Leave it on the table
[Chapter: Decorate]Leafwares
Half of these are used daily in the kitchen while the rest serve as backup.
I use the petite ones to hold chopped ingredients like garlic, chilli and ginger. Those with sufficient depth will hold dips. The medium-sized leaves serve small food portions.
One of these was sold as a soap dish at the L’occitane shop.
Food laid out on leaves is just naturally different, well…sometimes.
Backup
And speaking of backup, I had a “crisis” yesterday afternoon while sending out a monthly newsletter to subscribers on my list.
As usual, I was using a software program to carry out the mailing to each email address on the list and after the process was completed, the next step was to filter off any email addresses that have bounced back. To my horror, after the second step was done, the program had actually deleted every subscriber’s email address on my list that were on a text file! There were more than a thousand addresses! Oh nooo!
My heart dropped for a moment! It has not happened in this manner before so I was caught by surprise and puzzled, all at the same time.
The good thing was my backup plan B helped saved half of what was gone and for the rest of Monday evening, I had a look at my backup plan C to retrieve an earlier list, dug up some records, and then one by one, I entered each new subscriber’s details manually to complete my list again. Then I could sleep.
Do you have backup plans for files that are important to you? An external hard disk drive and a USB flash drive are must haves.
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From Tracy
LOVE all your leaf plates…they are all so beautiful! What a pretty, varied collection you have. I like eating off small plate. It makes each item seem more special, like a gift. So glad all is well after the deletion disaster–Serenity Now! Thanks, too, for the backup reminder. We have some photo file we shouls save as extra. Happy Day ((HUGS))
2007.11.13 @ 10:27 am
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From Jessica
I love your collection of dishes! Very cool.
Glad you were able to fix your subscriber list!
At Jessica’s blog: Matchbox Advent Calendar
2007.11.13 @ 10:33 am
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From tea time and roses
Your leaf plates are beautiful! Hmmmm, I must ask my son-in-law who takes care of our computer for us…thank you so much for the reminder! I must be on your mailing list right away, and will do it today..
Hugs…
Beverly
At tea time and roses’s blog: A Tiny Peek…..
2007.11.13 @ 12:41 pm
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From Felicia
Beautiful leaves! So glad you avoided disaster :)
2007.11.13 @ 4:16 pm
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From kat
I have a lovely leaf plate from paris that I just love. But wow, what a collection you have. Just lovely!
I’m glad you were able to recover your list. Yes, back up is so important. I don’t do it enough!
2007.11.14 @ 1:59 pm
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From Sonnja
Your leaf plates are beautiful!
Kind regards,Sonnja,from the Netherlands
2007.11.15 @ 12:37 am
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From Colleen
I’m not much of a collector but you may just have inspired me to begin one. What an absolutely beautiful and practical collection!
(And with everyone else, thanks for the reminder.)At Colleen’s blog: tea shirk
2007.11.15 @ 4:23 pm
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From SierraMoon
Clara – I’m a stranger to any computer stuff, but this makes me wonder if you got the email after my trip to Switzerland (oct) about the swap… ? I’m seriously wondering now, because I’ve hardly heard from you since… which made me a little upset (you didn’t even tell me you had a new blog-I learned this by accident…)
At SierraMoon’s blog: un-zéro-zéro
2007.11.27 @ 2:59 pm
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From Sarah
They are beautiful.
At Sarah’s blog: It’s a Contest Baby!
2008.02.29 @ 9:18 am
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