DISHY NEWS BLOG TO BOOKS!

 

If you can tear your eyes away from the transferware, you'll notice five large books.  They contain all of the 327 Dishy News posts that I have written since 2013. I had no idea you could transform your blog posts into paper books until a recent visit to our friends Mark and Sandra. Mark showed us two books he had made from blog posts of his visit to India. I was surprised at how well the books were formatted, as well as the quality of the paper and color. The company that Mark used was PixxiBook. I hoped PixxiBook wouldn't be too difficult to use, but the hardest thing I had to do was pick the colors of the covers!

I thought I'd show you how some of the posts look in the books. I hope you get an idea of the size of the books, 12 inches by 8.5 inches, and the excellent color of the pictures.

 

You may wonder why I chose to make hard copies of my blog posts. I have learned that everything is ephemeral, so I treated PixxiBook like insurance. If the Cloud disappears, I may still have the books. Or, if I have a house fire, I may still have the Cloud. More than that,  I am taking such pleasure in seeing the books on my book shelves.

 

 

One more thing. I wondered what I would choose for the covers of my books. Luckily, PixxiBook made that easy, as they offer a mosaic of photos from your book.  Below are the covers from Book 1 and Book 5.  

 

Just a few more photos from inside the books.  

THE END

BLOG TO BOOKS!

 

 

 

 

If you can tear your eyes away from the transferware, you'll notice the five large books. They contain all of the 327 Dishy News posts I have written since 2013. I had no idea you could transform your blog posts into paper books until a recent visit to our friends Mark and Sandra. Mark showed us two books he had made from blog posts of his visit to India.  I was surprised at how well the books were formatted, as well as the quality of the paper and color. The company Mark used was PixxiBook. I hoped PixxiBook wouldn't be difficult to use, but the hardest thing I had to do was pick the colors of the covers!

I thought I'd show you how some of the posts look in the books. I hope you get an idea of the size of the books, 12 inches by 8.5 inches, and the excellent color. 

You may wonder why I chose to make hard copies of my blog posts. I have learned that everything is ephemeral, so I treated PixxiBook like insurance. If the Cloud disappears, I may still have the books. Or, if I have a house fire, I may still have the Cloud. More than that,  I am taking such pleasure in seeing the books on my book shelves.
 

 

 

 

 

DANCING BEARS ON TRANSFERWARE

 

I recently entered a small transferware plate with a painted shell edge into the database of the Transferware Collectors Club.  I thought the pattern had something to do with the use of a dancing bear as entertainment, but I wasn't sure until I did a bit of research.  Dancing bears were a form of street entertainment in Europe and Asia from the Middle Ages and, in some countries, into the 21st century. I'll add that bear dancing was outlawed in Britain in 1911. You can imagine that training a bear had to be horrific, similar to training any wild animal. I won't go into details, but if you want to know more about the history of bears as entertainment, here is an excellent website titled Dancing Bears. Notice that the group of people on the left look more frightened than amused. Also notice that the animal on the bear's head is a monkey. I assume the monkey's whip was more for show that punishment. 

I found another small plate that features Bear Dancing. This one is titled. I wonder what the man and the bear are doing with the sticks?

 

"Dancing Bear" 2.88 inch plate with a molded daisy border

I have again learned something new from looking at a transferware pattern.