think this has a lot to do with how we were brought up. My mother had china, but NEVER used it. Her mother made her register for it when my parents were married, and I think she's used it like 3 times.
Since I wasn't brought up using China, we didn't register for it. We did every day dishes and a lot of glassware.
@impatientlypatient: I also registered for Vera Wang Flirt and I love it!!! However- I just logged into my registry on Macy's and it says the dreaded words "we're discontinuing this item." Yikes!!! I'm going to call about it tomorrow...
Yes! We registered for the Kate Spade "Belle Boulevard" so far I've gotten a crystal bowl as an early present for my bridal shower. I hope we get more.
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