Lambertville Last Minute Gift Ideas
Get great gifts in Lambertville, even if it’s down to the wire.
It’s that time of year. You can walk into any of the stores listed below and find a unique gift. If you’re ahead on your shopping, visit all of these shops. If you need a gift immediately, scroll to the bottom. The shops are listed in order from “gift day is coming up” to “OMG, I need something right now.”
Unforgettable Engraved Gifts
Everything—metal, wood, glass—can be personalized at Unforgettable Engraved Gifts. Located at 56 Coryell Street, this is where you go to wrap up a keepsake that marks a memory, moment in time, or that creates new meaning.
Choose from jewelry, music boxes, glassware, children’s gifts, candles, snow globes, ornaments, flasks, knives, lighters, fountain pens, frames, and more.
Engraving turnaround may not happen on the same day (it depends), but, if you go now, your last-minute gift will seem like you planned it forever.
Favorite Find: assortment of pocket and wrist watches.
I See Something
I See Something, located at 77 Bridge Street, sells new old stock (NOS) vintage and/or antique items from a decades-old personal collection.
They have seasonal items such as antique Santas and angel Christmas ornaments, and they have original folk art paintings, handmade shadow boxes, and bisque dolls from Japan. You won’t easily find these items anywhere else.
Favorite Find: assortment of colorful NOS toys.
Savour Cheese and Gourmet Provision
Savor, located at 37 North Union Street, has everything the host needs for delightful entertaining. You could call it fancy, but it’s really just quality.
Pick from their curated collection of fine cheeses, crackers, preserves, olives, teas, pastas, mustards, oils, spices, sauces, salts, and spices. They also have quality aprons, cloth napkins, utensils, herb grinders, serving dishes, and more.
Favorite Find: beautiful wooden cutting boards.
Howling Bassett Books
Howling Bassett Books, located at 45 North Main Street (across from the laundromat), regularly hosts book club meetings and author talk events.
The store looks small from the outside, but the inside somehow magically expands when you enter. Obviously you can get new books here, but they also have gifts for readers, creatives, learners, rebels, thinkers, and kids of all ages.
Look around to find coffee mugs, cute plushies, cool stickers, greeting cards, teas, tote bags, t-shirts, art prints, bookends, necklaces, art supplies, puzzles, paint by numbers, and games for all ages and abilities.
Favorite Find: high quality, stylish reading glasses.
La Chocolate Box
If you’ve been inside La Chocolate Box at 39 North Union Street, then you already know it’s a great place to buy a gift for any occasion all year ’round.
If you’ve got a minute, take the time to select à la carte truffles, candies, and caramels from the display case. Anyone who receives the gift of chocolate will be delighted to know you chose for them. La Chocolate Box also sells greeting cards so you can bop in and get a last-minute gift that feels anything but.
Favorite Find: who doesn’t want a smile-inducing chocolate Santa?
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