Smashed it
A lot of bloggers find blogging about the things, good and bad, that have happened in their lives therapeutic. We haven’t really used MFH that way until now, but this weekend I opened a cupboard and the lid of a very nice tureen fell out and smashed on the floor. [Enraged face]
Rats. I bought it, one of two lidded tureens, at an antiques fair, and it’s Crownford, in Laburnum pattern. I hate breaking things, but I found getting my camera and taking a (murky) picture to show you quite a good way of not getting too cross about it. Such a good way, in fact, that I urge you to do the same next time some crockery hits the deck in your house.
My serious suggestion is you take a picture and email us, and we’ll post it, spiriting away your chipped china rage and dispersing it safely into the ether of the internet. Deal?
Poor you! Commiserations! But that looks like quite a clean break, so it looks quite mendable? Not the same I know. But I hope you know about the amazing product Sugru though – http://www.sugru.com – a household essential for mending or hacking stuff. We use it for chipped china a LOT at home
Thanks Malika. I think if it had been something handed down to me, rather than something I bought recently-ish, I might have, but the thought of mending it depressed me more than just binning it. Must have watched too many episodes of the Antiques Roadshow, or something. But thanks for the tip, because I certainly will break something I can’t bear to throw out soon x
http://pinksister.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/broken-cup-re-made/
I broke a treasured Stavangerflint cup a little while ago but it now serves as a pincushion and so I don’t feel the pangs so much (see my post above). A least these days there is hope of finding a replacement for most things eventually on eBay. Though I am still looking for a particular Handpainted Wellington china pattern after 3 years or more. Hope you feel better soon.
Hello, I thought of sugru too but that’s for more bold visible repairs really, well I’m risking sounding obvious here but in the right hands the pieces can be great in mosaic, but you’d have to smash it up a bit more! I’ve kept all my favourite broken bits for this – though when I might make time to use them is another story, but if not there are kids craft workshoppers who could use them.