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Gifts to Treasure At the Calico Cat

Bruni, Nik and Bill Obriecht cheerfully answer questions about the many gifts displayed in the Calico Cat.

What do you give that special person who has everything? This holiday, thrill someone by giving a unique, rare and stunning gift from the Calico Cat. Located at 2137 Gwynn Oak Avenue in Woodlawn Village, few places offer such one-of-a-kind items as those displayed at the Calico Cat.

Upon entering the Calico Cat, you won't know what to look at first or which room to browse. There's so much to see. The aroma of the coffee, friendly staff and relaxed atmosphere will cause you to forget about time. You're treated like a real customer, which is a missing ingredient when shopping at the majority of stores today.

While browsing through the Calico Cat, you can't help but marvel at the hundreds of fragile hand crafted and hand painted wooden and glass ornaments.

Other Christmas and holiday items displayed are Santa Clauses by Lynn Haney, decorated egg ornaments by Anita of California, locally made holiday wreaths in various sizes and a full selection of Steinbach Nutcrackers from Germany.

When you visit the second level of the Calico Cat, you'll see pottery from 35 different potters including three from Europe, two from Canada and the rest domestic including their own in-house potter, Eloise, who has been making wonderful pottery right in the Calico Cat for over 20 years. You'll also see blown glass of the highest quality from such well-known artists as Cynthia Myers and Robert Held.

As you continue to browse for gifts, the Calico Cat has jewelry from Imagine, Michael Michaud, Thomas Kuhner and exquisite amber jewelry imported from Poland. You'll also find a great selection of hand carved and crafted wooden jewelry boxes.

Continue to explore and view the hand sewn and embroidered quilt placemats and runners in wonderful flower patterns from Quilt Studios in New Hampshire as well as the hand-embroidered runners imported from Austria and Germany.

These are only a few of the assortment of matchless gifts for you to select from. And because you're in the Calico Cat, you're bound to find that perfect gift for someone in your life to treasure.

Visit the website for the Calico Cat at www.calicocat.net/