Precious Things N More offers the original
charm bracelets Trollbeads these particular charm bracelets started in 1976 and
tells a story l for each of its wearer.
It allows a person to create,
mix-and-match her own piece of jewellery by going through and choosing from a
collection of charms, beads, and chains.
Trollbeads stands for the image of
modern and timeless. Each unique piece is inspiring and speaks of timeless
symbols of dreams and love.
Having its origins of Danish design, Trollbeads is crafted in genuine precious
metals such as 18k gold and silver, which includes a unique charm system. Other
stores could be offering these items at a cheaper price, but when you speak of
genuine jewellery.
There is a Trollbeads bracelet to match every taste, to suit every person. It
is a nice collection to make, a perfect present to give especially for people
who seem to have “everything”.
Precious Things N More also provides a step-by-step guide in crafting your own Trollbeads
bracelet piece, whether that is a bracelet, necklace, etc. First, you have to
choose the type and size of your bracelet, for example. You can choose
different claps s. Then the creative part goes into choosing your own the original
charm bracelet Trollbeads.
The Truth about Locke Street
August 12, 2009 Joan Walters The Hamilton Spectator (Aug 12, 2009) Rising
rents and Locke Street's transformation to an upscale boutique-style
shopping haven have prompted the area's third antique store to abandon
the district for up-and-coming Ottawa Street.
Antiques on Locke,
a fixture as the street was gentrified over the past 10 years, reopens
Sept. 25 as Antiques Unlocked, amid a new buzz on Ottawa Street that
has merchants there buoyed.
"I started it," jokes Patrick Dalton
of Decades Collectibles, who moved to Ottawa Street 18 months ago after
five years on Locke.
"The first three years (on Locke) were
amazing, but then I started to see the focus of the street change,"
Dalton says. "When I heard Starbucks was coming, I was down on Ottawa
Street the next day."
Dalton says he prefers the practical
diversity of Ottawa Street's 109 vendors covering just about everything
for the home, and more.
"Locke Street is losing its quaintness,
becoming boutique-y," says Wendy Kemp, co-owner of Antiques on Locke.
"I'm not passing criticism on any of this because it's great, but it's
not a destination for antiques any more and I think Ottawa Street is
the place."
Long a destination for fabrics, Ottawa Street North
was down at the heels less than a decade ago, with plenty of boarded-up
vacancies. But the renovation of nearby Centre Mall, and the relocation
of its farmers' market to Ottawa Street, are among forces that have
boosted recent activity and interest.
"We've seen a lot of
changes in the last little while," says Tony Bifano, co-chair of Ottawa
Street's Business Improvement Area. "I've lived in the area all my life
and there's a new buzz now."
From Barton to Main, the shopping
emphasis is reflected in the street's colourful Home Decor banners,
part of a marketing campaign that includes TV commercials.
"People want to come back to the street, or start new," Bifano says. "It's a whole new feeling now."
Isabella
Sorce, who reopened Precious Things N More on Ottawa Street last
weekend after four years on Locke, says the new location has a
"hometown atmosphere where everybody talks to you and treats you like
their friends."
For Sorce, Locke has lost its old-time sense of community, and "rents have become ridiculous."
Sorce
says shoppers appreciate that they can find anything on Ottawa Street
-- keys, paint, fabric, antiques and upholstery, but also many of the
goods and services of an old-fashioned main street.
Kemp says
she loved her time on Locke Street but "it was cheaper for us to buy a
building (on Ottawa) than to pay rent on Locke."
The new district is a clear fit.
"Ottawa Street is starting out the same way Locke Street did about 10 to 15 years ago, small ma-and-pa stores," she says.
On
Locke, Kemp says, "families aren't coming like they used to, to shop
together. It used to be: 'Susie needs a bedroom set so let's go to
Locke Street to have a look.'"
Tony Greco, chair of Locke
Street's Business Improvement Area, says the waiting list of merchants
who want into the area has grown in the past few years as the
complexion of the street changed.
"The new niche is going to be more foods, international foods, more cafes with a licence, more bakeries," Greco said.
For Kemp, the move to Ottawa Street makes sense, because it's a decorating destination that can draw customers to her store.
"On
Locke Street, you get groups of women, groups of young girls, for the
boutiques, the Starbucks. They don't come in those groups to spend
money on our type of store."
But on Ottawa, there's already a steady stream of decorators, home design aficionados and similar-minded shoppers by the droves.
"When we tell people we're moving to Ottawa Street, nine times out of 10 they say, 'Oh, we were just there last week.'"
