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The stories behind Fiesta are often as fun as the pieces!
Please send us some of your favorite stories about Fiesta.
It can be general in nature, how you aquired a certain piece, or how Fiesta “lured” you into it’s grasp!
Be sure to tell how you would like your story credited.
Send your stories, with or without a photo, here. This is the story of how I completed my favorite relish tray combo. It takes place before the popularity of on-line auctions, so it was much harder to find just the piece that you wanted. I already had my appetite whetted for relish trays. Saving all my extra change, I spent it on an all-cobalt tray at a local antique show. But I wanted to be able to create my “ultimate” tray - cobalt base, ivory center, and red, light green, yellow, and turquoise side inserts. So I was on the hunt! About 7 years went by, and one day, out of the blue, my older sister called. “I found those dishes you like. There’s one here I know you’ll like. They said it’s a relish tray. It’s white on the top and bottom, with different colors around it.” Now, I had serious doubt that this was even Fiesta, no less The Tray to “complete” my cobalt tray. But, my younger sister was heading out to visit our older sibling, so I sent her on a mission. When she called a few days later to tell me that yes, it was Fiesta and yes, it was exactly the right color combination, I told her to buy it! Now, that makes a great story for me, but it doesn’t quite end there. The night she came back, I picked it up at her place, and it was perfect. I was so tired that I left it in the trunk overnight. In the morning, I was running late for work, and debated whether to just to leave it there. But the “Fiesta Fairies” made me take it out and bring it into the house. A half-hour later, I was rear-ended at 45-mph, destroying my trunk and totalling my car. Thank goodness for the Fiesta Fairies who watch over Fiesta!!! - cobalt princess |