Hanson Galleries Grapevine

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Vol 7, Issue 19

Dec 2013


New supply of our most popular wearables

These beauties are the double-woven, double-faced scarves that have two personalities.  They can stretch to be a shawl, but are most popular as warmth and beauty around the neck. This is the perfect place for "one for the gift, and one for me."    Last Sunday, one customer filled her 7 name list with these.

Check out Hanson Galleries' "firsts"
at the bottom of this email.

 
Ready for the men on your list?

King Kong is climbing and he'll hide a goodie for your guy
The Enterprise
or (gal) as he goes up the Empire State Building.  
 
Folks of all ages love these natural- colored wood puzzle boxes.  we have angels, dragonflies, hummingbirds, peace doves, love birds, horses, butterflies, and a few cats and dogs.  The most popular is this great version of "Enterprise."  OK, Houston, we may not have the full size version, but you can have your own anyway. Both stores well stocked on the most popular styles.  
 
GouldKong

New reorders just arrived this week eapecially for her  

We received more stocking pins, ivy pins and Christmas tree pins a couple days ago, but they are flying out.  If you still want one, get it soon.

Likewise, these ever popular ribbon scarves are being bought in multiples.  Hurry in if you need these for your friends.

Cross Scarf
 

Pewter nativity sets


A few artists make pewter miniature nativity sets for us, but this one has the most  detail. It comes with its own storage bag.

Story dolls make their appearance 
in large and small sizes
 
Pina Story Doll


Hours and directions

The Centre at Post Oak
5000 Westheimer, Ste 106
713-552-1242

(Across Westheimer from Galleria I Neiman Marcus and across the parking lot from the Grand Lux Cafe)

Mon-Fri 10-8
Sat 10-6      Sun 12-5


Memorial City Mall
746 Memorial City
713-984-1242 

(Gessner at I-10, inside the mall between Starbuck's and Penny's)

Mon-Fri 10-9
Sat 10-6     Sun 12-5


Special notice about hours

Open Sundays for the duration
both locations noon-5 
 
Closing Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve at 5pm.

Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day to allow our employees time with their families.

Remember!!!!!!  Last customer day at Memorial City store is Saturday,  December 28th.  
Last customer day at Post Oak is Jan 18th. 

Handblown glass always makes a memorable gift


What a beauty for the lady on your list!
Cherry blossoms are layered in white and clear glass in the unusual canteen shape.  Two vase forms available by Shawn Messinger.

 

The handkerchief vase form is always in demand.  This Paul Counts vase comes in three colors and is available at both locations. 

Just in time for that very  
special present


Kanwar Singh just sent a stunning group of rubies, sapphires, spenels as well as black, blue and raw diamonds all set in 18K.  Both stores have his work with the largest selection at Post Oak.

These earrings are Tsavorite (green stone), red spinel and 18k gold.  They are at our Post Oak location.


All the Hanson Galleries family send Kanwar their sincerest condolences on the passing of his wife, Amrit, last week.  She was his helpmate in running his jewelry business, in raising their lovely family and being there for him. 
She is gone, but not forgotten.

Teacup dolls have arrived


When we were going through boxes in storage recently, we found several antique teacup and saucer sets.  We gave them to Tere Perry, a local doll maker, and asked her to have fun with them. 

These are what she came up with.  Hope you enjoy them and want one for your own.

Newsletter Archive

To refresh your memory or scout for some gift ideas, remember to check out our Newsletter Archive.  It can also be accessed from the home page of our website under the newsletter tab.

There are fully 7 years of award winning newsletters there, chock full of great story telling and wonderful photos.  Check it out.

Many firsts at Hanson Galleries

Art and Donna, with Hanson Galleries, have led with many firsts in the industry:
 
  • The first craft gallery to open in a mall setting (Galleria Mall 1982) trying to mainstream American crafts as well-made, well-designed upscale gifts for the Houston community. 

 

  • The first craft store in the US to have a color Christmas Catalog sent out by snail mail to their own mailing list.  This 16 page catalog was started in 1979 and continued for 13 years.  This was way before desktop publishing was around for small business and was done all by Art and Donna with graph paper, proportion wheels, expensive photography, a typewriter and a little man across town that set the type by hand.

 

  • The first craft store in the US to have a web presence in the very late 80's with Hanson Galleries.com.

 

  • We were among the first to have multiple store locations in the original Town and Country Mall and The Galleria Mall.  Both malls found themselves with empty spaces in Nov. and asked us to make Annex stores so that they would not have empty store fronts during the Christmas season.  So, one Christmas we had 4 mall locations.

 

  • We were honored with the "Top American Craft Retailer" in the US for 2010 by Niche Magazine which was bestowed on us by the industry artists' vote.  That made us the first (and only) craft gallery in Texas to receive this top honor.