This is one of those great little gift shops that you find in most New England towns. I was drawn in by their candle display and soon found myself fascinated by the Lang Mugs. These mugs look like arts and crafts designs, Hudson River School maybe. They come with heavy cardboard boxes that match them. I had to buy one. It has a bird design in dark red colors. It will make a great gift for a bird loving friend of mine.
Next I wandered through a room of antique reproduction metal ware. Door stops and antique toys. Very interesting.
They have a full line of Yankee candles and also aromatherapy candles. If Crabtree and Evelyn is something you like, they have a nice selection of that as well.
My next stop was the kitchen section. I love Gooseberry cook books and I found one of never seen before. It is a collection of bakesale recipes. Always handy to have. They also had some nice dish towels and lots of seasoning packets for dips etc.
Finally I worked my way back to the Christopher Radko ornament section. Thank goodness ornaments loose their appeal for me right after Christmas because they had a pretty extensive collection. Add to this snowbabies and Boyds Bears and I'm in collectors heaven.
This is a nice shop with friendly people. They suggested we try Freestones for dinner and we happily did.
They also have a web site www.bedfordmerchant.com