Imagine

The origin of this store is one that deserves recognition, starting with a colorful cow that was forced to be removed from the premises, only to gain significant notoriety amongst the neighbor, and ultimately becoming a store specializing in unique RI trinkets and locally crafted unique cows. If you like cows, hand crafts, expensive trinkets, then this is the perfect place for you. I even bought one of cow arts for myself (but that was because it was defective and on sale). Each of the cows are about $ 30 – 40, and are definitely unique. The store does also house some unique RI taffys, ice cream, and soaps and random stuff on the second floor as well.
Overall, it’s a fun decent place to visit if you’re around the area, but I wouldn’t necessarily make a trip just to see it.

I came here to find a birthday present for my sister, and left with so many great ideas for future holidays, birthdays, special days! I will definitely be returning! They have a candy bar, staple RI clothing/​sweatshirts, etc, a TON of «Life is good» products, beautiful unique earrings made all over the U. S, and corky napkins for all events! I only noticed that there were two more floors when checking out, but didnt go up to save myself from spending my weekly grocery money on special trinkets and gifts. A must stop shop for finding the perfect gift for the people in your life!

This place is enormous with a lot of items packed inside. If you need to find a gift for someone (particularly a female) you should have no problem here. The prices tend towards the high side. I found a vase that I was looking at here for 50% less at HomeGoods. You definitely aren’t going to find a bargain here. They have the best selection of funny greeting cards in the area.

I wasn’t sure what to expect walking by the store from the outside with lots of cow statues and a purple painted storefront. However, I was very surprised to see that it contained lots of awesome gift selections. From the outside, it gave me the impression that it would be tacky but no it’s not. A place to go to buy anything from christmas to birthday gifts.

Very cool place to brows. They have lots of different and eclectic items and a nice assortment of RI specific items.
It is one of those places to buy gifts if you are having a really difficult time thinking of something for someone or if they are just hard to buy for. There is also a dog section in case that special someone is a K-​9.

Great selection of candy, retro and new — all for a great price. Its a fun stop for me and the work crew after lunch

Imagine now proudly boasts signs all over the sidewalk and it’s crazy cow-​adorned façade: «Voted one of the BEST 25 gift stores in America!» Every time I drive past I snicker, trying to form a picture of exactly WHO is the demographic that launched this huge cavern of clutter into the position.
«Gift Store» is a tricky term. It could mean a shop of interesting, playful, beautiful things that you wouldn’t think to buy for yourself, but make for a sweet surprise when picked out and presented by a special someone. Those places are rare. More common are shops that carry tacky crap that would only be purchased with the intention of giving to someone else because they carry all manner of things YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO OWN YOURSELF. Imagine takes the cake in this genre, and it’s stunningly massive to boot.
The one thing I like about Imagine is the ice cream/​candy shop, Lyric Twist — they’re just dishing out Hershey’s so nothing too exciting there, but the candy selection rocks. If Fruit Stripe, Cow Tales and War Heads mean anything to you, stop in if only to taste some nostalgia.

This is a gift shop. It is huge and clean and there’s lots of stuff to look at. The prices are a bit high, but there are enough reasonably priced items to find something. (It must cost a fortune just to heat the place.) I would prefer it if they had more serious gifts instead of so much humorous, whimsical stuff. Every other item seems to have a saying or slogan on it. Perhaps that’s just my taste, but I prefer the beautiful to the cute, and this place is heavy on the cute.
Oh yes, they also sell some women’s clothes, as well as candy and ice cream.

You know the store front
Can’t possibly miss the place
It’s the one with cows
I’ll be honest. I’ve never actually made a purchase here. I have, however, spent several hours browsing the various shelves and floors of knick knacks. There’s kitchen stuff, stationary, children’s toys, clothes, and an enormous cow and crypt keeper staring you in the face immediately upon entering the door. This is the sort of place you stop when, in a moment of sheer panic, you realize you’re already on your way to a party and haven’t picked up a gift.
It’s a great shop for browsing. I’m partial to the RI local stuff, the cheesy aprons and dish towels with no R’s, etc. They have a small shelf of local food products to go along with the kitsch, which would make for a good «Hey I went to RI» gift. The second floor holds kitchen products, while the little loft area is flush with (somewhat pricey) children’s toys and games.
Overall, the prices here are a bit on the steep side, which is why I don’t go here searching for things with which to clutter my home. It’s like a frankensteins monster made out of Williams Sonoma, Ben and Jerrys, FAO Schwarz and Ann Taylor, but instead of terrorizing the village it just confuses you with its constant shifting state.
If you like to eat while you browse, or have a partner who’d rather just sit and wait, there’s an ice cream shop downstairs and a few bins of candy to keep you or them occupied.

What a neat place. Not just tidy, mind you… but you’re greeted by a couple of colorful cows (as it sounds, not just audacious staff) before entering the «penny» candy section just across from the ice cream shoppe. Just down a few stairs you can find lots of Rhode Island merchandise, kitsch of a sorts, and as to be expected of any store in America knick-​knack shit for all consumers. The building itself has a very interesting past, and therefore the layout is kooky. Check it out. You’re bound to find something for someone.
OOoh — try the playdough, bubblegum, and/​or cotton candy ice cream!