Entertainingly Entertaining Serving Pieces

November is the start of the party season and that makes us both excited and a tad bit nervous. We love throwing dinner parties (and attending them too!) so this year we wanted to make sure our parties were ones to remember.

Unique serving pieces are always a great way to make your dinner party stand our from the rest. As much as we love really formal dinner parties, it's a breath of fresh air to attend a holiday dinner party where you can just relax and laugh the night away. Also, the low prices of these tongue-in-cheek serving pieces helps to take the pressure off as well!

Did we mention that we're seriously in love with Jonathan Adler Serving Pieces?

• Jonathan Adler Shoe Butter Dish $64
• Unsealed Glass Bowl $22
• Heffer Pitcher $22
• WineStein $16
• Oh Snap! Cheese Slicer $18
• Pick Your Nose Party Cups $12
• Half Pint Glass Creamer $15
• Pink Pig Potholder $20
• Jonathan Adler Salt & Pepper Muse $44
• Table Saw Cake Cutter $8

Comments (11)

The butter dish is perfect for all those people who feel they must remove their shoes before entering the house. I almost wish I knew one of those people... I'd buy them this for christmas.

posted by arroyo on November 2nd 2009 at 1:36pm
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Oh, and the salt and pepper set looks a lot like La Gardo Tackett's Egghead condom holders, which were sold thru Playboy in the 1950s.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Ceramic-Egghead-Schmid-Condom-Holder-Happy_W0QQitemZ170400303615QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27aca649ff

posted by arroyo on November 2nd 2009 at 1:39pm
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This reminds me of how much I love my banana shaped serving plate from J.Adler.

posted by teacupcake on November 2nd 2009 at 1:40pm
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What does one serve with shoe butter? Toe jam?

posted by elankat on November 2nd 2009 at 1:45pm
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elankat....

haha!

posted by aliciaanne on November 2nd 2009 at 2:15pm
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Great, fun, different, inspiring, definitely a party to remember.

posted by JennF on November 2nd 2009 at 2:21pm
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Just when you think you've seen it all.
Definitely worth a chuckle.

posted by zoee on November 2nd 2009 at 2:44pm
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I gave similar oven mitts as gifts last year, and they definitely get a lot of attention from my friend's guests when she uses them.

posted by akay on November 2nd 2009 at 3:42pm
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Love the pink pig potholder!!!

Does anyone know if there are other animals from the same company, and if so where I can order them from???

Cheers

posted by mrpiggy on November 3rd 2009 at 3:21am
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@mrpiggy, I found the ones I bought on Amazon. This mouse is one of them and a few other animals are available

posted by akay on November 3rd 2009 at 5:58pm
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I have potholders like that - I have a duck and a shark. But they don't work well at all! Cute sight gags, but totally useless in the kitchen. You can't grip anything, and the heat goes right through the plastic. Sorry!

posted by Harpy on November 5th 2009 at 12:16pm
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