We’re ready now.    No decorations or holiday music yet, but the store is full of gifts.  The calendar isn’t Christmas, but the shopping is here!  Come browse, get ideas, pick up a few gifts now when the shopping is easy.  You’ll get the best of our selection!    Enjoy our air conditioning in the hottest summer and sample our chocolates and coffee.  And later, when everyone else is stressed out, you’ll have your Christmas shopping started, or even finished, and you can enjoy the season knowing you got the jump on them all.

Come shop at Ann’s…we really are Houston’s most amazing store!

The best laid tables have a surprise or two.  Find yours in Ann’s butter dishes!  Pewter tops and ceramic bases keep the butter ready and give your guests something to talk about.  Other serving pieces enliven your collection and become part of your family’s table tradition.  Don’t you know someone who would be delighted to receive one of these pieces as a gift?

Pewter Texas long horn guards the butter, $199.

Butter fowl in brushed pewter, $199.

Settled hog is happy to be at the table, $199

Butter comes from pewter cows, $199 butter dish.

Glass-domed cheese board is surrounded by pewter acorns and carved leaves, $495.

Water pitcher with pewter gator handle, $229.

It’s too hot to do many things, but you still have to get dressed.  Make it easy, and cool, with some gold jewelry from Ann’s.  Just slip on your best T shirt and drape one of these necklaces over your head.  Instant elegance!  From 1AR, these gold pieces are hollow, making them light and surprisingly in-expensive.  Choose a matching bracelet and earrings and you’ll have your go-to jewelry all set.    Good year-round, perfect now.  Get some at Ann’s!

Ann’s newest candles smell wonderful and come in beautiful, art-glass jars.  Each one is soy-based with 100 hours of burning time and represents a room in the home with lovely fragrance.  Or choose to be reminded of your dream home!  Once the candle is burned, add the glass to your collection…the colors are vivid.  $55 each, in an elegant gift box. 

"Family Room" is Cortland apple fragrance, $55.

Choose the scent of the sea for your bathroom, "Marine," with a color to evoke the fragrance.

Beautifully gift-boxed, Ann's new candles are perfect for gifts! $55 each.

"Beach House" will make you want one of your own, $55.

Know which way the wind is blowing with a copper weather vane from Ann’s!  Mount it on your roof for authentic use, or just get one to decorate your house, also a respectable endeavor.   Flying pigs, standing deer, a running horse, duck on the wing, and flapping pelican are all hoping you’ll take them home.  Prices start at $529.  Come see them at Ann’s:

Get this Tula hat and lots of others at Ann’s right now.  We have so many to choose from that you’re sure to find one that you like.  We’ll size it for you, too.  It’s hot, and a hat will keep you cool and shaded!  Starting at $29.95, protection factor 30+.

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With this heat, staying cool is top priority.  Good thing you don’t have to sacrifice style in order to do it!  With Ann’s caftans and light summer tops you’ll look good and stay comfortable.  Pull one on over your bathing suit for instant glamour.   A little bling keeps it fun.  One size fits most.  Caftans have back tie to shape waist if you want.

Sheer caftan has a little bling and a tie to shape the waist. $39.95

Colorful caftan in opaque fabric design covers well, $39.95.

Sheer blue wrap covers you, $29.95

Very light, sheer cover tops your bathing suit or a cami, $29.95

Wondering what to do with the kids this summer?   Pick up a puzzle from Ann’s for $19.95.   Travel the Lone Star State, sail a boat, ride a motorcycle, visit the farm, or blast off in the Space Shuttle!  It’s an adventure just waiting to happen, and you don’t need bandwidth or videos.  Lots more to choose from…come get a puzzle for your family to enjoy from Ann’s!

Beautiful bracelets from Andrew Hamilton Crawford are a favorite gift for Ann’s customers.  They’re made of jeweler’s quality resin that resembles enamel with gold and silver inlaid detail.  The pictures tell the story…aren’t they spectacular?

A lady’s dressing table is sometimes called a “vanity,”  a good name for the spot where one preens in front of the mirror.  Today’s busy life styles have all but eliminated this luxury, but the accoutrements are so collectible.  We’re talking about perfume bottles, which look really wonderful on elaborate mirrored trays designed specifically for showing them off. 

Vanity trays with elaborate perfume bottles make great gifts.  Buy them together or individually.  Remember a slower time, or just admire the pretty designs when you enjoy these dainties…vanity, revived. 

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