Think about this question: When that now-distant moment finally arrives to surrender your best-loved knick-knacks and odds’n’ends to the next generation, what will you give? Vinyl shower curtains and plastic laundry tubs? The microwave that facilitated so many unforgettable minute meals? Your collection of six “24” episodes on one great DVD? Come on. Isn’t there something a little more meaningful in your home, something built to last? If you’re not sure of the answer, Rae Dunn’s boutique might just be the place to begin collecting hand-crafted ceramic items that will stand the test of time by virtue of much more than their chemical properties. Although her manufactured line might be a little better-known, it's through her line of 100% handmade items that Rae wages a kind of artistic war against the commercial "cloned" craft industry; from her proud declaration that no two items of hers from this line are exactly the same, it's plain to see that her gifted hands are the weapons of that war.
It might be the pig-emblazoned soap dish to which you take a shine. Perhaps the napkin rings, etched with simple words reflecting the secrets of domestic tranquility, will inspire visions of a family somewhere in the future settling down to a home-cooked meal that’s all about together. Or, it could be the pourers, humble bird images underscoring a farmhouse modern aesthetic, that bring to mind the love a patient cook pours into her cooking and ultimately into the hearts of her table guests. Whether it’s something as understated and soothing as a Home Sweet Home Plaque or something as fresh and stirring as a Ceramic Painting, the works of Rae Dunn invariably spell contentment, and it’s hard to imagine a better vibe with which to infuse the home you cherish. (And as for “24,” your kids won’t care much for it anyway). To view a lovely gallery of these ceramic creations, visit www.raedunn.etsy.com.
We have just added a giveaway! Rae Dunn has graciously offered to giveaway a wonderful Soap Dish to the winner of today's givaway. To enter, visit www.raedunn.etsy.com, then come back here to tell us about your favorite product. Wishing Willow subscribers earn an extra entry; be sure to let us know in a second post if you’re a subscriber. To post without a Google account, just click “anonymous.” Be sure to also leave your email address. The winner will be chosen randomly. Contest ends 11/15/08. Good luck!
**We have a winner! Christina who said, "I love the Home Sweet Home Plaque, with the lovely queen bee!"**
Friday, November 7, 2008
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1 – 200 of 239 Newer› Newest»I really like the pear study platter. Very pretty :)
The Pourer is gorgeous! Such unique pieces!
jinglesells at gmail dot com
I have to let you know just one? Cannot do that! I am in love with the *wear your crown plaque*, the chicken platter and the *in my end is my beginning* heart.
Her stuff is so cool!!
And I am a subscriber!
I love the wafer dishes, in particular, the forgive wafer dish.
thanks so much.
I am a subscriber, thanks.
I love the "Baby's Room" plaque with the little bee on it! I also really like the porcelain pourer, but geez, so expensive. The pig soap dish is so cute.
maggie@mannwieler.com
I am also a subscriber!
maggie@mannwieler.com
It's not "expensive" at all if you consider it art :)
I would love to have the salt and pepper cellars on my table,so neat and different.
I like the chicken platter. So neat!
I am also a subscriber!
I like the Toilette plaque to hang. Gorgeous!
rhubbert(at)socal.rr.com
I also subsribe. Thanks again.
rhubbert(at)socal.rr.com
I like the pourer, the chicken platter and the toilette plaque.
thanks for sharing
ceashark at aol dot com
I like the Pear Study Platter and the pig soap dish. Oooh, I hope it's me.
Also, I'm a subscriber.
I love the handmade porcelain salt + pepper cellars with red stitch detail on the back.
i agree, these items are works of art!! - every piece is precious. thanks for the great giveaway!!
davidnorris(at)ntlworld.com
forgive wafer dish.
I like the rock that says: ""in my end is my beginning"
6 inch stem plate because it is simple, cute & blue.
pear study platter
angelina115@hotmail.com
angelina115@hotmail.com
subscriber
I love the "word hearts" especially the one that says "give"
Thanks
nancyrobster@gmail.com
I'm subscribed!!
nancyrobster@gmail.com
love the chicken platter too - all very pretty
mrs.mommyyagmail.com
subscriber mrs.mommyyagmail.com
Believe Wafer Dish is my favorite product - how fine!
My favorite is the four napkin rings!
I'm a subscriber!
I really like the wear your crown plaque- very diva-esque.
I am a subscriber.
I love the red Stem Bowl, so simple and elegant!
I am subscribed to your feed. Thanks!
My favorite is the stem platter. So pretty! Thanks!
I'm a subscriber!
The Stem Platter is lovely; what a nice poem too. But I also love the pig soap dish.
Also, I'm a subscriber! Thanks.
The Chicken Platter is really great!
I'm a subscriber
the sentiment heart " love knows no limits" is my fave
thanks
Christina - xristya@rock.com - I love the Home Sweet Home Plaque, with the lovely queen bee! I also like the entire idea of unique home items to pass on to a future generation!
Christina - xristya@rock.com - For an extra entry, I am also a Wishing Willow subscriber - the updates with giveaways are always so aesthetically pleasing and a cheery spot in my day!
I love the red stem bowl! Very simple, and classy! Everything is great though. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I think the "remove shoes" plaque is neat!
I love the pear platter and honestly I love the pig soapdish even more!
Just awesome.
sunnywilderman@sbcglobal.net
I like the soap dish.
I really like the pourer and the pear study platter. Her work is such a one of a kind, its great!
also I'm a subscriber :)
the pear study platter
The pourer! I love it!
Also a subscriber!
I like the porcelain Pourer.
Thanks so much!!
Michele R.(CA)
luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com
I'm a subscriber!
I really love those pourers, they would make such wonderful gifts
I love the blue stem plate. So pretty.
P.S.--I just subscribed.
I like the remove shoes and home sweet home plaques!
i like the toilette plaque. i want a sign for our guest bath. this is nice and simple.
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My favorite item at the raedunn etsy shop is the Forgive Wafer Dish. So simple and beautiful!
I am also a Wishing Willow subscriber.
Thanks!
Jen Fitzgibbons
wocket@centurytel.net
love the red stem bowl
toilette plaque - very cute announcement of where the washroom is for guests
I am a subscriber!
toilette plaque.
by raedunn
the toilette plaque with the crown on it would make a wonderful apartment warming gift for my son.
I'm loving the baby birth plaque.
The pear study platter is very unique.
puffpastryshop(at)gmail(dot)com
puffpastry.etsy.com
I LOVE the pear study platter. Wow.
Thanks for the chance to win! I really loved those ceramics.
Lexi
lexihenshel at gmail.com
i like the soap dish with the pig its realy nice so is every thing else thanks
I really love the Home Sweet Home plaque...cute! =)
I'm a subscriber!
LOVE the Believe Wafer Dish...thanks for entry!
am subscribed. Thanks again!
I really like the Sentiment Heart that reads "love knows no limits".
I'm also a subscriber.
Love the pear platter.
ktgonyea at gmail.com
I like the pourer so count me in at lagrande2tall4u@hotmail.com
I'm digging the Remove Your Shoes plaque. Thanks for the chance to win! asthenight at gmail dot com
I like the stem platter.
rebbi511 at peoplepc.com
I love the soap dish, but I also really like the sweet salt and pepper cellars!
smchester at gmail dot com
I adore the 6 inch stem bowl (pink leaves and stem-reads LUCK).
I hearted your etsy store.
knittingmomof3 AT gmail DOT com
I just subscribed to the WILLOW BLOG. :)
knittingmomof3 AT gmail DOT com
The salt and pepper cellers and the pear study platter are a toss up.
I love the Toilette sign, with the bird. I've seen her stuff on Etsy before and am hoping my husband buys me something for Christmas!
I subscribe too at katwalck at hotmail dot com
I love the Pour pitchers! They're amazing!
Kate
kateasis.blogspot.com
oops...also...
kate_harshbarger@hotmail.com
I love the pourers and the soap dish. Beautiful stuff!
Thank you for having this. I really like the sentiment heart. too cute. thank you!
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
My wife loves the wafer dishes.
Salt and pepper cellars - so cute!
kodikatt(at)gmail(dot)com
oh, oh, oh. the comme ci,comme ca dish.
or the pourer.
and a great article with a GREAT point!
caitlin1e at hotmail dot com
The chicken platter or the Pourer.
brn2lisn(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to get a set of the napkin rings with our family name. Beautiful. I am queenesperfect at yahoo.com
the blue stem plate is fantastic! I just love it! Thanks for the chance!
sstormster@hotmail.com
I love the Believe Wafer Dish, very nice..great store , thanks for the contest.
I am a subscriber :)
I love the believe wafer dish. Just beautiful.
good luck to all.
tskrush@cox.net
I like the "let the beauty you love be what you do" as that is a sentiment i try to create in the studio everyday.
I love the napkin holder. I've been subscribing the blog and always have loved the update:)
and yes!!! Not only I was the 100 person to leave the comment but also a subscriber. Thank you for always inspiring me.
I like the handmade porcelain salt and pepper cellars with red stitch detail on the back. They are grand.
emerald420@hotmail.com
I met ray and she's the coolest... I love the Toilette tag!
I love the handmade pourer, very pretty!
Everything is very awesome! I especially like the "wear your crown plaque".
I adore her site! I love the sentiment hearts, the stem dishes and the ceramic painting. Please enter me in your soap dish giveaway drawing. Many thanks.....Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I am a subscriber. Thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
Love the Wafer Bowls! Please enter me and thanks for the giveaway.
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
I like the pear platter
The Pear and Chicken platters are my favorite.
This isn’t fair to choose only one for my favorites! OK since one it is, I will have to say the ceramic painting. It gives me a peak of what her sketch journal/book might look like. I love the loose free form of her sketching and the soft color wash effect she uses, the double bonus is her imprinting of simplicity of words on the plaque just makes my heart dance!
http://www.perfect-beginning.blogspot.com
I like the Salt and Pepper Cellars
gkstratos@yahoo.com
Subscriber
gkstratos@yahoo.com
I love Rae Dunn's work....I am a fan, I admit it. I do have to say that I love the salt and pepper cellars. I think they are just lovely. She is a talented bird.
oops...forgot to leave my email. danalwilson@hotmail.com. I just posted about the salt and pepper cellars!
the pourer is so nice. simple but with a little touch flare. restrained.
palmer8@mac.com
My favorite is the 6 inch stem plate.
hollyollyberry[at]yahoo.com
My favorite is definitely the pear study platter:
http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.32921338.jpg
I'm also a subscriber.
kalea_kane(at)yahoo(dot)com
Love the Stem Platter in the pinkish-beige color.
I'm a subscriber
Loving the toilette plaque!!
I like the sentiment heart.
I love the home sweet home plaque and the "vote" rock. Thanks for the chance to win!
oreo89 [at] gmail [dot] com
Also- I subscribed via Google reader!
oreo89 [at] gmail [dot] com
The little rocks. They are adorable.
i really like that pig soap dish.
jayme[dot]bouwens@yahoo[dot]com
i like the salt and pepper cellars.
For my baby daughters room I like the baby's room plaque.
jen62728@aol.com
I am a subscriber
jen62728@aol.com
i like the luck wafer dish.
imjessica(at)mail(dot)com
I love the "Toilette" plaque
shel704[at]aol[dot]com
and I also just signed up as a subscriber.
shel704[at]aol[dot]com
i suscribed!
The pig soap dish is so cute I would use it in my room to store rings
toilette plaque looks pretty!
Thanks for the chance!
dancerinthemaking@gmail.com
Home sweet home plaque is such a great piece. I'll love this for my home!
Crystal(manhattandolls@gmail.com)
Count me in! salt and pepper cellars is my favorite!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Cheers,
Melody
mel_88_88@hotmail.com
remove shoes plaque is so unique. Thanks for the chance.
tan.huishan@gmail.com
I like the stem platter.
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
I like the pourer. The little birdy is so sweet!
I also just joined the mailing list.
I like the pear study platter. It is just amazing! Thanks!!
6 inch stem bowl.
I like the Pourer.
Love it - fave item is the salt/pepper cellars.
gorgeous. simply lovely blog you have. am happy to see rae's work on here. i have been a fan for a very long time. thanks for this op!
I like the believe wafer dish, it's so simple and sweet.
Thanks!
xpsundell(at)gmail(dot)com
I really like the sentiment heart!
mommyhoodisthankless{AT}gmail.com
I like the home sweet home plaque.
mimibunny31@gmail.com
the pourer for sure. the red stiching detail is brilliant. good show rae.
chuck
I love the stem platter with a big capital heart..love love love the saying on it.
I'm a subscriber!! yay!!
My favorite is the stem platter.
-Terra
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
i love the pourer withthe contrasting stitch
I like the chicken platter!
I love everything, but especially her Pourer, so beautiful! Thank you!
I like the six inch stem plate. These are beautiful! parvax at aol dot com
I love all your beauties but I care for the
sentinment heart and the vote rock and the hold rock,I love them all.
Thanks.
my favorite is the bird pourer. I love birds.
Toilette sign with the crown :)
I adore the baby birth plaque
The en petite plate is simply wonderful-thanks!!
gomeggo[at]gmail[dot]com
the toilette sign with the bird. What a bird has to do with the bath, im not sure.
i like the chicken platter, thanks!
stem platter is my fav..
What a cool etsy shop. I just love the salt and pepper cellars. Thanks.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
I absolutely love the chicken platter. Thanks for a great giveaway ;)
I like the stem platter the best!
momabr at yahoo dot com
My favorite is the toilet plaque with the little bird.
I like the inspirational rocks.
the wear your crown plaque:)
a.monck@yahoo.com
the red stem bowl!
I love the wear your crown plaque and the darling pig dish! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net
I think the salt and pepper cellars
are so unique. Thanks for the giveaway.
LOVE the bird pourer!! Thank you!!
Im a subscriber!!
remove shoes plaque. is very neat!
I am a subscriber.
The Salt and Pepper Cellars are great! I love the text and the way it is written. I would love to have those on my table for display!
I like the pourer
i like the pourer the best!
thanks!
spellbound18@hotmail.com
i am also a subscriber
spellbound18@hotmail.com
I love the little bee dish!
So cute!
I love the little bee dish!
tomps77 at yahoo dot com
Actually, from what I have seen, this is my favorite. Thanks for the chance to win and good luck everyone!
chicken platter VERY FUN ITEMS
nice!
I dig that toilette plaque with the bird on it! Very pretty
I would like the 4 inspirational rocks.
donna444444@yahoo.com
I am a subscriber.
donna444444@yahoo.com
I like the sentiment heart " love knows no limits" Thanks for the chance to win this.
erma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net
I like the 6 inch stem plate.
The 6 inch stem plate is pretty.
I love the chicken platter. How cute. Thanks for the giveaway. I hope a very deserving person wins. Cute blog by the way!
taylorhappyheart(at)gmail(dot)com
The chicken platter would stay on my table all the time!
I like the "toilette plaque" as well as the beautiful pourer.
Thank you for another great giveaway.
I'm also a subscriber.
that is a cool looking chicken platter!
The Luck wafer dish is perfect!
Cheers!
Good luck everyone.
issue.girl@gmail.com
I love the Pour Pitchers. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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