Winter is mostly over in Houston.  We start thinking about Spring right after Christmas, so it’s time for lighter colors and a lifting of spirits.  What’s more “spring” than pink flowers?

Ann’s pink rose with 24K gold tipped edges is a lovely variation on her favorite Gold Roses (click here to see these).  Make a bouquet of pink ones or mix the colors! 

Colored roses dipped in 24K gold, $74.50 each

Pink orchid, $245

 

Carry a pink rose umbrella to coax the rain (we need the Spring showers!) and lift your mood:

 

Antique pink roses umbrella, $35.50

 

 

When you burn Lampe Berger fragrance from Ann’s, your home will smell like the holidays!  Try Heavenly Spruce for a winter forest, or Orange Cinnamon for the smell of fresh baked goodies.  Or try new Cranberry!  Half liter sizes are $18.95 each, and you get a 10% discount when you 10 bottles (or 4 liter-size bottles, $31.95 each) ; you can mix the fragrances.    Lampe Berger prices will go up January 1, 2012, so now is a good time to stock up on your favorites. 

Ann’s has many retired Lampe Berger Fragrances (click here for list of fragrances) while supplies last.  Call us, email us, or leave a comment here if you’re looking for something specific.

For more about Lampe Berger and how it takes the odors out of the air, click here.

For more Lampe Berger fragrance stories, click here.

Heavenly Spruce is Ann's all-time best Christmas fragrance, $18.95 each.

New holiday fragrances in Trapp candles make your home smell like Christmas.   Choose “Lemon Sugar Cookie” and you won’t have to bake!  Or burn “Winter Air” to smell like the promise of snowfall, a rarity in Houston, Texas.   Get one for $24.95; buy 5 and get the 6th free.  Stock up now at Ann’s…Trapp candles’ boxes are so pretty they only need a bow to be a lovely gift!

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.

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+.

The first picture ran in the Houston Chronicle on Saturday, July 17, 2011:

Welcome to Ann’s Fine Gifts!  We hope you enjoy the articles we share here about the gifts, jewelry, and other treasures we offer in our 16,000 square foot gift store in Houston, Texas.  It is not bragging to say we truly are the largest gift store in Houston, probably in Texas, too.    Ann’s has been around for almost 30 years and we’re known for the best gifts and fine service to go with them.  We have a web site, www.annsfinegifts.com, where you can see some of what we offer.  A blog offers more opportunity to tell you about our many, many gifts, why they are special, and how someone important in your life would enjoy receiving them.  And so we begin.  Thank you for joining us!