Jul 20, 2009

Amy’s boutique, ‘a cute vintage shop,’ finds success on SanibelBy Evelyn LongaNews-Press.com

Talking Shop with Amy Horton, owner of Amy’s Something Special Boutique on Sanibel. Something Special is an eclectic gift and clothing boutique.

“I’ve been here five years, so you get an idea of what the customers like,” said Horton. “I just set out to open a cute vintage shop and it seems to be retaining its quality.”

Amy’s Something Special Boutique is located at 630 Tarpon Bay Road at Periwinkle Way, in the Olde Sanibel Shoppes on Sanibel Island. Store hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

What do you sell?

The boutique sells vintage and new items. We have vintage tablecloths and linens, teapots and things like that. We sell jewelry: handmade ceramic beads Kazuri from Africa, Lalamar jewelry from the Dominican Republic, hand-painted ladies watches, French perfume bottles, organic lotions, and a lot tropical jewelry in beautiful colors.

We also sell clothing; dresses for girls and women from Bali, little girl dresses from Hawaii and boys’ toddler outfits. We also sell T-shirts made by local artist Nora Butler.

The felted purses are handmade on Sanibel. The colors are great. We sell tropical bedding as well as lots of pretty bedspreads, tropical rugs with pineapples and fish, ladies shoes and flip-flops.

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