Heidi Alasio, Salem, and Karen Stopper, Oregon City, shared a few of their favorite Queen Elizabeth items with us during our Celebrating Queen Elizabeth's 60 year Diamond Jubilee Tea Tasting last Saturday.

Not just cups and saucers, Royal memorabiliea also includes this special coronation lace tablecloth!

Marian Davis, Oregon City, checks out "the goods" while Diane Anderson plays hostess in costume.

April Cornell combines these happy colors to help you create your own cozy corner.

The days are getting longer and there’s much more to enjoy with lovely evenings ahead for awhile.  Even the spring rains will be more limited if we’re lucky!  It’s time to pick out those flower baskets and get those annuals into the ground so they can be admired until fall.

If you’re looking for some interesting additions to your gardens, Aurora is a great place to find a “focal point” whether it’s an interesting old pot or a big round bathtub.  Our 18 shops contain a myriad of the useful, the beautiful and the — what is that thing anyway?  It’s always a treasure hunt and everything has a story if only one could know its history.

Aurora is open on Mothers Day from 11-5 with many special treats for Moms in the shops.  So after brunch, when it’s just too early to head for home, make the short trip here and let the family stroll along with Mom and Grandma to see what you’ll all discover.  Plenty of benches to rest upon while the girls have their day, too!

With special napkins for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, you can enjoy your own tea party and use that Coronation cup you've been saving for so long!

Saturday, May 5th, 11am-3pm

at Time After Time

Join us as we celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years as Queen of England and view private collections of special “Elizabeth” souvenir items from advanced royalty collectors Karen Stopper of Oregon City and Heidi Alasia of Salem.  Enjoy “butterfly”shortbread cookies and a spot of tea.

We’ll be featuring Harney & Sons “Royal Wedding” blend which was commissioned to commemorate the wedding last summer of William and Catherine.  This delicious white tea is infused with coconut, almond and vanilla with flowers of the British Empire, roses, cornflowers and marigolds, which makes this a truly memorable tea.  It was designed to be sold as a fundraiser for the Historic Palaces association for the upkeep of these exceptional estates.  To date we have sold over 30 cases of this tea!

Our shop is filled to the brim with wonderful new stock for the spring and summer months ahead.  New linen collections by April Cornell include pinks, lavenders, blues, yellow-blue combos, orange/brights and even some Oriental inspired prints of rose and green.

This is the perfect time to enjoy PASTELS!

Our tea counter is full with all of your favorite teas for spring tea parties including the new Coconut/chocolate SOHO, Midsummers Peach, Vanilla Comorro and Tower of London. 

Gifts for Moms?  Beautiful fragrant soaps by Crabtree & Evelyn, cards and paper goods extraordinaire by Punch Studio and loads of new jewelry by Sweet Romance including dozens of new earrings!

Are you planning to go to the garden show or dig in your yard on Saturday?  We don’t mind sharing your time and we sure don’t insist on hat and gloves.  Come as you are!

Open Saturday 10-5, the rest of the days from 11-5.

Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth with us!

It’s been sixty years as queen of England and Elizabeth II is catching up to the only other British queen to serve as long, Queen Victoria.  Stop by for a spot of Harney & Sons “Royal Wedding” tea and view two private collections of very special Elizabeth royal souvenir items from local collectors Karen Stopper of Oregon City and Heidi Alasia of Salem.  Don’t miss it!

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Butterflies are everywhere in these finely detailed papers by Punch Studio.

We’ve waited until April to receive these drop-dead gorgeous paper products from Punch Studio of California.  Inspired by 18th century botanical paintings, a flurry of posies dance along with lavender tapestry borders in notecards, napkins, bookboxes, address books, creatively packaged soaps and even three dimensional package tags.  Known for eye-catching detail, these well priced quality pieces make the perfect gifts (if you can part with them yourself!) and with Mothers Day just around the corner, you may have your shopping completed early.

An assortment of useful pieces include notecards with fancy envelopes, address books, bookboxes, napkins, soaps and package tags.

Stop in any day 11-5.  Catch the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival NOW through May 6, just minutes south of the shop.

Yellow, blue and green colors on these April Cornell linens couldn't be closer to the fresh shoots coming up in the garden now.

It’s looking like we may just have some Spring sunshine this month and we’ll be slipping into that happy feeling of warmth coming through the windows once again.  Getting our houses in order with a bit of spring cleaning is an old tradition that many of us still take to — moving off the heavy quilts, blankets and other accoutrements of winter, cleaning under them and setting up a fresh face for the coming months.

Having sold out of many of our new April Cornell linen patterns in early March, we have just received reorders so our shelves are filled again with the prettiest tablewear and kitchen prints & plaids.  From cool blue and green combinations to warm yellows, pinks and lavenders, you’ll love the way this popular designer offers new prints that always seem to work with what you already own!

Stop by on your way to or from the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, now through May 6th, just 15 minutes south of the shop.  The color is now evident in their 40 acres of blooms with many sunny days in the week’s forecast.

Open every day 11-5, Saturdays begin at 10am.

Fragrant soaps from Provence, France are quadruple milled for long lasting use. No goo in the soap dish!

Not every Easter basket is meant for kids!  Our customers have the most fun combing their favorite places for adult basket fillers and many start here.  While you might be inclined to slip in some marshmallow Peeps or a Cadbury egg to those who have always equated those with the season, a beautiful gift soap, a packet of delicious tea or some delightfully packaged new shortbread cookies would also be a fitting way to signify the Easter bunny’s visit.

Our ribbon wrapped soaps from Pre de Provence are made with Shea Butter for its moisturizing properties and are milled four times for a lasting product.  And the fragrances are varied and part of the appeal.  Above we have pictured the new Black Cherry — WOW!  Not only is it pretty, but a quick wiff takes you right to a summer cherry snowcone and that first glorious gulp.  It challenges the popular Pineapple scented soap which has been THE best seller for years.  Also on the Easter basket circuit is Lime Zest, does the name “Green River” remind you of a 1960′s soda?

We also have wonderful floral scents in soaps such as White Gardenia, Pink Peony and French Lavender.  Any of these will take its colorful place in your baskets.   $6 each.

Let us help you find more Easter basket gifts and the ribbon to add to the handle!  Open every day 11-5, starting at 10 on Saturdays.

These handpainted bunnies are NOT chocolate but are decorative figures that come in various sizes and styles.These two are about 14" tall. Beautiful!

We are continuing to receive new spring merchandise every day now and while some things are selling out, new ones are coming in to replace them.  Fast selling April Cornell linens have already been reordered (!) and we expect them any day. Our three dimensional cards from Punch Studio are going out in stacks so come in soon if you plan to send any of these fabulous Easter images.

Today we received beautiful napkins in a pink/lavender tulip bouquet as well as a cute pansy pattern with great purples and soft yellow.  These come from Germany and are always a stunning addition to a family dinner table.  Their little pocket tissues have also arrived and fit right into Easter baskets, perfect for any age whether a little one or an adult.  Don’t let the rain stop you from enjoying a trip to our little village.  Easy parking right out front!

Open every day 11-5, Starting at 10am on Saturdays

Bright colors give warmth to early spring displays.

It’s the time of year when we expect to see lots of cute bunnies everywhere and pastel ribbons tied around baskets.  In addition to those soft pastels, we have delicious bright colors too.  Whimsical baskets pictured here by RAZ are created with rolls of colored paper that is cut crosswise, making these “rounds” of spectacular color.  Instead of the basket becoming the vessel for something else, the basket is the message.  Quite a lot of creativity for just $13.95!  Pictured here as well are bright Easter floral picks which you can add to any plant or arrangement for some extra pizzazz. . .

These are just a few of our many new Spring decor pieces which include a whole new group in April Cornell’s 2012 linen collection.  Even one new piece can spruce up a winter attitude!

Open every day 11-5, Saturdays start at 10am