Birthday Dishes & Party Treats (retired)
Feb 8, 2007 21:42:49 GMT -5
Post by puglove on Feb 8, 2007 21:42:49 GMT -5
Introduced in 1998 for $50, retired in 2008. Associated with Happy Birthday, Josefina!
Set a pretty party table for Josefina’s saint’s day celebration! Start with an embroidered table runner, and add the Montoya family’s very best dishes. Your service includes two hand-painted plates and a pitcher with a poppy design much like the Mexican majolica that was prized in 1824. There are two green glass tumblers, and two knives and forks.
For this special saint’s day celebration, the food was as festive as the table decorations. Tía Dolores baked a fancy loaf of bread, and Josefina’s friend Mariana brought a juicy treat—a melon that had been buried in the sand all winter to keep it fresh! The pottery redware jar holds an apricot branch, a springtime reminder to Josefina that “we are all given second chances.”
Josefina's Dishes / Table-wear:
I just adore this set!! Even prettier in person. I love the ceramic accessories and the green glass cups are to die for. My favorite part is the little ceramic painted water pitcher! It is just adorable and I love the colors. The table runner is very cute of course and just says Josefina all over it (not literally of course )
I like the flower vase with the painted white little flowers on it. The flowers inside are just your typical face flowers but I was surprised to see that it was only one stem of these. I was a little disappointed by that because I thought their should have been at leas two (if you have any idea what I am talking about) but that is a minor complaint/detail. The Cantaloupe is very real looking besides the two little snap/holes that hold it together. I guess this is good play value because you could pretend the cantaloupe is whole and then have Josefina "cut" it open. The loaf of bread is a plastic/rubber material which is what I expected but it is not hollow or anything and very cute. The silver wear is cute but I was surprised that the handles of them were actually plastic. I thought they may be ceramic or wood. This factor brought my rating of the set down for an A++++ to an A. I love this set and highly recommend getting it if they don't change most of it to plastic.
Set a pretty party table for Josefina’s saint’s day celebration! Start with an embroidered table runner, and add the Montoya family’s very best dishes. Your service includes two hand-painted plates and a pitcher with a poppy design much like the Mexican majolica that was prized in 1824. There are two green glass tumblers, and two knives and forks.
For this special saint’s day celebration, the food was as festive as the table decorations. Tía Dolores baked a fancy loaf of bread, and Josefina’s friend Mariana brought a juicy treat—a melon that had been buried in the sand all winter to keep it fresh! The pottery redware jar holds an apricot branch, a springtime reminder to Josefina that “we are all given second chances.”
Josefina's Dishes / Table-wear:
I just adore this set!! Even prettier in person. I love the ceramic accessories and the green glass cups are to die for. My favorite part is the little ceramic painted water pitcher! It is just adorable and I love the colors. The table runner is very cute of course and just says Josefina all over it (not literally of course )
I like the flower vase with the painted white little flowers on it. The flowers inside are just your typical face flowers but I was surprised to see that it was only one stem of these. I was a little disappointed by that because I thought their should have been at leas two (if you have any idea what I am talking about) but that is a minor complaint/detail. The Cantaloupe is very real looking besides the two little snap/holes that hold it together. I guess this is good play value because you could pretend the cantaloupe is whole and then have Josefina "cut" it open. The loaf of bread is a plastic/rubber material which is what I expected but it is not hollow or anything and very cute. The silver wear is cute but I was surprised that the handles of them were actually plastic. I thought they may be ceramic or wood. This factor brought my rating of the set down for an A++++ to an A. I love this set and highly recommend getting it if they don't change most of it to plastic.