Heard about the new show in Vancouver this fall? We will be exhibiting at the Vancouver Gift Expo – Booth 444, at the PNE Forum, September 19th and 20th. All of our new fall/holiday samples will be there with stock available for immediate shipping. Drop by and see the new clothing, silk and cotton scarves and our fabulous new line of jewellery.

“I have seen in the world a great deal of awfulness, but it is compassion for which we are made.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Sign by the till in a small shop: 

Due to shortage in small coins change may be given in sweets.

Billboard on the way into town from the Denpasar airport:

'If we do not have peace, it's because we've forgotten we belong to each other.'  

                                                                                                                     Mother Theresa

August 8 – 12
CGTA Gift Show
Booth 7619
Hall 7, Congress Centre
Toronto, ON.

August 15 – 18
Alberta Gift Show

**New Booth and Hall**

Booth 4907
Hall B, Northlands Agricom
Edmonton, AB.

September 19 – 20

**New Show**

Vancouver Gift Expo
Booth 444
PNE, Forum Building
Vancouver, BC.

…….into a cab.

I’m off to warmer climes to buy! buy! buy! for the spring collection.

The office will be closed while I’m mingling with peacocks in far off places but be sure to be in touch after October 7th.

Until then, Adieu!

It’s hard to deny the power certain scents have to swiftly transport us to past places.  Whether it’s to the bougainvillea-walled streets in the South of Spain or to the bully-decked halls of the south wing of your old high school, smells can cast us anywhere – fast.  Take, for instance, the sweet subtle fragrance rising from a bowl of mango sticky rice.  Instantly I’m transported to Chiang Mai, Thailand. 

The lush air and cosmopolitan streets are vivid in my mind, and shops like Ginger beckon me back.  If you’ve ever been to this mountain bound city then you’ll agree that it is truly a sensory playground.  Not only is the air fragrant with delicious smells, but the sights excite the eyes and one can imagine what 700 years feels like by simply placing a hand on a temple wall. 

Here, on the rainy West Coast, we lack a certain intensity and history. Here it will soon be difficult to get mangoes as they begin to creep out of season elsewhere but I don’t feel bereft long.

I just slide a few of my favorite mango wood bangles onto my wrist and soon feel as if, in a way,  I’m holding hands with that distant paradise, Chiang Mai.

Please swing by our booth (#600) in BC Place (Vancouver, BC) September 13th – 15th to discover just what we’ve been excited about lately.

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