Chelsea’s

this is a fun store to get the hard to buy for people on your list. they have neat jewelry from local artists, art from local artists large card selection and fun home items. it’s not always a place you will buy something… but, it’s always worth a walk through to find an interesting item now and then. i would say their items don’t change as much as i would like to see. so it’s a place to pop in every so often, but not something that draws me in on a regular basis.

Cute place to stroll down to after gorging at Three Sisters. I liked the uniqueness of the merchandise. Very cool things at very reasonable prices.

All I could see were greeting cards. Lots and lots of greeting cards. Just kidding… they have four other items as well. Knick knacks like candles, quirky note pads, expensive candles, and a few magnets adorn the shelves. Oh and greeting cards! They have a few fun cookbooks and humor books as well as candy items. I didn’t really see anything locally made but should have checked the back of the greeting cards. There is a sweet cat who roams around while you check out the greeting cards. Employees weren’t overly friendly and seemed bored. Great place to go if you need a card or twelve.

Chelsea’s is a fun store to visit. I like to browse at all the small item gifts and some of the quirky stuff they sell. They sell Knock-​Knock note pads and stick notes which are really fun and lots of local artist jewerly, scarves, totes, glass and metal gifts.
There’s an SNL skit that I always refer to when I see little wooden or tin boxes; «HEH HEH HEH, look, you put your weed in here…» I totally cracked up when I saw a tin box for there that has a picture of two girls in a field and on the side it says «weeds.»
Yes, I’m easy amused.

OK, they have a lot of cards, but the vast majority of them are from Recycled Greetings, which means they really aren’t all that different from what you could find almost anywhere. And the selection is kind of weird — like they have a section of cards for relatives but will have only one card for a niece.
Their boxed cards are pretty nice, and at Christmas they have some different (and appealing) Christmas cards. I will say that the selection was much more impressive when the store was much larger, and it really did make it a destination-​type place to buy cards. But now you can honestly find a comparable card selection at Target.
As for the rest of the store (which really is the bulk of the store). .. I have to agree with everyone else. Cute little knick-​knacks which I cannot imagine anyone owning. Added to that, the selection of knick-​knacks seems to remain pretty much the same — I think I could go in there next year and see much of the same stuff I saw yesterday.
The cat is really pretty.

Chelsea’s has some cute/​interesting items… Including some unique-​ish jewelry pieces, but much of the store is filled with cards and knick knacks that have no real value (but that are somehow priced like they are precious metal or something).
It’s kind of a weird amalgamation of items, and once in a while you’ll find something fun, but most of the time, it’s just a way to kill a few minutes before doing something else in the area.
Also, agreed on the weird salt and pepper shakers, and whatnot. I’m pretty sure the store is run by an old lady who has no concept of what people in the area want.
P. S. Their cat may look cute, but it is evil… it hissed at me from ten feet away, and old lady sales clerk acted like I should have known better than to look at the cat (in the wrong way, I guess), as she said to me kind of scoldingly/​rudely, «He’s blind so you shouldn’t get close to him.» The store isn’t that freaking big… If your cat is a hell beast, leave it at home.

I Love this place to buy interesting cards for friends and family so much better than the selection at walgreens and a lot of them are handcrafted. They also have fair trade handbags, There are lots of fun little buddha statues and other cool gifts. The staff is friendly and i enjoy shopping here!

Chelsea’s inhabits that all-​too-​familiar No Man’s Land between «kind of cool» and «borderline inane.» On the one hand, it’s full of very predictable trinkets: prisms and candles and useless knick-​knacks and stuff. On the other, I did pick up a cheeky little tote bag here that I now use to carry all my music supplies to and from lessons. (For those interested, it depicts a 40s-​looking girl in old-​school, comic book «dot» style, talking into a telephone and saying via speech bubble: «I’m sorry, Fred, I can’t marry you and have your children. You don’t RECYCLE!» Hah!) And when I bought said bag, there was an endearingly portly Maine Coon cat hanging out on the counter near the register, which earns any store about 8 million brownie points in my book.
So, the bottom line is – yeah, the concept behind this store is worn pretty thin in BR, but it’s still worth a look-​see if you’re in the area. You might come across something worth buying, or see the cat.

I think this is a fun little shop. There’s lots of unique clocks, wall hangings, knick-​knacks and loads of handmade jewelry.
The only thing that annoyed me was that I stood at the cash register waiting for help for 10 minutes after making my selections. I’m pretty sure the woman was just ignoring me, but I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe she didn’t realize I was ready to purchase.

The problem with Chelsea’s is that it doesn’t offer anything to distinguish itself from the myriad boutiques with knick-​knacks around it. I suppose the closest it comes to doing that is with its hand-​made jewelry with semi-​precious stones. Some of the feather earrings they offer are kind of cool, too. Beyond that, the «witty» greeting cards with menopausal and bitter-​woman humor are sooo tired for this area.

FABULOUS, & not just because i LOVE buddha, peace bracelets, & pro-​Obama cards
you’ll find things you can find anywhere else, even though most are made in China, at least i love shopping Locally
great Glass items around the store
how does that Globe work in the Window, the mysteries of Life

Nice little place to buy cards, gifts, calendars, jewelry, and other assorted items. They have some items that I haven’t seen anywhere else, but this place may not be for everyone.
They have interesting items that can be used for decoration and also a range of inspirational cards, magnets, calendars, etc. The staff seemed friendly enough, eventhough I stopped in a little before they were closing. (don’t you hate those people, in my defense I didn’t know what time it was)
Overall a nice, different kind of store, stop in if you’re in the area.