GREER WYLDER -- Best Buys
It’s time to pre-order your poinsettias at Orange Coast College’s
annual poinsettia sale.
Each year, ornamental horticultural students at OCC grow beautiful
poinsettia plants as part of their studies. The plants are grown and
nurtured in the campus greenhouses.
They come in a variety of colors including red, red winter rose, pink
winter rose, white, Monet and pink marble.
The plants come in 4-inch pots for $5 and $7, 6-inch pots for $10,
10-inch pots for $40 and baskets for $30.
The most popular plants are the 6-inch pots with three plants instead
of the usual one. They are fuller than most plants you’ve seen. Proceeds
from the sale are used to fund projects by the ornamental horticulture
students.
It’s great to pre-order the plants because you’ll avoid the holiday
rush. To purchase plants, call OCC and request a pre-sale order form so
you can pick up the plants between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 7, the day
before the sale. The regular sale will be Dec. 8 and 9 at OCC, 2701
Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.
If you have access to the Internet, you can watch the poinsettias
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At-Ease Women’s and Home Store is celebrating the season with Southern
California’s most complete collection of Zanella, a classic Italian
clothing line for women.
Zanella clothing is made from top-of-the-line fabrics, including
tropical wool and Loro Piana.
At-Ease Women’s also carries weekend wear from Cutter & Buck and Barry
Bricken that is ideal for the upcoming holidays or casual business
events.
Because it is the season for leather, there is an assortment of the
highest quality leather and suede jackets and coats in assorted colors
and finishes.
For the home, there is an eclectic mix of accessories and wall
hangings for various decors available for gift giving and holiday
decorating.
At-Ease Women’s and Home is in the Atrium Court at Fashion Island in
Newport Beach. Information: (949) 759-7985.
If you’re a day-after-Thanksgiving shopper, you’ll want to know that
the official holiday shopping season will start Friday at the Orange
County Marketplace at Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.
The swap meet will be in full operation from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a
large selection of vendors bearing all kinds of holiday gift ideas, along
with Santa in a classic car and a Christmas tree display.
A toy drive to benefit Project Cuddle, a Costa Mesa-based charity,
will continue through Dec. 10. Anyone bringing in a new, unwrapped toy or
children’s clothing valued at $5 or more will receive free admission to
the swap meet, which is regularly $2.
On Dec. 2, a holiday toy drive and classic car show will be held from
8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Automotive Field of Dreams area.
A pedal car invitational also is planned, with children’s races from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be exhibits of hand-built, antique and
restored pedal cars and a pedal car display competition.
Information: (949) 723-6663.
Gloria Godfrey, manager of the American Cancer Society’s Discovery
Shop, is looking for a special person with a huge home who is in need of
two “magnificent, extremely large chandeliers.”
She said one is ideal to “hang by your spiral staircase” and the other
“for over your dining table for 12.”
Also, artist Joyce Kossack has donated 12 of her oil paintings. She
has had exhibits at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles and at
Espace Bateau Lavoir in Paris.
“If you’re are in the market for Persian and Chinese carpets, we’ve
got them too,” Godfrey said. “Stop by here for your Christmas decorations
at a discounted price.”
The Discovery Shop is at 2600 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar.
Information (949) 640-4777.
Native American art and gifts are available at Dibe Baghan Trading
Post in Newport Beach.
The store also carries Native American bakery items. It is open from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Fridays.
The store will be closed Dec. 21 to 31 because the owner will be
delivering toys to Navajo Indians.
The store is at 2834 Newport Blvd. in Newport Beach.
Information: (949) 675-2909.
* BEST BUYS is published Thursdays and Saturdays. Send information to
Greer Wylder at 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, or by fax to (949)
646-4170.
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