White Christmas on Bellevue Ave Monday evening

Monday Evening on Bellevue Avenue....the city even sent out the salters and plows...

It Looks Like Snow

A busy weekend, our Penobscot Bay Porch swing is off to Texas...It ships out on Friday Christmas EVE!!

Great gifts under $20

There are so many items under $20...Many of our customers have bought for so many people on there gift lists from a variety of different items....a pendant, a sock monkey a few Blue Barnhouse Cards and maybe a print or photo from Beth Higgins selection.


Among my favorites are the compass cufflinks for men from ragtrader ...$20

Featured in Newport this Week

A few snow flakes tonight?

It certainly feels like snow...after Thursdays evening stroll was more of a run due to the bitterly cold wind...Folks were bundled up as they "strolled" around. 

 Koochi ku's fabulous wool blankets

Dorkas's amazingly wood jewelry

Open every day till Christmas

From today we'll be open every day thru Christmas Eve...our tree looks ready, we've added some new ornaments from Raelfish, fine artists who specialist in bird life, and Chris Wylie an award winning artist and his whimsical ornaments based on old children's toys

Thursday Dec 9th, Bellevue Ave Holiday Stroll 4-8pm

Whales and sharks

we seem to have accumulated plenty of sealife inspired items. Nt surprising since we're by the ocean in Newport.
So we have Lobster Pendants, Starfish pillows, shark inspired greeting cards, whale toddler and infants clothing, shark and whale prints,....octopus jewelry, ....and more

Adorable Sock Monkeys and happy customers

this is quintessential Christmas....happy customers and their new sock monkeys....

Busy Blustery day on Bellevue

Plenty of customers visited, admiring our Coastal Inspired tree...I loved these T's from Saltlick..fro infants and toddlers...

New Arrivals

Every day this past week we have had new items arriving....here's Katie eagerly checking the mail... This package was from Connie from Dauphin Island in Alabama. Connie makes beautiful crochet jewelry, and has spent the summer dealing with the effects of the Gulf Oil spill...

Bracelets and Cuffs

We have these great leather and Macrame cuffs...they're around $20 each and make great gifts....

Bags bags bags

We have some beautiful bags: Faux Fur, felted wool from Julia Hilbrandt, silk and leather and wool clutches....surely you'll find one to your taste!

Gifts for the Home

We have jewelry and clothing...but some of our housewares are quite lovely as well. Including this little selection. The teak 6' bench is quite unique beautifully made and is $750. The Lobster pillows are $65, and the blue and white Revolutionary war soldier pillows are quite delightful, they're $65 each and are down filled. The scarves are from Koochi Ku, who also have beautiful blankets and jackets in the store. The chopping boards and beautiful magnetic knife racks are all handmade in Rhode Island off exotic hardwoods by Dragonfly Woodwrights and start at under $30!

Weekend Over

Difficult to think that we just got into the space a week ago! We've set up our artists and crafts peoples fabulous products throughout the store. We need to do some fine tuning...but we've had lots of complimentary comments

Friday OPENING DAY

So we opened this morning after an early start.

THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING...we are working today getting ready for open tomorrow...Friday 10am 

Wednesday- 2 days till open

Ok still looking messy, but inventory is arriving...Fedex and UPS dropping off, and even some artists themselves.By this afternoon we should have some semblance of order.

Welcome 3 days till Open

We're 3 days from opening Friday after Thanksgiving!


Our Artisans are sending in their wares...the place is a little chaotic...but there's only a few days to go.


The major achievement today , well at least the most visual, was the setting up of the Christmas Tree.