Happy Birthday,

to Homer Laughlin!

- born March 23, 1843, to Matthew and Maria Laughlin

 Wishing all a safe and 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

(Photo courtesy Glenn Rogers)

 Attention HLCCA members ---

Spring is on its way, and so is the spring issue of The Dish, — shipped and heading to your mailboxes. Special thanks to Mark Gonzalez for the spring cover shot.

New 2021 Fiesta® Color!

 Welcoming The Fiesta® Tableware Company’s NEW 2021 addition to the Fiesta® dinnerware palette — Twilight

Photo Courtesy The Fiesta® Tableware Company

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Happy Birthday, Pillsbury Doughboy!

 

Happy 55th Birthday

Pillsbury Doughboy!

The Pillsbury Doughboy, debuted in television commercials 

on November 7, 1965.

 A Betty Crocker Exclusive, The Pillsbury Doughboy 

was available on Fiesta® through the Betty Crocker catalog 

in 2004 and 2005. 

Its design on white Fiesta® items consists of the Pillsbury Doughboy 

standing in front of a blue circle.

There are three variations of this design. 

 The Pillsbury Doughboy has his hands on his hips, 

is holding up one arm or has both arms up. 

Three of the pieces have the Diner-style squares 

around the edge of the piece as well. 

A breakdown of the decal and items are listed below.

Oval Serving Bowl, #409

Arms up with Diner style edge

Dinner Plate, #466

Arms up with Diner style edge

Mug, #453

Arms up

Disk Pitcher Large, #484

Arms up

Medium Bowl 19 oz, #461

Hands on his hips

Rangetop Salt and Pepper, #756

Hands on his hips

Salad Plate, #464

One arm up

Utensil Crock, #447

One arm up

Medium Oval Platter, #457

One arm up with Diner style edge

September 22: the first day of fall

— a good day for banana bread!

 Looking for back issues? 

Attention HLCCA Members— While we're awaiting the fall issue of The Dish to arrive, Merrill has uploaded some previous issues to the HLCCA web store, and Susan is ready to get them out to you. Check out the HLCCA website. Make sure to log in with your email and password. https://www.hlcca.org/Paper-C4.aspx 

Celebrating Labor Day!

Saluting the American workforce!

 75 years ago today — September 2, 1945

for National V-J Day, the official end of World War II.

The exclusive HLCCA Fiesta® juice pitcher design celebrating 1945 was unveiled during 2013’s HLCCA Conference Award Banquet and commemorates The End of the War — Victory, and was available on Peacock.

Announcing —

 Attention HLCCA members ---

Fall is on its way, and so is the fall issue of The Dish, currently at the printer, and heading to your mailboxes early September. Special thanks to Saarin Schwartz for the fall cover shot. (Also, a big thank you to Kathy Holley who supplied the cover photo on spring, 2020!)

Announcing—

NEW— Dillard’s Fiesta Butterscotch 

Exclusives

Fiesta dinnerware is now available in Butterscotch, a vibrant color with strong orange undertones that will surely brighten your tabletop. This festive color dinnerware is now available at Dillard’s and comes in sets and open stock, including exclusive medium and small footed bowls as well as a commemorative mini disc pitcher. Available online and in stores. 

Now Online —

ATTENTION HLCCA MEMBERS —

While you're waiting for your paper issue to arrive in the mail - 

you can access the online version of The Dish

and also view previous archived issues:

1 Log into your HLCCA account at www.hlcca.org.

2 Once you log in, you will see an option in the upper menu bar – 

next to the last option on the right “The Dish” – click here.

3 Please read the welcome message 

and then click on the cover to see this edition.

4 Now you will see the table of contents on the right and 

additional features on the top right.

5 Remember, you will need to be logged into your 

HLCCA account to gain access.

Be sure to check out the ads as there are some special offers 

from our loyal advertisers. 

Remember - The SideDish is now available on our home page 

near the bottom - check it out!

DISH, Summer 2020

Attention HLCCA members ---

Summer is on its way, and so is the summer issue of The Dish.

It is printed, shipped, and coming to your mailbox soon!

Special thanks to Jan Fels and Leon Drebes for the summer cover shot. 

Also, a big thank you to Kathy Holley, 

who supplied the cover photo on spring’s issue, 2020! 

Not a member? - Join at www.hlcca.org

Happy St. Patrick's Day - March 17, 2020

The Ides of March, now over, was a day of bad luck for Julius Caesar, 

and those in need of toilet paper, 

but now we head into celebrating 

St. Patrick’s Day, on March 17, 2020. 

Stay safe everyone! 

(Thanks Glenn Rogers for his Shamrock and Meadow 2020 photos!)

ATTENTION HLCCA MEMBERS

HLCCA Board Election 2020

Our annual Board of Directors election will be starting 

Saturday, March 7, at 12:01am EST. 

We have four open Board positions this year that we will be voting on. As we have in the past, we will use ElectionBuddy.com to manage the voting process. This simplifies the process by allowing you to vote online using any internet-capable computer, tablet or mobile device. The voting period will be open from Saturday, March 7th and will close at the end of the day on Saturday, March 21st. 

(HLCCA Members: check your email —Subject: HLCCA Board of Directors Election— for more information on voting.

Attention HLCCA members

Spring is on its way, and so is the spring issue of “The Dish”, 

currently at the printers, and being mailed out this week. 

Special thanks to Kathy Holley for the spring cover shot. 

(Also, a big thank you to Melissa Schlegelmann 

who supplied the festive holiday cover photo on winter, 2019!)

Happy 34th Birthday! 

— 34 years ago today —

- contemporary Fiesta® dinnerware was reintroduced today, 

February 28, 1986, 

by The Homer Laughlin China Company of Newell, WV, 

at The Cultural Center in Charleston, WV 

- in the contemporary colors of 

Black, White, Cobalt Blue, Rose and Apricot.

Our 20th Anniversary!

In July, we will be celebrating our 20th Anniversary. 

We are expecting record numbers this year. If you're going to the conference and want to participate you still have until June 1st, 2018 to sign up for the exhibits. 

As always, this conference could not happen without the support of our members. That means participation is the key to our success. 

• Are you looking to sell some of your HLC dinnerware? If so, please follow the link provided for more info: HLCCA Dealer Info

• Maybe you want to take a leap and participate in a Judged Exhibit? Psst...it's not as daunting as you think. Complete guidelines can be found here: Judged Exhibits

Don't worry! We have lots of other fun stuff you can do in case you can't bring a whole trunk load of dishes to showcase. 

• The Microzibits are a fun dish exhibit category because if you're tight on space you really only need to bring one dish with you to the conference. Basically "Anything Goes". To learn more about this category, the info can be found here: Microzibits

  

• The Tablescape Displays never disappoint. This is, by far, the most popular among members. Take a few weeks to perfect your place setting for one and bring it to the conference in July for members to see. Make sure you don't miss the cutoff date to sign up though (June 1, 2018). You can learn more about this here: Tablescapes

• Maybe you're a bit more crafty and want to participate in this NEW dish category this year. Not only are we bringing back the floral exhibit category from years past, but we've added the option to display a unique craft or even do the fun "Dish'guise" option from last year. Members had fun dressing up their dishes in their favorite characters. 

The guidelines for the NEW Creative Dish Display category can be found here:

 Creative Dish Display

Sign-up is FAST and EASY! As a reminder, make sure you sign-in using your HLCCA login first. Then visit the EVENTS tab on our homepage:

 HLCCA Conference Displays

SAVE THE DATE!

HLCCA Conference 2018

 20th Anniversary Celebration

July 12-15, 2018

 Pittsburgh, PA 

(Watch in the upcoming months for 

registration, hotel and further information)