Are you looking for something unique or special this holiday season?  The Eye of the Day Holiday Gift Guide for 2016 has you covered. These gifts come from all around the world and are sure to be statement pieces in the home or garden.

1. French Anduze Pottery

Our handmade French terracotta Pottery from Anduze region in festive green and red make great decor not just for the holidays, but the whole year.

2. Karin Shelton Cards
Notecards featuring paintings by Santa Barbara Artist Karin Shelton. Her artwork subject matter ranges from abstract to botanical to landscape. 

3. Hand painted Tunisian Bowls
Crafted and hand painted from Tunisia, these bowls are food safe and lead free.

4. Chivas Skincare Facial Cream
From Filmore based skin care company and goat farm, this facial cream features a unique blend of goat milk, avocado oil, jojoba oil and vitamin E that deeply moisturizes and nourishes the skin.

5. Santa Rosa Mexican Church Candles
Our most popular Gift Shop item for a reason. These creamy candles are made with layers of paraffin and cotton wicks. Perfect for those cozy nights at home.

Visit our Eye of the Day showroom for more gift ideas or call 805-566-6500 regarding questions and availability on our gift guide products. Cheers!

Let us continue with our Anduze-love. These unique pots made in the south of France are seen lining the grand boulevards of Nice and Montpelier and the Chateau de Versailles is outfitted with forty custom crafted Anduze vases. Eye of the Day in Carpinteria, California is a more convenient location to admire the lovely French pottery in all of its available colors.

In our new shipment of Anduze pottery we have both old and new colors.  Two of our favorites are Flamme (old) and Vieil Antic (new).  After the vases have been molded and dried, copper oxide and manganese glazes are applied, resulting in the rich green, chestnut and gold streaks we know as Flamme.  The inimitable color combination symbolizes the sun,  the lush foliage and the earth.

One of the newest colors is Vieil Antic, a unique, authentic patina.  When wet, the background pink of the natural terra cotta will show through and as the pot dries, it will whiten.  The planters will literally come alive in the garden depending on the weather conditions.

We can describe ALL of the Anduze pottery colors, but seeing them  is worth a thousand words.  We hope you will be able to visit Eye of the Day and see what we’re talking about.  All the time.

Here are the colors…..

Eye of the Day has received a twenty foot container of French Anduze pottery from the South of France. There are new shapes and a great variety of colors and sizes available close to home (i.e. there is no reason to travel to Provence to outfit the garden with authentic French garden pottery).  The colors of the Provencal countryside are at our fingertips and ready to transform any garden area: the soft grey of an early winter sky, the blue of the summer evening, the gold, brown and green of the hillsides, and the pale blue of a spring morning are some of the evocative hues.
The French terracotta pottery is unique and compliments any architectural or garden style.  Visit our Santa Barbara showroom to see the range of French Anduze planters now available.