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Tag Archives: fashion
Visit Our City of Roses
It is nearing the end of Summer. Oh, we know, we know, it has gone by too fast. We have been really busy at Presents of Mind, we had the Hawthorne Sidewalk sale, there was the Vegas show, (lots of new clothing for the fall and winter-hint-hint) and to mention, we had a huge spring [...]
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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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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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Seasons’ Crafty Wonderland Local Artist Love
This year was the first Super Colossal Crafty Wonderland Spring Show and the first time Presents of Mind was part of Crafty Wonderland. It was great to sponsor such a wonderful event!
As you may or may not know my mother Cinnamon Chaser & I own Presents of Mind. We are also both artists, and I [...]
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An interview with Shannon Conrad of rubygirl
We have been carrying Shannon’s jewelry since 2007. She is by far one of the most eclectic in style and design out of all of our jewelry designers. Unless you know her work you can not always tell that you are holding a rubygirl piece in your hand because no two styles are the same. [...]
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What to Get Mom for Mother’s Day? Jewelry! Yeah!
The countdown has truly begun, your mom’s day of celebration for having you, wonderful you, is this Sunday the 9th of May. For this last week of mother’s day postings we wanted to share some of our favorites. Jewelry, jewelry, jewelry, we love gems like crows love sparkles. You can imagine our little store as [...]
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Do You Know Crafty Wonderland?
This weekend is Crafty Wonderland’s Super Colossal Spring Show. Some of you may be thinking, “I know, I have been waiting for weeks!” Other’s of you may be saying to yourself, “what is Crafty wonderland?”
Crafty was started back in April of 2006 by Torie (Totinette as we know her by her jewelry line) and Cathy [...]
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A Mother’s day for new moms
A brand new mom needs a lot of things, and gifts are always welcome. Presents of Mind has gifts, in fact ,we have all sorts of wonderful gifts to give to a new mother. Gifts that can help new momma with her new baby girl or boy, or both.
But, we were thinking, you know, it [...]
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Seasons’ Magic and Pool Tradeshow Finds