• Come visit us, and our ultra friendly staff or if you find you can’t see us in person visit our website where you will find many of our in store items. If you see something featured on this blog that you just know you have to have, but can’t find it on our website, and can’t make it into our store, just e-mail us and we will do our best to get that gift to you. Don’t hesitate to ask!

What’s New at Presents of Mind? Great Gifts!

We’ve got some great new products in the store for this spring! So great they deserve two exclamation points!! If you like to buy local we carry many products that are locally designed, handcrafted, and made right here in lil’ ol’ Portland, Oregon. Roughly 90% of our jewelry is made locally.

We just received new candles from Oregon’s own candle making company Alchemy. These candles are beautiful and made from pure essential oils. They are natural and chemical free. Plus, they smell ah-mazing.

alchemy candles

Made in Portland, Oregon

Seasons’ went through the store with her instagram and took all these fun pictures of our latest products for the home. Check out these awesome raven bookends- perfect for all your Edgar Allen Poe stories and poems…rrrright?

housewares

The cutest in salt and pepper shakers.

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We got in some new frames that of course were very popular for this year’s mother’s day. Mom’s love framed pictures of their kids and grand kids. Lucky for you we still have some left!

Fancy frames a great gift!

Yeah!! New bags!! We’ve been waiting, and the wait was well worth it! We’ve got new Portland designed Sugar Lust bags. Suger Lust Robot Bag in silver and black

All the jewelry you see pictured below is designed by jewelers here in Portland. Right now Portland is really becoming a name in restaurants and food, but we think whomever makes the “best of” lists should add jewelry to the Portland name.

Wonderlust hand etches designs into silver earrings and bracelets. You can find silhouettes of ferns and baby’s breath, and now she added designs of Portland bridges.

wonderlust silver etched earrings and bracelets

Tasi has been a long favorite in our store and these gorgeous pieces do show you why they are one of the most popular lines.

Tasi quartz and crystal necklaces and earrings

Speaking of popular. We just started carrying AMiRA jewelry and we can’t keep the shelves stocked with her amazing designs. All handcrafted and embroidered each necklace, earring, bracelet, and ring is a woven work of art.

AMiRA jewelry handmade in Portland Hand crafted embroidered earrings

AMiRA also has these elegant handcrafted metal designs.

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Frawn creates her designs from wood and hand paints each and every one in bold and bright colors that liven every outfit.

Arrows and geometirc shapes hand painted wooden earrings and necklaces by Frawn

Green painted and blue stripe painted wooden chevron necklace

Portland, lovely Portland, and we have the map necklaces to prove your Portland love. Ruby Girl’s “Bliss” necklace is the perfect word for how so many of us feel about living here. Sweet bliss.

Portland map necklaces

We also got in many new spring and summer dresses check back to see the latest designs!

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Help Presents of Mind Feed the Hungry and Win a $100 Gift Certificate to Spruce Salon

feed the hungry flier

“No one should be hungry.”

Written in bolds words on the Understanding Hunger page of the Oregon Food Bank’s website is the sentence “the need for emergency food is unprecedented”. Unprecedented meaning never as needed before as it is today. It seems surprising that we should have such a need for food, but the truth is many people are going hungry right in our very own city, towns, and neighborhoods.  What exactly is emergency food? Emergency food is when a person or a family is forced by one reason or another to have to skip a meal or several meals. This person may be your neighbor who has been been searching for work due to layoffs and long-term unemployment. They may be your co-worker who is underemployed but too prideful to ask for help from you personally. You never know who is struggling or why, but due to high unemployment, underemployment, rising costs of food, utilities, rent, and gas, people and their families are having to forgo a meal in order to make ends meet. That is where the Oregon Food Bank steps in and when emergency food is provided. Continue reading “Help Presents of Mind Feed the Hungry and Win a $100 Gift Certificate to Spruce Salon” »

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Relaxation and Sweet Scents for Mother’s Day

Mother's day 2013

Mother’s day is a month away. You may or may not be thinking of what to give to your mother this May 12th, but we are here to offer a few suggestions.

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Mother’s work hard. No matter how grown up and adult you become you are always her little baby fresh, sweet smelling, and resting new in her arms. Continue reading “Relaxation and Sweet Scents for Mother’s Day” »

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A virtual tour of the current treasures at Presents of Mind

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