tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49515785394281551152024-03-14T04:42:00.758-07:00The Pass It On Plates blogGet the latest Pass It On Plates news and updates as well as gift giving ideas, easy craft projects, and tips for modern homemaking.Pam Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516546337996538661noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-73225792181543351182011-03-20T13:51:00.000-07:002011-03-20T14:04:59.529-07:00Spring 2011After about a year of focusing on family (due to serious illness), things are finally starting to return to normal. I know I've apologized for issues that have come up in the past several months, and I apologize again for my absence here. Like many small businesses, I didn't really have anyone to step in and take over when I couldn't be present. We're not out of the woods yet, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel.<br />
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So... I am thrilled to announce that we have recently gone through some changes!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">First,</span> Pass It On Plates are now available for sale at:<br />
The Fussy Duck<br />
887 SE Commercial Street<br />
Salem, Oregon<br />
It's just south of downtown, behind Kwan's.<br />
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The plates are in the Nesting Materials booth, just inside the front door and down the aisle to the left. My daughter and I hang out in the "Girl Cave" at home and make crafty items and sew things, and that's what Nesting Materials is. When coming up with this idea we decided to include the plates as well.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next,</span> you already know about the new website address of <a href="http://www.pass-it-on-plates.com/">www.pass-it-on-plates.com</a>... now the website and blog are redesigned to match the updated address.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Also,</span> this past winter I was excited to receive my first commission: <a href="http://www.pass-it-on-plates.com/2010_11_01_archive.html">six plates custom made for a family</a> who is spread out across the US. The plates turned out great.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Coming soon,</span> this spring I will host our first ever Plate Painting Party at our studio in Salem. Proceeds will benefit a local charity. Details will follow, but if you are interested please comment here and I'll add you to the guest list.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And last,</span> I've got a stack of new clean white plates on the worktable in my studio. Sitting next to them is an assortment of clean paintbrushes and several jars of my special ceramic paint. I'll share pictures of each new plates as soon as it is ready.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Cheers!</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>-Pam</i></span><br />
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The new website address has changed from <a href="http://www.passitonplates.com/">www.passitonplates.com</a> to <a href="http://www.pass-it-on-plates.com/">www.pass-it-on-plates.com</a><br />
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I deeply apologize to anyone with a Pass It On Plate who hasn't been able to find our website over the past month. I didn't mean for you to be left out in the cold. Yes, your plate does say <a href="http://www.passitonplates.com/">www.passitonplates.com</a> on the back of it. Please rest assured that your plate diary is still there.<br />
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If you have a plate with our old website address on it, and you want your plate to have the correct website written on it, there is a pretty easy solution. Please email me at <a href="mailto:passitonplates@gmail.com">passitonplates@gmail.com</a> and I'll get you fixed up.<br />
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I supposed you are wondering what is happening with our little plate painting studio to cause such a big change. After all, sending out lots of plates with a website written on it just before changing the website address is pretty silly thing to do. I will let you in on what's been going on.<br />
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First: the long unavoidable delay. This spring someone in my immediate family was diagnosed with cancer and my time was consumed with doctor appointments, working long weird hours at the day job to make up for time missed (from the doctor appointments), and trying to keep family life as normal as possible. I'm sure everyone will turn out just fine in the end, but it's going to be about a year before the cancer treatment is complete.<br />
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The big oops is that while my mind and time was consumed with family and health matters, my domain expired. The domain is the <a href="http://www.passitonplates.com/">www.passitonplates.com</a>. The day I donated 4 plates to our local Relay For Life event was the day I realized the website was down. Unfortunately, a quick $12 renewal payment didn't fix the problem. I had been expired just long enough that there was an additional $270 in extra fees... that are beyond my studio's modest budget.<br />
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I had to decide if it would be worth it to pay the $270 in fees to keep my domain name or spend $10 with Google to buy a new, slightly different name, and then fix the plates that want to be fixed. The plate fix is simple, so I opted for the $10 new name.<br />
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A little tweaking, a new name, a pretty face-lift, and the site is up and running again.<br />
Please bookmark our new website name: <a href="http://www.pass-it-on-plates.com/">www.pass-it-on-plates.com</a> and please visit often to see where our plates have been and what goodies they have carried.Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12104557126187051303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-7547498827345684622010-02-21T12:52:00.000-08:002010-02-21T12:52:44.258-08:00You ROCK<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBnFJCJsXnNr_LO1DvtZJdiRcmS9WalQCrSya9Cl5xpK_0GXbDaqYa_gE0mBBNFYpUCsfRrOrN9gdyUJaLzhfeNKK_y_KhpJQdHhuUdl8iPVlqGp9hBQTpx9HAqGPEgNMboIeJShVRMI/s1600-h/You+Rock+1002001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBnFJCJsXnNr_LO1DvtZJdiRcmS9WalQCrSya9Cl5xpK_0GXbDaqYa_gE0mBBNFYpUCsfRrOrN9gdyUJaLzhfeNKK_y_KhpJQdHhuUdl8iPVlqGp9hBQTpx9HAqGPEgNMboIeJShVRMI/s400/You+Rock+1002001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We've got a stack of blank plates to paint up - got any ideas about what you'd like to see on a plate?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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Just let us know which extra PlateWrap you want with your order.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">This sale is good from November 1 through December 31</span> to cover all the holidays during the next several weeks. To qualify for this offer, your purchases made between 12:01am PST November 1, 2009 through 11:39pm PST on December 31, 2009.<br /><br />All holiday themed items will be shipped out on the first business day following our receipt of your payment. 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Would you believe that Halloween is right around the corner?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Of course, we LOVE Halloween</span> and are so excited that it's near - so to celebrate, we have a special sale just for you in our <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5591824">online shop</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Get an extra paint pen free</span> with the purchase of any Signature Pass It On Plate or Pass It On Plate Lite and get an extra paint pen, free.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">This is a $10 value</span> and is good from September 1-30, 2009<br /><br />(You can use the extra pen for all kinds of other fun projects, too! Click <a href="http://passitonplatesblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Ceramic%20Paint%20Pens">here</a> for ideas.)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">When ordering, please use coupon code:</span> SEPT2009<br /><br />Offer good for all purchases made between 12:01am PST September 1, 2009 through 11:39pm PST on September 30, 2009.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? 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This design gets all kinds of attention at the Salem Saturday Market.<br />(I think it's one of my favorites, too!)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3743310533/" title=""...it was chocolate" plate by passitonplates, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3743310533_64a8aa4e08.jpg" alt=""...it was chocolate" plate" width="500" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? 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Each person gets this plate on their birthday, and after a year or so you'll have a totally unique family history documented in this plate's online Plate Diary.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3744106246/" title="Happy Birthday plate by passitonplates, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3744106246_8e92c3b6d8.jpg" alt="Happy Birthday plate" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? 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<div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;">Today's Market also includes – Salem Friends of Felines. Friends of Salem Saturday Market (FSSM) will continue with their food preservation classes. Old Time Fiddlers will entertain from 10 am to 2 pm.</div>Other upcoming events:<br />
<div style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>August 15</b> <b>–</b> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Marion </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">County Dog Shelter and the Salem Chamber Orchestra</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> are the non-profits. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">FSSM food preservation classes continue. Oregon Valley Boys</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> will play from 10 to 2.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>August 22</b> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">– </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Habitat for Humanity </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">will be our non-profit; </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">FSSM will hold our annual Tomato Tasting. Andrew Kendoll and Madison Hall</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> will be the entertainment from 10 to 2.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>August 29</b><b> –</b> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Master Gardeners</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> and YWCA will be our non-profits.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Roundhouse Band</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> will entertain from 10 am to 2 pm</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>September </b><b>5</b> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">– </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Hope’s Haven </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">will be our non-profit. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Bluebonics</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> will play from 10 am to 2 pm.</span></div><br />
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My gosh, I was impressed with the variety of treats they were putting on one plate:<br /></div><p align="center">One gal said she put blueberry muffins, oatmeal raisin cookies and a mini loaf of banana bread on the plate. She was going to include some Amish Friendship bread but the starter for that takes 9 days and she didn't want to wait too long.<br /><br /><a href="http://oasisnewsfeatures.com/new/forum/traveling-plate#comment-7508">Another lady</a> said her plate had rice krispy treats, chocolate chip cookies <strong>and</strong> a cranberry nut bar on it. (And here I am, giving my own plates to people and cheating with one variety of bakery made cookies... )<br /><br />One lady mentioned us! (Thank you Maggie!) And there was also a mention of Boo-ing or Ghosting at Halloween. That is so much fun - I'll tell you more about that later.<br /><br />The picture above is a Traveling Neighborhood Plate that one of the ladies bought. 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And if you're ambitious in the kitchen, they're fun to showcase your baking skills!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: 0pt; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0pt; moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? 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It's quick and easy.</em></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,204)">.</span></center>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12104557126187051303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-39276187494217656372009-07-21T09:56:00.000-07:002009-07-21T09:57:39.119-07:00Just listed: Oh My Stars!<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QB2FPfN9qk4/SmXwhkrLbrI/AAAAAAAAAto/8gp-VGR2MEY/s320/PIOP+red+and+yellow+stars+close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360955391025573554" border="0" /> <br />Introducing a brand-new category of Pass It On Plates: handpainted designs!<br />These new handpainted plates are ready to be loaded with treats and passed around to your friends. This particular plate is listed <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28134909">here</a> in our Etsy shop and is available for $15 (USD.)<br /><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZnJ3jZNNkKCAo-Y-UXky7NIGL199Jk7r-qSyqo6tjHTMeSWEcHEyfeSdLNYqpJGPVu6oqR_azh1NYMl8NGmTbYd49lxyJ9MhUkosZwQKkQMKg6__RHUiRTnpghJSIfHSQrGggiObwO0/s320/PIOP+red+and+yellow+stars+ur+corner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360955383600618914" border="0" /><br />This plate is the "Oh My Stars!" plate. My Gram used to exclaim "Oh my stars!" when she learned about something wonderful or amazing.<br /><br /><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6bTnT5PMJkF-ox7xcNZ2ilopb3X0zkJdNdqtsdxb4SSwQBSlh_N9Q054_E5llrkdGNa6ninhTJK9XmRqV7ZIy698tixEyF0gI4yzm3TGa9EH453xpxRSxwiekWsNRQZ-XpzlW-Ft1As/s320/PIOP+red+and+yellow+stars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360955386086138786" border="0" /><br /><br />This plate has red and yellow stars scattered all over the surface and the words "Pass It On... Pass It On... Pass It On..." around the inside of the rim. On the back is a unique tracking number that goes to its online diary. This plate is also part of the <a href="http://passitonplatesblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/plate-diary-dollars.html">Plate Diary Dollars program</a>, and we donate money to <a href="http://www.feedingamerica.org/">FeedingAmerica.org</a> every time a plate diary entry is made and the plate is passed to another person.<br /><br />All you have to do is Pass It On!<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? It's quick and easy.</em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div></center>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12104557126187051303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-29759450561982646102009-07-20T15:09:00.000-07:002009-07-20T15:09:00.496-07:00Happy Birthday PlateWrap<p align="center"><a title="Happy Birthday with Pink & Green Satin Bow by passitonplates, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/2751703119/"><img height="500" alt="Happy Birthday with Pink & Green Satin Bow" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2751703119_08277cf0c5.jpg" width="500" /></a></p><br />Going to a birthday party?<br /><br />Wouldn't this make a great gift for a co-worker?<br /><br />You could give this to your sister, who has everything.<br />(Ok, throw in a gift card for her favorite shoe store and you'll be her favorite sister.)<br /><br />It's a perfect gift for one of your girlfriends or for a good neighbor...Pam Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516546337996538661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-50392939629194903812009-07-16T06:36:00.000-07:002009-07-16T06:36:00.577-07:00More new hand painted plates<div style="text-align: center;"><center><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">This is literally fresh out of the oven.<br />I love these new Pass It On Plates, don't you?<br />You probably know by now that <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/2373860849/">I have a thing for swirls</a>...<br /></div></div><br /><center><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3700463787/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/3700463787_d0426dc605.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3700463787/">Swirly dots</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/passitonplates/">passitonplates</a>.</span></div><p>Don'cha just love it?<br /><br />This photo was taken on my dining room table as soon as it came out of the oven. I couldn't wait to set up my photo equipment to show you what's new.</p></center>I think this next one is a favorite. I have a new PlateWrap coming up that would be PERFECT with this one.<br /></div></center><center><center><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3700464169/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2499/3700464169_8cba4fe905.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3700464169/">Cherry Stripe</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/passitonplates/">passitonplates</a>.</span><br /><br />These plates have their number on the back and the <a href="http://passitonplates.blogspot.com/">Plate Diary</a> is active and ready to go.</div></center><p>And of course like all our other plates, when you pass them on, <a href="http://passitonplatesblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/plate-diary-dollars.html">we donate money to FeedingAmerica.org</a> to help feed hungry Americans. This year the need is greater than ever, and they need all the help they can get.<br /></p></center><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? 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NOW we're finally sitting at the grown-up's table on Etsy.<br /><br />Thank you thank you to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6101001">LittleStudioJewels.etsy.com</a> for curating the treasury.<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugcYAx-Vc3V99O6qrfU-hWhv5bgyTeaweO-xFuPxDn-yaJYnH1F8vcav2RrW3V35ONUnvBBU1LjuFVBHToO-pbQ3vfYJce7uAFv_map-qLXRxg6uui60QM_53iDPfUiDZiVCUvYeHZA/s1600-h/Treasury+July+2009a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 546px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugcYAx-Vc3V99O6qrfU-hWhv5bgyTeaweO-xFuPxDn-yaJYnH1F8vcav2RrW3V35ONUnvBBU1LjuFVBHToO-pbQ3vfYJce7uAFv_map-qLXRxg6uui60QM_53iDPfUiDZiVCUvYeHZA/s400/Treasury+July+2009a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357235839951752306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? 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I can think of several PlateWraps that this would look great with, too.</p></center>This one is understanted and simple...<br /><center><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3701272664/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3701272664_a072edffa5.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/passitonplates/3701272664/">Climbing Vines</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/passitonplates/">passitonplates</a>.</span></div><p>These plates have their number on the back and the <a href="http://passitonplates.blogspot.com/">Plate Diary</a> is active and ready to go.</p><p>And of course like all our other plates, when you pass them on, <a href="http://passitonplatesblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/plate-diary-dollars.html">we donate money to FeedingAmerica.org</a> to help feed hungry Americans. This year the need is greater than ever, and they need all the help they can get.<br /></p></center><br /><br />I've got more brand new hand painted plates to show you, so check back next week to see more!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? It's quick and easy.</em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div></center></div>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12104557126187051303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-8333838950201328692009-07-06T15:11:00.000-07:002009-07-06T15:29:24.135-07:00Recipe of the Week<center><p>Do you have a perfect food gift idea for a Pass It On Plate? I'd like to invite you to share your photo and recipe with the Flickr group pool "Recipe of the Week" and it will be featured as a recipe of the week in the Plate Diaries blog.<br /></p><p><br /><br />No purchase necessary; you don't even need to have a Pass It On Plate to participate. Plus, you get full credit for the photo and recipe, with a link back to your Flickr photostream/blog!<br /></p><p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/piop_recipes/"><img title="Recipe of the Week. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" alt=" Recipe of the Week. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/group/recent/000000/ffffff/945005@N20.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/piop_recipes/">Visit Pass It On Plates' Recipe of the Week</a><br /></p></center>Pam Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516546337996538661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-19557177537331361792009-07-06T10:33:00.000-07:002009-07-06T10:33:00.667-07:00Who gets the 160 bowls of food?<span style="font-size:130%;">In a <a href="http://passitonplatesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/plate-diary-dollars-for-may-2009.html">recent post</a></span> about our Plate It Forward helping feed hungry people, <a href="http://www.relation-amoureuse.net/">Robert</a> asked, "Who actually gets the food?"<br />Good question.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Feeding America supports food shelves and distribution centers</span> throughout the USA. In my town, they support the <a href="http://www.marionpolkfoodshare.org/">Marion-Polk Foodshare</a>, which is our county's food shelf. So the food provided through this program goes to people being helped by these kinds of local food programs.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I bet if you asked your local food shelf</span> if they are affiliated with <a href="http://www.feedingamerica.org/">FeedingAmerica.org</a>, the answer would most likely be "yes."<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />When I initially set this up,</span> I wanted to find a charity that did two things: I wanted one that didn't waste a lot of contributed funds for administrative costs, and it had to help people across the entire USA, not just in my community. Feeding America fit the bill.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Next,</span> I toured our Marion-Polk Foodshare and saw a huge warehouse of food provided by various places.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Quoted from the <a href="http://www.marionpolkfoodshare.org/index.php?CategoryID=3">Marion-Polk website</a>,</span><br /><div align="center"><br /><div style="border: 1px solid rgb(201, 64, 147); margin: 0px; width: 400px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /><div style="border: 10px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; width: 380px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Marion Polk Food Share is part of a statewide food banking system of 20 regional affiliates of Oregon Food Bank,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> a member of </span><country-region style="font-weight: bold;" st="on"><place st="on"></place></country-region><span style="font-weight: bold;">Feeding America national food bank network (formerly Second Harvest).<br /><br />Through this network, Marion-Polk Food Share receives portions of large, national corporate donations</span> and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) surplus commodities. These foods supplement what Food Share collects locally from individuals, corporations and community groups who donate food and support food drives.<br /><br /></span></span><br /></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I hope that helps to explain where the money goes and where the food ends up.<br /><br />This year the need is greater than ever before, so if you have a Pass It On Plate --<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Pass It On!</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0pt none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /></div><center><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?</em></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>How about subscribing </em></span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? 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For the previous months, you can check them out in our <a href="http://passitonplates.blogspot.com/search/label/Plate%20Diary%20Dollars">Plate Diaries</a> page.</p><p>In May 2009, where there were 6 Plate Diary comments. Pass It On Plates donated $1 per comment to <a href="http://feedingamerica.org/take-action/fill-a-bowl.aspx?__utma=1.3212758296814680600.1227648837.1227648837.1227650644.2&__utmb=1.21.8.1227652413518&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1227648837.1.1.utmcsr=charitynavigator.org%7Cutmccn=%28referral%29%7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/index.cfm&__utmv=-&__utmk=175607842">FeedingAmerica.org</a><br /><br />This $6 donation was matched by <a href="http://feedingamerica.org/partners/financial-partners/mission-partners/kraft-foods.aspx">Kraft Foods</a> and provided <span style="font-size:130%;">192 bowls of food</span> to hungry people in the US. That's amazing!<br /><br /><br /></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Let's keep those plates moving and see how much more we can donate for June.</span><br /></div><br />Remember, there's no charge for you give a Pass It On Plate to anyone, and you will not be asked to pay anything or donate any money.<br /><br />br><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: 0pt; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0pt; moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,204)">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Did you like this post?<br />How about subscribing </em></span><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/feeds.feedburner.com');" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassItOnPlateBlog" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>in a reader</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2090493&loc=en_US"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>by email</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>? It's quick and easy.</em></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,204)">.</span><br /></center>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12104557126187051303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951578539428155115.post-91814591588335158332009-06-22T07:21:00.000-07:002009-06-22T07:21:00.954-07:00Signature Plates<span style="font-size:130%;">Many times, when chatting with my friends</span> about Pass It On Plates, they ask, "Why don't you just have people take the plate to a birthday party, have all the guests use the ceramic paint pen to sign the plate, and then guest of honor keeps the plate? Like an autograph platter?"<br /><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px" align="center"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3449376163/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3449376163_584e96c78e.jpg" /></a><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3449376163/">First Love Wedding Signature Platter Signed - Solange and Carlos</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/serendipitycrafts/">SerendipityCrafts</a>.</span></p><p></p><span style="font-size:130%;">That's a great idea,</span> and anyone could do that with a Pass It On Plate if they wanted to, although with the tracking number on the back of our plates it's fun to pass them along and see where they end up.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">If you like the guest book on a plate concept, </span>where people sign their names on a plate or platter , then give it to someone as a gift that they can keep, you might be happy to know there are other plates available that are designed specifically for this purpose. An example is <a href="http://www.serendipity-crafts.com/">Serendipity Crafts</a>.<br /><br /><div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px" align="center"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3337861345/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3337861345_e12d77e654.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3337861345/">Custom Monogram Wedding Signature Platter - TMJ</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/serendipitycrafts/">SerendipityCrafts</a>.</span></div><p></p><span style="font-size:130%;">Serendipity makes over 75 different plates</span> for various occasions. Want a plate for a birthday, graduation, anniversary, baby shower, wedding, bridal shower, vacation, hostess gift, soccer coach, favorite teacher, etc? They've got it.<br /><br />You can even send them a photo and they'll paint the image onto a plate.<br />Click <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3332134096/in/photostream/">here</a> to see the reference photo for this platter, and click <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3332134136/in/photostream/">here</a> to see a closeup of the portrait.<br /><br /><div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px" align="center"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3332134030/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3332134030_0ffa7dd394.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serendipitycrafts/3332134030/">Custom Wedding Portrait Signature Platter - Komal and Sandip</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/serendipitycrafts/">SerendipityCrafts</a>.</span></div><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px" align="center"></p><div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Neat stuff. Take a look: </span><a href="http://www.serendipity-crafts.com/">http://www.serendipity-crafts.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Photos used from </em></span><a href="http://serendipitycrafts.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>http://serendipitycrafts.blogspot.com/</em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> with permission.</em></span><br /><br /><br /></div><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 3px" align="left"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: 0pt; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0pt; moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85719/passitonplates/c478e93a8a8f85f66f8f44ba71ebf003.png" /></a></p>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12104557126187051303noreply@blogger.com0