Welcome to ALDA Jewelry and Gifts

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UPDATES & SPECIALS!

IMPORTANT! We have had to cancel our show at the Portland VA Hospital for December 22-24 due to weather conditions. We apologize for the inconvenience. We'll be back in Portland in February!

We have changed our pricing, packaging and shipping system this last week. We now include a gift box with each item ordered as well as free shipping for orders mailed First Class in the U.S. We did this with our eBay store this holiday season with great results and we hope that this will make ordering much easier.

We will be working at the Antique Store this next week, updating merchandise, running clearance sales and adding new items for 2009.

Although we are able to ship Internationally any item that we sell on eBay, we are not offering International shipping on our website items. It mainly has to do with the shipping calculators and an inability at this time to get them set up properly for this site. If you are interested in an item, please email us and we will be willing to move the item to eBay so that you can purchase it. This excludes the watches, 14K gold and other jewelry items over $100.

We are still offering a few Harvey cane styles at www.ALDAGIFTS.com. We have been notified by Harvey canes that they are increasing prices as of November 1. Any canes ordered after that time will be sold at the higher price.

Miniature post and dangle sterling silver earrings are available in our eBay store www.ebay.com/stores/ALDA-Jewelry-and-Gifts?refid=store. These are great gift items for children, hostesses or teachers.

In place of newsletters, we now have a blog that we update several times a week. It will keep you posted on new stock, special discounts and show news. Go to Aldajewelry.blogspot.com. Also, it is an area where we can here from you! Please let us know what you are looking for, how you like our products and other suggestions.

OUR MISSION

"Its all about love". Our business started with jewelry & gift items that we loved. Then we listened to our customers to find or make what they'd love to have. We love to feel good. We love to look good.

We offer many options to experience our products. In addition to our websites & our eBay store, we do shows and events in the Pacific Northwest area and we have a large space in an Antique Mall in Tacoma, WA. See below for more details.

STERLING SILVER CHARMS & CHARM BRACELETS

We are now offering a unique and fun collection of one-of-a-kind sterling silver charm bracelets in various themes, stories or affirmations. Many of these bracelets will include vintage charms and dangles. Those who know us from our shows have experienced our huge selection of sterling silver charms. Not everything that we have is shown on-line and the selection will be continually changing. If you've seen or ordered a charm in the past and don't see it, please email us at aldagifts@msn.com and we'll let you know if we still have it in stock or are able to order it.

DREAMBOXES

We offer you a wonderful selection of Dreamboxes TM carved out of New England maple with laser designs and inlayed stones or crystals. Each box comes with a legend which reads as follows: The Legend of the Dream box (often attributed to Lemuria) suggests writing down your fondest dream, greatest desire, strongest wish on a small piece of paper, putting that paper in a Dreambox and placing it beside your bed. Every evening as you retire and every morning as you rise, hold your Dreambox and think on your dream, believing with all your heart that it is so. Legend has it, if done faithfully, your dream will come true.

NATIVE AMERICAN JEWELRY

We continue to offer a great selection of sterling silver New Mexico Native American jewelry made primarily by Dine' (Navajo) and Zuni Pueblo artisans. We also occasionally have jewelry from Salish, Tlinglit, Apache, Hopi and Eskimo artists. We also have dead pawn and estate jewelry, pottery and rugs. The larger items can usually be found at the South Tacoma Antique & Collectible Mall (see below for details) or with us at shows.

AFFIRMATION JEWELRY

Our customers are realizing the power of having virtues and life goals near them every day. We carry a variety of affirmation pendants and are now putting together some wonderful employee gift pendants for customer service. They should be available by mid-November.

MEN'S JEWELRY

We are popular at the VA Hospitals because of our huge selection of jewelry for men. This includes rings, watches, bracelets, bolo ties, money clips and vintage tie pins, tie bars and cuff links.

HARVEY CANES

Harvey canes are stylish, strong and affordable. Formerly only available at our hospital shows, we now have some styles for both men and women available online at www.ALDAGIFTS.com.

VINTAGE & COLLECTIBLES

We offer many vintage and collectible items at our booth at South Tacoma Antiques and Collectibles located in Lakewood, WA, just south of Tacoma. Located near 84th and South Tacoma Way, this antique mall is open from 10am - 5:30pm everyday! Ask for booth #219. For more specific directions to the antique mall, call them at 253-584-0500.

SHIPPING FEES AND TIMES

We make every effort to ship orders within 1 business day unless there is a problem. If you are placing a cane order at the same time as an order here or on eBay, let us know immediately after placing the orders. We can combine the items and refund back to you the extra shipping. We usually ship via USPS (canes are shipped UPS ground). Until we have all of the International shipping calculators installed, please email us at aldagifts@msn.com and we will move the item to our eBay store where the International shipping calculators are in place. Some jewelry items will not be available for International shipping including the watches, 14K gold and other items over $100.

WINTER SHOW SCHEDULE

Please note that this show is canceled due to weather! December 22-24, 2008 VA Hospital Portland, OR. We'll be coming back to Portland in February. (See below)

January 7-9, 2009 VA Hospital American Lake. We are located in the Canteen Building hallway from 8:30am - 3pm.

January 12-13, 2009 Green River Community College 9am - 3:30pm. Located in the Lindblom Student Center near the bookstore entrance.

January 21-23, 2009 VA Hospital Seattle, WA from 8am - 2pm. I believe we'll still be located between the canteen store and cafeteria but this may change due to construction.

Tentative February 2 - 3. 2009 VA Hospital Vancouver, WA Please note that we will not know until late January if this set up will take place. If so, we will be located outside of the cafeteria and store entrance from about 9am - 2pm.

February 4 - 6, 2009 VA Hospital Portland, OR 9am-3:30pm. Located in the cafeteria seating and vending machine area.

February 9 - 10, 2009 Green River Community College from approximately 9am - 3:30pm. Located near the bookstore entrance in the Lindblom building.

February 11 - 12, 2009 University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. Located in the Wheelock Student Center from approximately 9am - 4pm.

More shows and details will be added to this schedule

If you are in the Northwest, you can pick up an item at an upcoming show or at the antique mall. Please email the name and SKU# of the item and allow at least 3 days before the pickup date.

We strive to bring you a great selection at great prices. Our prices even beat Overstock.com for items that we both carry. Thank you for choosing ALDA Jewelry & Gifts.

TESTIMONIALS & FEEDBACK

We have a 100% positive feedback rating with eBay. Visit our eBay store at www.stores.ebay.com/ALDA-Jewelry-and-Gifts or learn more at www.aldajewelry.com.

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