Plume Red

I’ve always been curious about this shop because of the many ventures downtown. After a long lunch break I made my first trip in. My first thought was «hipster central». If you are a hipster in Eugene, you most definitely can stock up on numerous versions of the same, overpriced, plaid button-​up. Many of the products you can purchase at most vintage/​antique stores for a much lower price. But if you really want to spend $ 9.95 on a candy bar or $ 7 on a small single glass then by all means, this is the place for you. Just be sure to wear plaid, apparently my attire didn’t warrant a look or a «hello».
They did have some nice things there that I liked. A really nice white pillow with no price tag, a poster with no price tag and a handmade tool pouch that was $ 54. It wasn’t really fancy or anything, something very very easily made at home.
It is not so much the price to be honest and I am all about buying local products from local businesses, however these things can be found else where for a cheaper price, sold by people that have a better attitude.

Fabulous. Perfectly curated, with a mixture of small vintage pieces and local, handmade gifts and treasures. I love the leather and heavy canvas bags — with so many designs from which to choose, you can easily take two home without feeling guilty. There’s a small section of Men’s vintage and new shaving accessories, unique jewelry, and leatherware that will blow you away. Leather toothpick holder? Check. Leather sunglasses case? Check. I took both home, and have already decided on a leather messenger purse for my next visit.

This place is awesome! I’m so mad that I parked right in front of it. I dropped in this afternoon en route to Townshend (to get some work done & *make* a few bucks, not blow my Christmas budget even more) with the vague notion that I’d window shop and get a few holiday ideas, but ultimately be put off by prohibitive prices.
No such luck. There are tons of beautifully-​wrapped, carefully-​crafted stocking stuffers offered at reasonable prices… and a collection of jewelry, leather goods, stickers, cards, candles, balms, etc. to mollify any Etsy/​Tumblr/​Pinterest follower pining away for marketable beauty in an otherwise utilitarian landscape. I stood in here for 20 minutes, softly, gently fingering the neutral color-​schemed felt iPad cases (its brass clasps a-​twinkle) wishing Santa would drop in with a gift card for me to purchase the *entire * store. Again, no such luck.
So I ended up buying a bar of soap, a small candle, and two bags of candy. Sounds like the household list for a trip to Walgreens. But no! The soap is «Turkish Mocha» soap, wrapped in adorable sheet music brown paper, tied with red twine and two tiny jingle bells. The ‘candle’ can also be used as massage oil, or solid perfume, is coyly labeled «Archetype Rising», and features soft scents of peony, cucumber and firewood. The candy… is just candy. But! It comes wrapped in a bag with an artfuly embossed metal tag that informs you of what candy you will be shoving down your gullet in less than 10 seconds. (See picture).
Clearly, I’m a sucker for marketing.
I will be back!

Beautiful little gift shop. Stumbled upon this place while out to lunch with a friend. They have adorable household items and gifts. Check out this place for linens, kitchen towels, candles and candle accessories, great shoulder bags, decorative trinkets, and other household nicknacks.
I bought some very cute tiny weck jars. Really tiny. I will probably put some kind of strong jam or paste in them, and use them as gifts! Friendly people who run the store too. They share this shopping space, but their products are completely mixed within the store, so you wouldn’t notice. (Except for the part where you pay for items from each store separately, but that was quick.) Plume Red offers European products, while Heritage Dry Goods offers American made products with charming little cards that tell you their place of origin, which, for some items, was Eugene!
Can’t wait to think of something to put in my miniature weck jars! Maybe a pumpkin butter, or a chocolate spread…