Looking for a charming shop in Steveston to visit after the Salmon Festival? Look no further than Bliss Gifts on 1st Avenue, where people might find themselves walking out with charms to remember the day's events.
The store specializing in unique gifts and fine jewellery, owned by couple Mark and Tara Ennevor, will be offering baubles from the Denmark-based Pandora line that go hand-in-hand with the festival, said manager Irina Engstrom.
"The Pandora charms can go on a bracelet or be worn as a pendant on a necklace," said Engstrom, who has been working at Bliss virtually since it opened in February 2011.
"We have a charm called Splish-Splash that is a fish with a dangly tail in sterling silver. He has two little blue topaz stones as his eyes."
If you're shopping local, metal art from Nanaimo's Anvil Island Design will be 10 per cent off on July 1.
"He (Jack Willoughby) does different nature-inspired pieces. There is a salmon on a stand for $64 that's made out of metal," said Engstrom. Willoughby uses primarily steel, aluminum, copper and iron in his work. The pièce de résistance - and is the perfect representation of Steveston - is the "Tree of Love," a $280 metal wall sculpture in the shape of a Japanese maple tree.
Other Canada Day appropriate items include the colourful fashion timepieces made by Ice-Watch, featuring a special red and white Canada Flag edition ($125), that will be 25 per cent off for the month of July; Canadian-made This is J women's headbands that will be 40 per cent off; and soy-based travel candles, made by Ontario fragrance company Aromachology, also 40 per cent off.
"There are a few different scents: clean and fresh, bold and brisk woodsy, sophisticated and sensual flora, and totally edible gourmand," Engstrom said.
Bliss will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Canada Day. Customers with non-Pandora purchases totalling $20 or more will receive a free Aromachology candle (limit one per customer).
