GREAT ENTERTAINING

 

Bath & Body/Olive oils

 

Dirty Girl Purse Set

Adorable pink, see-through purse contains raspberry lip balm, lily bubble bath

and slightly sandalwood Dirty Girl Soap. Transforms you into an immaculate,

sweet smelling seductress. Like as if you weren't one already!

 

Crabtree & Evelyn Summer Hill Hatbox Gift Set

Embellished with regal botanical illustration, this stunning signature hatbox

houses a harem of heavenly products that soothe and pamper:

soap, bath gel, lotion, powder and a scented votive.

 

Crabtree & Evelyn Summer Hill Gift Cube

When I was 5, my sophisticated Aunt Sara brought me a beautiful box from

Aix-en-Provence, filled with lavender. This is even better. Soap, lotion and powder,

scented like wildflowers and summer lawns, in a beautiful box.

Anything but square: 7" x 4" x 3 1/2".

 

Crabtree & Evelyn Summer Hill Mineral Bath

Soak in silky water swirling with summer, singing with crickets, fragrant with

wildflowers. Six 1.4 oz. envelopes in a pretty 5" x 5" x 2" box.

Your bath is ready, your highness.

 

Crabtree & Evelyn Summer Hill Votives

Kiss the air with the fresh scent of summer: with lilies and tuberose, lilac

and grass. Light and scatter 'round your bath, and imagine a

summer lawn lit by fireflies at night.

 

Two's Company Patchwork Antique Brocade Sari Pillow

Your tent is lavish, hung with tapestries, redolent of incense, cardamom

and mint tea. Scatter these antique sari patchwork pillows and receive

guests like the Queen of Sheba. Each pillow is completely unique.

 

Two's Company Antique Brocade Coasters

Expecting the Sheik of Araby? Serve his drinks on a harem of sensuous sari

swatches, so he can feel at home. 6 different 4" coasters arrive all buttoned up

in a very intimate-looking brocade envelope.

 

Two's Company Set of 3 Delilah Bangles

Set with mirrors, beads and stones, these three flashy bangles are a

perfect complement that jewel in your navel. In a colorful organza pouch,

they make perfect party favors; in green, pink and purple.

 

Mehndi Henna Body Art Kit

The mystery is unveiled. Like an Arabian bride, now you, too, can decorate

your hands, feet, or wherever, with Mehndi. Stencils, designs and a tube of

prepared henna comprise this simple kit; the russet henna stain lasts only

a few fiery weeks. 

 

"O" California Olive Oil with Meyer Lemons

The Story of O: Handpicked local olives, sweet organic Meyer lemons, crushed

together under the California sun. The natural embrace of the olive and the lemon,

in a sleek and stunning modern bottle. Splash here, there and everywhere. 8.8 oz.

 

"O" Sherry Vinegar

The Story of O: Palomino grapes are aged for 2 years in white oak barrels, with

a splash of California apricot wine. This smooth amber classic is then bottled and corked

in a sleek, striped flask. End of Story. 200ml.

 

PARTY COPY/Great Entertaining

 

DRESS-UP MINNIE

Dressing up is hard to do, but not when Minnie Mouse is around. Minnie loves pretty hats and shoes, beads and gloves, so unpack that dress-up wear and throw a Dress-Up Minnie Birthday Party. With dreamy pink 'n purple Minnie tableware and Minnie Bingo for fun, everyone, Minnie or  mini, will have a mice day!

 

Pattern Set:

A coquettish Minnie is dressed to the nines, just for your birthday party, whatever the number! Look at this fashionable tableware. Pink-lady pink, it's trimmed in violet, and accented with pix of the poshest accessories. Mouseover Minnie and everything will be just mouse-velous, Darling.

 

Invitations

Who's the most purpular girl in town? Why, Dress-up Minnie, of course! She'd love to play dress-up with you and all your friends, so send out these posh pink-'n-purple invitations, and no one will have to be a mousefrau.

 

Treat Bags

Still livin' in a paper-doll world? You'll love these Dress Up Minnie Goody Bags; they look like adorable little lavender purses!  Fill with goodies like candy necklaces and play nail polish, and you'll be just like the big girls!

 

Heart Purse

Purple hearts for everyone! Real Heart-shaped purses are trimmed in the sparkliest faux-ostrich, and trendily translucent. You can get one for everyone, big and little, and it won't hurt YOUR pocketbook, either.

 

Dress-up Minnie Bingo (Party Game)

Wear something cheesy to this birthday party, because you're going to play Dress-Up Minnie Bingo! Place the flower markers on the appropriate fashion accessories, line them up, and win a prize. Great for mini-mice of all ages; can be played over and over, 'til the big cheese comes home.

 

Wall Decoration

Minnie's looking anything but mousy in her lavender frock! This beautiful, full-color, wall or door decoration will enchant your Birthday Girl and her friends before, during and after her Dress-Up Minnie Party.

 

MISS SPIDER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

 

Miss Spider plans the best events.

That cater to your every sense.

Gorgeous pictures for the eye;

Taste a chocolate butterfly!

A pinata bee for cheerful noises

Several entertaining toyses...

A Spider Party, nothing fancy-

Hope it doesn't make you antsy.

 

Pattern Description:

 

Miss Spider is an illustration;

Her parties are an inspiration.

Set in sapphire, flower-clad

Yellow polka-dotted mad;

Splendid festive time ensues

With a hostess that can wear eight shoes.

 

Cone Hat

 

Framed in fetching skies of blue

Miss Spider's got this hat for you.

She says this is the perfect topper

For the sweetest Photo Oppor.

 

Wall Decorations

 

All the bugs have come to tea

The bees, the moths, the fireflies three;

What a dear arachnid triptych!

Miss Spider's putting on her lipstick.

Three 10x12s. If it's not raining,

Later suitable for framing.

 

GIFT WRAP

 

5 Foot Roll of "Baby Windows" Gift Wrap

 

Baby sure is pretty lucky-

Wrap with Bunny, Lamb and Ducky!

(fancy tissue's great for wrapping

quickly while the baby's napping)

Four twenty-by-thirty sheeties:

Enough for all your little sweeties.

 

5 Foot Roll of "Bugs, Bugs, Bugs" Gift Wrap

 

Get out your flyswatter! This wrap's got nothin' but

bugs, bugs, bugs. Bug someone special with this

colorful black-background bugwrap. Abundant 5-foot

roll is 30" wide.

 

Vanilla Curling Ribbon Egg

Care for an egg cream? Yummy vanilla curling ribbon is good enough to eat. Heap frothy, curled vanilla ribbon on presents, string balloons or flavor your favors with creamy curliques. 50' of ribbon.

 

BARBIE TALK PARTY

What's the story, morning glory? Three neat, sweet Barbies team up to bring you this swingin' Barbie party. If you savor spring green and delight in day-glo pink; if you adore groovy Barbie fashions and terribly tasty trinkets, this celebration is for you. Wait 'til you see the treat bag—it's a fab Barbie purse! Talk about parties!

 

Pattern

Just wait til you meet the cutest trio of Barbies ever! These chicks have the coolest taste. Everyone's talking about their cheerful baby-leaf green partyware, sprinkled with Day-glo daisies and posh fashions. Won't you come in?

 

Barbie Talk Purse Treat Boxes

Talk of the town? Absolutely. This fetching bag, made of the most fashionable chartreuse posterboard, is sturdy enough to take out on the town, but looks divine on the dresser, too.

 

Daisy Lollipop, Medium

Nothing is more de rigueur in a girl's purse than a contrasting bright pink flower-shaped lollipop. 3 1/2" lollipop is individually wrapped and 100% delicious.

 

Square Acrylic Flower Ring

Don't be a square: wear one. This beatnik bauble is so snappy, it makes everyone happy!  Real dyed, dried flowers are embedded in this smooth acrylic ring.

 

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Rosenthal Cupola Love Cup with Saucer, by Omar Alt

A double shot of your baby's love! Cupola Love Cups can certainly stand on their own, but are most comfortable when cuddled up in their tandem figure-eight-shaped saucer. Designed by Mario Bellini, the cups are sleek little cylinders with jaunty, swerving handles, and nest deeply in their saucer-built-for-two. Decorated by artist Omar Alt with passionate brushstrokes, this is a blessing for any happy union.

 

Rosenthal Cupola Espresso Cup#28 with Saucer, by Kitty Kahane

Form meets function in world-renowned ceramics designer Kitty Kahane's exquisite espresso cup: a sleek little cylinder with a jaunty, swerving  handle that nests deeply in its matching saucer. In the Cupola series, these treasures are put in the hands of talented European artists, who dress them in an eclectic and colorful wardrobe of patterns. Kahane's sequential images are poetic narratives, each panel portraying another imaginative scene, as in a comic. A princess, a witch, a desert island: the ingredients of a fairy tale. Whip up one of your own over your morning espresso.

 

Rosenthal Cupola Espresso Cup#28 with Saucer, by Kitty Kahane

Eclectic and colorful: Kitty Kahane dresses her espresso cups in a vivid tryptich of vignettes, each panel depicting another scene, like comics from the Italian Rennaissance. A princess, a witch, a desert island: all the ingredients of a fairy tale — or a wicked cup o' Gio.

 

Limoncella Espresso Cups and Saucers

Snug against the Amalfi Coast of Italy, on the Mediterranean, is the colorful town of Vietri-sul-Mare, where making bright, splashy ceramics is a local tradition. Laced with thousands of terraced lemon trees, this picturesque village is dotted with pottery shops, each hand-painting the lemon motif in their own style. These espresso cups bring the essence of Italy right to your table. Bellissimo!

 

Limoncella Espresso Cups and Saucers

In the colorful cliffside town of Vietri-sul-Mare, making splashy ceramics is a local tradition. Surrounded by thousands of lemon trees, every artisan hand-paints the lemon in their own style. Lemon zest: from Italy, right to your table.

 

Anolon Professional Series Breakfast Set

Imagine your favorite pancakes and eggs, sizzling to perfection on your own griddle. Now brown some sausages in the grill pan and you'll make breakfast like nobody's business. Anolon Professional is for the home gourmet who wants commercial styling and durability with the convenience of nonstick cookware.

 

Risotto Serving Spoon, 11.25"

The best tool for the job, for those who just can't get enough risotto. You know who. Modern, graceful, ergonomically designed; it allows you to scoop up risotto or paella with a passion. Designed by Uli Volp to the highest possible aesthetic standards.

 

Lussino Ice Cream Maker

Have you ever spent a warm evening strolling around the Piazza Navona, savoring silky, fresh gelato di Roma? Now, straight from Italy: a commercial batch-process gelato maker, small and simple enough for your own warm evenings, in Napoli or New Jersey.