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Author Archives: adrienna
The Great Hawthorne Street Fair
The use of the word “great” is not an exaggeration when used in reference to this Sunday’s Hawthorne Street Fair. Okay, okay, there wont be any rides, but there will be two stages with music, and an interactive circus, not to mention, the Bagdad theatre is showing Labyrinth for free, and, double and, Presents of [...]
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The Season for Travel
Time for a grand adventure? Schools out for summer and the sun is shining and the vacation time is … just… about… HERE!
Get your bags packed and hit the road or the sky.
We have great travel bags just waiting for you to take them home, and get them packed. Like these purses from Baggallini, they [...]
Happy Fourth of July!
It is fourth of July weekend and you know what that means!
BBQ’s, picnics, games, family time, and fireworks. We are ready to get cooking, grilling and celebrating.
Here in Portland, Oregon we are promised to have a beautiful day. This is not always the case for a Portland fourth, but after the rainy June it looks [...]
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Here Comes Baby
K-I-S-S-I-N-G-
First comes love then comes marriage then comes the baby in the baby carriage; not necessarily in that order, but however the order, the stork has been busy, and the bundles of joy are dropping like dandelion wishes and everything tender.
Your best friend, your sister, your co-worker, your cousin, your sister in-law, your daughter, your [...]
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It’s June and it is Time to Kick off the Wedding Season!
It’s June. June, the month that summer shines, when the temperatures rise in the western hemisphere and everybody, we mean Everybody, gets married. That’s right, it is the wedding kick off month.
Weddings are all about ceremony and tradition, and some people take it to the hilt, while other people like to take it easy on [...]
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The History of Father’s Day and a Few of our Favorite dads
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
Robert Hayden (click the link to read the rest of the Poem)
In May of 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd, sat in a church in [...]
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Scott McCarty of Locket2you
Locket2you
Locket2you was created in 2009 and has quickly become a success. We have been carrying these sweet lockets now for about a year, and we can barely keep them in the store. They come in vintage and artful styles, and are not only a lovely piece of jewelry but a memento. The idea of the [...]
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Shopping on a budget for Dad?
Oh Dad, Poor Dad… dads’ really get the fuzzy end of the lollipop when it comes to the gift giving on pop’s day. Let’s be honest here. Socks, golf balls, and ties, right? Dad’s take it in stride. They know that mom would probably kill you if you forgot her golden day, he also knows [...]
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Our Resident Artists- The Movers and Art Shakers at Presents of Mind
Welcome to Presents of Mind. As you may already know, if you have been following our blog, our mother – daughter team store owners had a great time at Crafty Wonderland. Along with running a store for the past twenty years, they both happen to be pretty arty themselves. They both enjoy, and sell encaustic [...]
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