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October 2024 by Jocelyn A.
No hi or hello. Clearly looking at jewelry and was ignored. Oh well
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August 2024 by Amy Smith
I was last in this store the last Saturday, 7/27/2024. I love shopping in this store when I come to Santa Cruz which is rare. The store is very nice, and clean. However, while there I purchased the Douglas Sweets chocolate chip cookies, and gave them as a gift. Today I was shown the cookies had expired 4/29/2024. I was disgusted to find this store is selling food items that are THREE MONTHS PAST THE EXPIRATION DATE. I really can't believe the people running this store are not checking dates, and selling unedible food at full price. I now have a completely different view of this store, and may not be doing business there again.
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July 2024 by Steven T
Great store offering great collections of unique things and art items
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January 2024 by Erik A Giberson
The best place to find unique gifts
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January 2024 by BD G.
The products in this Artisan Store are an agency of handmade expressions of great value--multiple assortments of artisan items. I have purchased numerous gifts, hand-formed jewelry, cards, delectables, fine art, and printed graphic art. Items for children to adults grace this well-lit, handcrafted, unique, bespoke, or custom-made location. The value is in the hands of the beholder!!
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November 2023 by Josephine E Buchwald
Artisans has been my favorite store since I was young. Great for gifts and art. The staff is friendly and I can always find Christmas presents for the kids and grownups.
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November 2023 by d. hamilton doggett
Used to shop here every year since early 2000 but quality has gone way down hill. Dirty windows and non creative displays both inside and out. Not sure what's happening to Santa Cruz, some stores are really trying.
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November 2023 by Tracie Root
Always my go to shop for gifts, and fun things for myself, too!
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September 2023 by Jocelyn Lee
Wonderful shop with tons of fun and gorgeous local souvenirs created by local artists - paintings, prints, jewelry, Knick knacks… shopping paradise come true for me
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July 2023 by Karne N.
Absolutely loved this store. We stopped in to look around and realized you could spend hours here looking at all the unique and appealing crafts, jewelry, paintings, etc that are in this store. Truly a wonderful shop! Thankfully, we are out of wall space or we would have brought home a number of beautiful pieces. Something for everyone.
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July 2023 by David Mortaz
Unique and one-of-kind items here with character and charm. Glad we don’t live close or my wife would put a serious dent on our finances here specially with the baby gear (see photos).Don’t miss the unique design of greeting cards as well. The gifts from this store will leave an impression for sure.
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May 2023 by S Y
The store is neat and clean. The staff is friendly. It has cool artsy stuff but they are kind of pricy. My experience here was weird and uncomfortable though.I went to return some stuff my husband bought me. The lady (not sure if she's the owner) told me she could put the credits on a gift card. I decided to look around first to see if there was anything grabbing me. After a while, the lady pointed me to some jewelry on sale. There was a small section that all jewelry marked 40% off. After looking through, I chose a necklace which was tagged $35 in original bar code. However, when she took the necklace, she said "Oh no, this necklace is $72 and the discounted price is $35."I hesitated a bit and thought that was strange. All other jewelry in that section have original tags from the manufacture. If what she said was true, then a $200 necklace on sale there would be $500 originally. It totally doesn't make sense as it's just a silver necklace. As I was paying, I asked her if all the jewelry there were marked in their original prices. She gave me a really vague and indirect answer "Oh no, sometimes the staff forget to change the prices in the system".So she charged me $35 for the necklace as tagged. My instinct told me she fooled me and she didn't give me the discount at all. The math didn't work either. The weirdest thing was she removed the original tag from the necklace. I didn't notice until I got back home. Why did she remove the tag???This bad experience put weird and ill feelings to me about this store.. I believe the lady regretted to put the necklace in the on sale section once I decided to buy and she didn't want to honor the discounted price. Is it really worth it to lose a customer and the store's reputation for $15 though???I cannot trust and recommend this store to anyone.
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April 2023 by Yin Guo
The store is neat and clean. The staff is friendly. It has cool artsy stuff but they are kind of pricy. My experience here was weird and uncomfortable though.I went to return some stuff my husband bought me. The lady (not sure if she's the owner) told me she could put the credits on a gift card. I decided to look around first to see if there was anything grabbing me. After a while, the lady pointed me to some jewelry on sale. There was a small section that all jewelry marked 40% off. After looking through, I chose a necklace which was tagged $35 in original bar code. However, when she took the necklace, she said "Oh no, this necklace is $72 and the discounted price is $35."I hesitated a bit and thought that was strange. All other jewelry in that section have original tags from the manufacture. If what she said was true, then a $200 necklace on sale there would be $500 originally. It totally doesn't make sense as it's just a silver necklace. As I was paying, I asked her if all the jewelry there were marked in their original prices. She gave me a really vague and indirect answer "Oh no, sometimes the staff forget to change the prices in the system".So she charged me $35 for the necklace as tagged. My instinct told me she fooled me and she didn't give me the discount at all. The math didn't work either. The weirdest thing was she removed the original tag from the necklace. I didn't notice until I got back home. Why did she remove the tag???This bad experience put weird and ill feelings to me about this store.. I believe the lady regretted to put the necklace in the on sale section once I decided to buy and she didn't want to honor the discounted price. Is it really worth it to lose a customer and the store's reputation for $15 though???I cannot trust and recommend this store to anyone.
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November 2022 by Vanessa S.
Wonderful boutique offering beautiful handcrafted homewares and a treasure trove of unique gifts.
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November 2022 by Sasha
Very cute place with some very cool local artwork very conveniently located downtown with easy parking. Unfortunately due to the emergency exit being locked during business hours I cannot recommend this place due to safety reasons. Even when I brought this up to the staff they kind of just laughed and didn't do anything about it. Very insulting to myself The customers and the overall safety of workers and everyone else inside. It wasn't even close to closing time and the store was fully staffed with two employees so there was absolutely no reason to lock the back door. There is also a sign above the door That says this door is to remain unlocked during business hours. And because there is no push style door handle during an emergency it would be impossible to open the door. Very unsafe and upsetting.
