Pass the butter

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.

Where Pigs Fly

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:

 

Frog Stuff

Frog lovers always appreciate a new addition to the collection:

Frog Thermometer attaches to your window, $11.50

Frog Lovers Birdbath for your garden, $299

"Hop to it" froggie notepad, $6.95

Lovelink's sterling frog charm with CZ, $45

Book of poems and inspiration with frogs on the cover

Wedding gift idea: Texas Crystal

Give them something striking with elegant western appeal:  etched crystal.  Wine glasses, carafes, even book-ends are decorative as well as functional, so they’ll be as pretty to display as use.  Texas is the land of the longhorn, and this is our crystal:

Etched wine carafe with elaborate saddle design, $229

 

Rosewood and etched crystal longhorn bookends, $295

 

Wine glass of etched crystal, $49.50

 

Etched crystal wine carafe with stampeding longhorns, $229

Fish for Father’s Day

The next-best thing to “gone fishin’ ” is artwork that shows the catch.  Charles Leonard’s giclee prints do the trick.  Wouldn’t Dad love one of these for Father’s Day?  Make him happy; shop at Ann’s!  (Click on the images below to see them enlarged in your browser.)

"Offshore Slam" by Charles Leonard, giclee print, #61/500, $390

 

"Panfish," by Charles Leonard, giclee print, framed, $350

 

"Inshore Slam" by Charles Leonard, giclee print, framed, $390.

 

"Large Mouth Bass" by Charles Leonard, giclee print, #62/500, framed, $390

Clock Whimsy

Clocks do decorate a room, and these add color, fun and sassiness!  Pick one you like, they’re guaranteed to make you smile.  Quartz movements (battery operated).

"Heart of Checkers," $76.50

"Bird-a-tude," $76.50

"Veggie Man," $76.50

"Blue Dragon Frog," $76.50

"Old Blue Owl," $76.50

Get Mom a Chicken

C’mon, you know she’s like a large, colorful rooster for her kitchen.   She’ll love the fanciful plumage and regal presence.  And best of all, not one will crow at dawn.  What more can you ask from poultry?

Rooster with colorful tail feathers, $149

Tall Rooster with fruit, $315

Red-tailed rooster with grapes, $335

Very tall rooster, $395

Exotic Pets for Christmas

Ann’s toucan, Very Sparkly,  has some friends.  They like the idea of Christmas adoption and hope that if you can’t take home ol’ Sparkly, you might opt for one of them.  One small tiger for Christmas shouldn’t be too much trouble, or how about a frog, turtle or cockatoo?   They like Christmas music, children, and Grandmas.  Come shop at Ann’s for an exotic pet for Christmas! 

Large enameled frog covered in crystals, $395

Enameled and jeweled cockatoo admires his reflection. $695

Not nearly as ferocious as he appears, Growl-y the tiger stalks the china cabinet. $350

 

Sea turtle looks for a swimming place to call home. $195