My mom started collecting china when she was around 14 years old. Since the brand she collected was quite expensive, the collecting process was slow, and from her parents she recieved one coffee cup every birthday and one plate every christmas. When she got some extra money from a summer job or so, she could afford the larger items i the series, like the teapot or a big bowl. When she was 25 the set was complete.
The idea of saving up for something you really want, instead of buying stuff that just seems ok for now, seems both very traditional but also very modern to me. I admit that I (like most of us, I suppose) sometimes fall for fun and inexpensive stuff of poor quality, but those items seldomly stays with me for more than a couple of years. Either they have fallen apart, or I lost my interest and forgot why this or that little thingie was so adorble two years ago. If a relationship is going to last, then maybe the “hard-to-get factor” is more important than we think? If you have to dream and have a bit of a struggle before you get what you want, and that when you finally get it, you will love it and keep it for life, then maybe that is not such a bad idea?
Long-term thinking folks! Good design and good quality is more expensive to buy, yes, but if it lasts a lifetime, you’ll save! I will try to keep that in mind!
My mother’s china is still in use, and mum cherish it now as much as she did back in the early 60’s. That’s true love to me!
/ Emma Margareta
