How2Day: Lincoln City, Oregon Gift Shops

Lincoln City beaches have a history of Japanese glass floats washing ashore. Japanese fishing float image by captainflag from Fotolia.com
Famed for its beaches and colorful glass fishing floats that wash ashore for visitors to find and keep, Lincoln City, Oregon is also a shopper's haven where you won't be paying any taxes on your treasures. Gift shops in Lincoln City offer shopping enthusiasts a one-of-a-kind retail haven that offers specialty items ranging from blown-glass floats and vintage clothes to wine shops, antiques and rare books.

Romance and Wine hosts daily wine tastings from noon to 5 p.m. Glass of wine with bottle image by Nikolay Okhitin from Fotolia.com
Shop at Romance and Wine while you listen to vintage Italian music playing from a retro record player in the background. This upscale shopping boutique offers gourmet chocolates, top Pacific Northwest wine picks and a variety of rare gifts from around the world. Turkish stemware and Italian porcelain, wine prints bearing local artist's signatures, and internationally inspired gifts are all available. Vintage button-jewelry, wine bottle stoppers and a large variety of wine accessories make this store your one-stop shop for things with a vintage Italian feel. With an appreciation for green products, Romance and Wine also offers an array of gifts designed from recycled wine bottles.

Create your own gifts at Jennifer Seals Glass Art Studios. This art studio gift shop allows visitors to blow their own glass floats, paperweights, star-fish and heart shapes for a memorable hand-made gift or keepsake. Art designed from glass is extremely popular in Lincoln City and glass gifts are an excellent choice for bringing home the true essence of Lincoln City's love for ocean-inspired glass pieces. Professional instructors help visitors through their project with hands-on direction and creations can be shipped or picked up after an over-night cool down period.

Give the gift of culture from Lincoln City's Cultural Center Gift Shop. This gift shop boasts artistic creations from local artists of various mediums in Lincoln City. The cultural center also showcases a wide variety of local talent in three gallery exhibition rooms including The Artist's White Room, the PJ Chessman, and the conference room where regular receptions invite guests to browse and purchase artwork from well-established talents.

This stretch of shopping in Lincoln City extends from North 10th to North 25th on Highway 101 and offers visitors a concentrated area of gift and specialty shops including Ralph's Vintage Collectibles, The Kelp Bed Gift Shop and 101 Inspirations. These local gifts shops offer a large variety of coastal gifts and the shops are surrounded by additional antique retailers and cafes that offer visitors an excellent opportunity to find everything from jewelry and candles to rare books and new age gifts.

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