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>From: boltmom2000@aol.com  (Boltmom2000)

>I am jealous.  You live near the Fiestaware factory?  :-P
>
<B>  Yup - the Homer Laughlin Factory is where they make it.  They have a
"seconds warehouse" where they sell the slightly flawed stuff SUPER cheap. 
Dinner plates go for around $1.25, and the "flaws" are so tiny in some cases
(like a white spot the size of a pinhead on a piece) that it's not even
noticeable.  I've been collecting Fiestaware for years from there, and am
working on service for 12.  But the stuff is so cheap at the factory,  I use
the saucers under flower pots, etc.  They have tea-cups that are pretty small
(they look like they'd hold about 4-5 ounces, and are only about 2-1/2 inches
tall).  I was thinking of making "centerpieces" for different holidays in them.
 Like, using 3 cups with matching saucers (say, red, white and blue for the
4th) and putting them all on a silver tray in the middle of the table.  In the
summer,  they can be filled with citronella-scented candles, and I can dye them
whatever color I want.  Or for Christmas, red, green, and white.... and so on, 
lol.  It would also be nice for "throwaway" Christmas gifts (like to people I
work with, casual aquaintances -  you know, the ones you don't really want to
buy things for, but feel like you should) to take the large "chili mug" cups
(like the ones on Friends) and fill them with coffee-scented candles.

Hehehehehe - I'm really getting into this now :)