As my birthday approached, my husband asked for gift ideas. I had none, but then the feed on my Samsung tablet showed some bowls that interested me. They were Pioneer Woman items available at Walmart. I browsed the Walmart internet site. I found several other Pioneer Woman things that I put into my cart. I told my husband he could buy the cart stuff or pick something else. He finished shopping the cart. Amazingly, the items arrived in a few days in two shipments all getting here about 4 days before my birthday even though they were ordered just 1 week before.
Ree Drummond tends to stick with a certain color palette that goes well with my other household items. My husband bought [I bought :)] two Fancy Flourish pasta bowls, two Brilliant Blooms kitchen towels, four Sweet Rose braided placemats.
Comments on Walmart about the size of the bowls had me wondering if they would be useful for more than pasta. They are bigger than most cereal/soup bowls, but not really too big to be used that way. Actually, I think they are rather modest sized for pasta. They will brighten up my winter days.
The towels are not the typical terry kind I usually buy, but I think they will be OK.
I really like the placemats, but the website said they were machine washable while the tag on the mats says spot clean only. That is disappointing because the other Pioneer Woman placemats I bought 3 or 4 years ago launder up so well in the washing machine.
My older placemats are the floral ones.
Reviewers of the braided placemats suggested using them as hot pads, "doilies" under vases, under potted plants for a spot of color besides as placemats. So far, I am using them as mats only, but I could see other uses in the future.
Ree's merchandise is pretty and made a nice and convenient birthday gift.
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