• 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!

Seasons’ for the love of a Portland Spring

Ahhhh, spring in Portland, OR, The City of Roses, or should I say city of Cherry Blossoms. This time of year fluffy pink and white Cherry Blossom trees cover the city. We’ll have to wait for Summer to see our famed roses. If you live here you know the beauty March and April bring. If you have not experienced a Portland spring, I highly recommend rectifying that.

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Come late February – early March most trees show signs of blooming. The Cherry blossoms are the first to pop. When you thought winter might go on forever these big pink and white blossoming trees line the streets of the city with gorgeous spring floral color. One of the best places for viewing these stunning trees is the Portland Japanese Garden where they are set amongst other lush green native Japanese plants and trees for a lovely contrast. The Portland Japanese Garden is stunning every time of year, but there is something extra intoxicating about those soft blossoming trees in their tranquil gardens. Continue reading “Seasons’ for the love of a Portland Spring” »

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The Tradition, Celebration, and Observance of Easter

If you were not raised in a religious household, Easter may be a little strange to you. Most people know that Easter is about the resurrection of Jesus, but what does that have to do with bunnies, baskets, and whips? Whips? We’ll get to that later.

In Christianity Easter is by far the most important holiday. Most people know that Easter is about Christ rising from the grave, but to Christians Easter is more than that; Easter is a celebration of Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem, his meditation, his crucifixion, his resurrection and ascent. If you have heard of the phrase “A Moveable Feast” in reference to Easter this is because Easter is at a different time every year. It lands some time between March 22 and April 25. In the western Church, Easter falls on the first full moon after the vernal equinox following the Gregorian calendar. For Orthodox Christians, Easter typically falls a week or two after the Western Christians because they follow the the Julian calendar.

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Ark Industries Clothing is Here!

If you follow this blog then you already know that our buyers have recently returned from Las Vegas. Why Vegas? Well, in the gift and apparel world Vegas hosts one of the largest showroom events in the nation, but we are not here to talk about Vegas, we already have an entire post dedicated to that subject, what we are here to talk about are the fabulous new designs that are showing up at the store.

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Ark Industries out of Calgary, Alberta (AKA Canada -our upstairs neighbors and friends) have been creating clothing and other items since 1995. During the past 18 years since their inception, Ark has been creating vintage inspired clothing, and these new dresses are part of their Japanese vintage re-worked dresses. Continue reading “Ark Industries Clothing is Here!” »

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