Seasons
WHAT TO GIVE
Facebook friends shared their best last-minute gift ideas
(other than cash and gift cards):
• Baked goods are always a hit.
• Make dinner for friends — it’s like giving the gift of time.
• Candles, scarves, wine or good chocolate.
• A lottery tree. It can be big or small. You can add gift cards, too,
especially if you know the gift recipient’s go-to places.
• A nice bottle of wine, mix of craft beers, or a bottle of liquor. You
can make a basket and add nuts, candy, etc.
• Mason jars filled with whatever is on hand — candy, slips of paper
with coupons for dinner out, movie night, lunch date or a recipe for
cookies with ingredients inside the jar.
• Buy a variety of frames and fill them with photos of good times
with friends and family. If you don’t gift them, keep them for
yourself.
• A regift.
something for almost any
budget. Julia Claire Weber,
of Erie, has created ornaments shaped like the Flagship
Niagara with gold enhancements that can be purchased for
less than $20.
“Artist Cheryl Johnson uses
local beach glass for frames
in a variety of sizes and most
are under $50,” says gallery
owner Deb Vahanian. “Denise
Romecki has produced sculptures of waves that anyone
who loves the water would be
thrilled to receive.” Vahanian
said the wave sculptures are
$250 and up.
Likewise, a trip to Presque
Isle Gallery and Gifts located
at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center will surely help you
manage your shopping
list. “We have such a variety
of items,” says Manager Sally
Leubin. “It’s hard to talk about
just a few of them.”
The gallery includes local
art, nautical-themed gifts and
educational toys; most of the
items are made in the United
States. The gallery is filled
with products of local artists,
including Mark Leffingwell’s
unique driftwood art.
Presque Isle coffee from
Fairview’s Out of the Grey
Coffeehousecafe and Presque
Isle ceramic mugs would make
a lovely gift with a hometown
touch. There are plenty of
Erie and Presque Isle T-shirts,
sweatshirts and windbreakers
from which to choose in adult
and kid sizes.
For the kids on your list,
there are toys, puppets, stuffed
WHERE TO GO
Naturally Yours Designs
7359 W. Ridge Road
Fairview, PA
814-474-2700
Email: connie@yoursnaturally.
com
Glass Growers Gallery
10 E. Fifth St.
Erie, PA
814-453-3758
www.glassgrowersgallerycom
Trellis
1101 Peninsula Drive
Erie, PA
814-835-7770
www.trelliserie.com
Presque Isle Gallery & Gifts
Tom Ridge Environmental Center
301 Peninsula Drive
Erie, PA
814-836-9107
www.discoverpi.com
Dinner is Served by “Lisa” Personal Chef & Catering Services
814-218-2222
Email: DinnerIsServedByLisa@
outlook.com
Gibbens Creative
2124 Sassafras St.
Erie, PA
814-392-3161
GibbensCreative.com
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