It’s summertime, which means two things. One, we need to do something fun. Two, you need good dishes for summer entertaining. How about I combine the two by doing a giveaway (fun!) of my most favorite melamine dishes (perfect for summer)? Let’s do it.
Pictured: Knoll Gardens Serving Bowl
I’ve been working with Q Squared NYC for some time now and continue to love their dishes and serveware year after year. Not only does Q Squared have gorgeous designs, but the quality of their melamine is top notch. I know you think you know melamine, but this melamine is just so much better than what you normally see in stores – thick, heavy (in a good way!) and just plain pretty. You can click here to learn more about what melamine is (I just discovered myself that it’s an organic-based material!) and why Q Squared’s is so lovely. We have a set of Q Squared plates we use every day. I’ve been cleaning them in the dishwasher for years and they look as good as new. And my kids have yet to break anything made by Q Squared. Their dishes are indestructible!
While our family uses Q Squared dishes every day no matter where we eat, I am especially grateful for the dishes when we are eating outside. I have zero worries about anything getting broken. And I love hosting parties and taking food to potlucks because it means I get to break out all of my awesome Q Squared serving platters and trays. I kid you not, I get compliments on them every time.
Pictured: Royal Lapis Dinner Plate, Salad Plate and Bread & Butter Plate
Since it’s summer, I think you need a little Q Squared loveliness in your life, too! You have two options to make this happen. First, go shopping and use the code JANE20 to get 20% off everything at Q Squared (code is valid through Labor Day 9/5/16). I promise you will love whatever you buy! Your second option is to enter the summer giveaway below!
To celebrate their beautiful new summer collections, including the Knoll Gardens and Royal Lapis patterns you see in this post, Q Squared is giving away a 12-piece dinnerware set to one of you lucky people! To enter, leave a comment below telling us which pattern you would choose. That’s all you have to do! Click here to view all of the collections. Be sure to leave your comment telling us your favorite pattern by Midnight PT on Friday, July 29, 2016.
I don’t want to influence you too heavily or anything, but I am head-over-heels in love with my new Knoll Gardens dishes. They are GORGEOUS. I mean, the Royal Lapis is gorgeous, too, but Knoll Gardens really has me smitten. 😉
Happy Shopping!
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The Royal Lapis is lovely!
Thank you!
I like the Lima
I love the Fontainebleau!
the knoll gardens!
The Knoll Gardens is stunning!
I really like The Heritage!
I love the Portsmouth.
Oh, the Knoll Gardens is beautiful!
Definitely in love with the Knoll Gardens!!
I love the peony set.
Medina!
Cambridge Rose is gorgeous! Hooray!
Q Squared is fabulous. I had no idea it existed. I want to replace all my 15 year old white melamine dinnerware from Target with Q Squared! Thanks for bringing it to my attention Jane! LOVE IT.
Palazzo
Beautiful dishes
Love the Royal Lapis! But the Lima is a close 2nd. Maybe I can buy one set, and win one set!
Heritage. Or peony! Or knoll gardens! How do you pick just one favorite? These designs are beautiful!
I absolutely fell in love with the Talavera in Azul dinnerware set!
Royal Lapis, baby!!!
I’m rubbing my royal eyes!!!
Medina
Royal Lapis is my absolute favorite!
I’m torn between the Diamond Square or the Pembroke – all the patterns are pretty, but those two caught my eye! I’d have to say the Diamond Square would be my ultimate choice. Thanks!
These are beautiful! Would love to win this!
I love the Royal Lapis but Knoll Gardens is right on its heels! I could use some good melamine! Thanks!
Royal lapis is gorgeous!
Lima!
Ruffles in Pebble! Because it absolutely looks like pearls!
Jane,
Why haven’t any men responded? I like the one with the cookies!
Doug
Love the Royal Lapis
I love Royal Lapis pattern (you always have good taste so how could I not?!).
I love Royal Lapis!
These are great. Need to replace those chipped plates.
Wouldn’t dinner be lovely on these beauties!!!
I love knoll gardens too!
LOVE THEM ALL!! but the lima would be my pick!
I love Knoll Gardens! Since we are living in Manhattan now, it is only fitting that I have plates from NYC, right?!?!
I love the Royal Lapis…and the Ruffle…and the Heritage…SO pretty and so hard to decide!
Love Royal Lapis!!!
Oh man total heart eyes for Knoll Gardens!!!!
I’m all for the Knoll Gardens
Cambridge!!!
Love these – not yer (my) Momma’s
Melamine!
Pembroke!
It’s so hard to choose, but I think I like Palazzo the best!
I like Knoll Gardens
So pretty! I pick Royal Lapis. Fingers crossed!
How fun! I would totally pick the medina!
Peonie!
So many beautiful patterns, but I like the Medina best.
Love heritage!!! â¤ï¸
I would absolutely be so happy to showcase these beautiful dishes.
Royal Lapis!
They are all so pretty but I especially love the Lima.
Diamond round! can’t go wrong with classic white.
Heritage! Heritage!
Knoll garden! And mix in some diamond round!
since red is my favorite color I’m picking talavera in roja!
Knoll Gardens is beautiful. My second choice is Peony.
My favorite is the Cambridge Rose in Colbalt. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
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I like the BellaDonna. Very elegant and formal!
I really love the Royal Lapis pattern!
royal lapis is my favorite!!
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I really like the Ruffle in spruce.
I’m swooning over Heritage!!!
I love Ruffle in Sapphire!
I love the royal lapis
Royal lapis is so elegant and pretty!
I think the “Lima” is the prettiest.
Stunning! I love them all… and would pick Medina!
Definitely the Knoll Gardens — it’s just gorgeous!
Talavera in Roja is so beautiful! That’s what I would pick!
Cambridge rose in crimson
I like the Talavera in Azul. It was a hard decision though.
Cambridge Rose in Cobalt is beautiful!!
I love the Pembroke. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such beautiful dish patterns before!
My favorite pattern is the ruffle in paprika. A close second is the talavera in roja set.
I love the Bella Donna…
my favorite pattern is KNOLL GARDENS! Such a pretty set!
i really like the Cambridge Rose pattern!
Love the Knoll Garden pattern! so chic!
Cambridge Rose in Crimson, I love it!
I’m with Jane on this – I love Knoll Garden
The Cambridge Rose in Cobalt is my preferred choice, primarily because our entire kitchen is accented in cobalt.
My favorite would be the Palazzo set…so pretty!
I love the Diamond Square!
I love the KNOLL GARDENS! So gorgeous!
Lima is beautiful! So is Portsmouth. So many cool designs.
Loving Blue Lapis as well!
The Daimond Square!
Gorgeous!
I love the ruffle in sapphire
I would choose the talavera in natural. so pretty and would match my kitchen perfectly!!!
I really love the heritage design!
I would definitely choose the peony collection! Thanks so much for the chances to win.
I like the Heritage collection.
LOVE and have some of the Heritage Collection. They are by far the most impressive plates of my melamine assortment!
Additionally when it comes to clean-up I love that Q Squared’s plates can go into the dishwasher on either top or bottom rack.
I would choose the Royal Lapis. I love the colors!
I like the Hampton Toile- very nice!
Medina!
Ruffles in white is my all-time favorite. Allows the food to shine.
Love the Knoll Gardens!!! 🙂
I really like the diamond square dinner set. It’s gorgeous yet simple.
Talavera In Roja â¤ï¸
Royal Lapis… It’s gorgeous.
I’m in love with the Talavera in Azul! It would be so perfect for my first apartment. 🙂
I love the Portsmouth
The Knoll Gardens.
So hard to pick one but I like peony the most!!! 🙂
Royal Lapis GOEGEOUS!
Such a tough decision! I really love the royal lapis pattern.
How can anyone choose?!? Wow such striking designs. If I HAD to choose I would just be so happy with the Pembroke.
Oh, the Knoll gardens are my fav, too.
The Peony in white …ethereal. Just lovely.
Cambridge in crimson
Yes to Royal Lapis !!
Thank you ..
I looove Lima! So springy!
Oh my, they are all so pretty. I love the ruffled dinnerware, but the TALAVERA IN ROJA would go perfectly with my kitchen, and it’s beautiful too!
The Heritage!
That Royal lapis!!! So beautiful to have at the table.
I am in love with the Royal Lapis pattern! Thank you so much for this chance!
Mmmm- would love to have the Peony!
We must have the same taste because Royal Lapis and Knoll Gardens are my two favorites out of all of the collections! Which would I choose?! Ahhhh! Maybe I’d go with Knoll Gardens. lol
I would pick Diamond Round.
RUFFLE IN SAPPHIRE is my fav! Thanks
I love the CAMBRIDGE ROSE IN COBALT
I’d pick Peony!!
I love the Medina
I would pick TALAVERA IN ROJA
I absolutely LOVE the Portsmouth collection. Beautiful!
Royal Lapis! It only took me about five minutes to choose (and I went back and forth between three others). 😉
I really like the Royal Lapis as well. I did visit the website.
I would love love love the PEMBROKE 12PC MELAMINE PLATE SET
I would like the Pembrooke 12 pc Melamine Plate set. Thank you for this FANtastic Giveaway!
My favorite is Medina.
I like the ruffle in linen set!
I love the ruffle in pebbel
I also love the Knoll Gardens.
I would pick the Hampton Toile! It’s so beautiful and classy!
The royal lapis for me. Love that design.
I really like the
RUFFLE IN PEBBLE
Oh wow, those are both so beautiful! So hard to pick one favorite! I think I would get the Knoll Gardens! We raise monarchs…so those are so perfect for us with all the flowers! The Heritage is so beautiful too! Oh plating up our dinners would be so much fun! 🙂
So pretty! I really like the Royal Lapis.
I remember having melamine as a kid…although nothing so pretty! The ruffle in sapphire is such a pretty blue!
I like them all, ha, but the Cambridge Rose in Cobalt is really beautiful!
I love the
FONTAINEBLEAU
Pattern
I would choose Medina!
Have a great weekend!
I love the blue lapis
You had me at Knoll Gardens. I don’t see another that I like near as much. They are beautiful!!!
I love the diamond square dinnerware
I like so many! I think my favorite is Talarvera in Azul.
CAMBRIDGE ROSE IN CRIMSON and PEONY are my favorites!!
I really like the Royal Lapis. Its so pretty and it would go very well with my kitchen!! Thanks!
The pattern I would choose is the CAMBRIDGE ROSE IN CRIMSON
Hard to choose, but I think my favorite is Yuletide!
That’s a tough choice! I’d probably say the Royal Lapis – love the colors
I really like the Hampton Toile.
All of them are so pretty. I believe the knoll gardens is the best!
I think I would choose Essex! So beautiful! 🙂 It would be a difficult choice.
I love the Ruffle Square plates!
Royal Lapis
You know, I really like the Diamond Square. I think because it is so different than anything I have ever had. It is so pretty.
My favorite dinnerware is the Medina pattern.
I really like the Ruffle in Msit Blue 12PC Melamine Dinnerware.
I love the TALAVERA IN AZUL 12PC MELAMINE DINNERWARE SET
The knoll gardens is cool!
I like Pembroke 12pc Melamine Plate Set.
The Essex collection is the one that matches my kitchen best, but all of the Q Squared collections are lovely.
I am torn between the Portsmouth design and the Talavera in Azul design! Both are amazing,but I might have to pick Portsmouth.I love anything nautical!
I would choose the pembroke pattern
So hard to choose just one favorite. I like the Lima Collection. Thank you!
They have so many beautiful items. I am a fan of blue, so my favorite set is Royal Lapis. I also like the Talavera in Azul set.
The Pembroke 12 piece Melamine Plate Set
LOVE THE PEMBROKE 12 PC. PLATE SET!
I would choose the DIAMOND SQUARE 12-piece melamine dinnerware set!
I love the Ruffle in Linen.
Diamond Round would be perfect for my kitchen!
The Essex patter is my favorite!
I love the Diamond square design. It’s always been in my radar.
Love the Diamond Square! Thank you for the chance to win!
I would also choose the Knoll Gardens.
I would choose the diamond square.
I’d choose the Hampton Toile
Absolutely the Knoll Gardens!
I like the peony set of dishes!
I like the Talavera in Roja pattern.
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Royal Lapis is my favorite. The blue reminds me of Kentucky-my home sweet home! We are currently in Nebraska where my fiancé is stationed. I enjoyed reading your post
I like the royal lapis dish set 🙂
I love the Diamond Square!
I like the ruffle in sapphire if that’s a choice…if not…I like the royal lapis.
I love the Pembroke. Of course, they are all beautiful, but that is my favorite.
I love the Peony Collection…so elegant!
I love the Knoll Gardens. Those plates are so pretty. I could use some new dishes. Thank you for the chance 🙂
The Knoll Gardens so pretty
I LOVE THE DIAMOND SQUARE PATTERN.
I like the Diamond Square so chic..
My favorite pattern is Hampton Toile! Thanks for a great giveaway!
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I am in love with Zen & Essex. I love them both, to hard to choose!
I would choose lima!
They are all lovely. It is difficult to pick one alone, but still, my vote goes for The Knoll gardens.