decorative glassOne of our holiday traditions is to bake all kinds of cookies and serve them on decorative glass dishes like this one. It's actually really fun from the get go because my sister and her kids and I get together and make an afternoon out of the cookie baking. My sis and I do the baking and the kids do the decorating, we listen to seasonal music and nibble on the cookies all afternoon. I decided earlier this year that I would add some decorative glass plates to put out not only our holiday cookies, but use them to put out some savory treats as well. I ordered two Handmade Colin Cowie 2 Tier Glass Server with Gold Trim online this year and they came in time for our celebrations and I'm glad I did because everything looked really good on the decorative glass plates and they were a snap to wash up.

Storing them is no problem, either. They screw together, so they can be unscrewed and stacked in a cabinet for later use. These plates will come in handy all through the year when food is a festive accompaniment to a holiday dinner like when we're sitting around the pool for Memorial Day or the Fourth of July. We're all adults so we don't worry about having glass near the pool and these glass servers are very stable, anyway, since they are bottom heavy.

I found these at Circuit Values located at http://www.circuitvalues.com, a site that all sorts of things for home entertainment, whether it's decorative glass like this or electronics for listening to music or watching TV. We have found that it's so much easier to buy what we need or want online than face the crowds when we're out shopping. Traffic can be a real disaster near the shopping malls, and when we shop online, we save time and money. These decorative glass plates were on sale online for a substantial discount, so it just made sense to buy them online.

I enjoy getting new decorative glass plates that are totally functional and beautiful. These are really attractive and they are a simple, elegant design so they look good with both sweet and savory food on them. We're having neighbors in for a New Year's Eve party and I'm looking forward to using both of the decorative glass plates for the cheese and crackers along with vegetable sticks and some fruit slices. Then they'll go into storage until our next big holiday rolls along, which is likely to be Easter.