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| | Vancouver magazine: SHOPSTYLE: Cheap Chic (June 1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | At this Japanese store-in-store, we found white spherical lanterns printed with bamboo, cherry blossoms or Chinese characters ($10-$15), beautiful sake and sushi services for less than $20 and ceramic rice bowls in lucky sets of five for $25. |
 | | Happiness latern, $15, rice bowls, $25 for set of five, and stone soaps, $6, all from Utsuwa-No-Yakata (Yaohan Centre); Asian herbal ice tea, 69¢, from T and T Supermarket; coloured straws, $2 for 150, from IKEA; variegated laboratory beaker and boiling flask, $20-$40, from Canadian Scientific Glassblowing. |
 | | Straw bag, $5, and raffia slides, perfect for summer house guests, $5, from Lucallan; striped cotton fabric, $2.50 to $8 per yard, from Textile Clearance House; woven utility belt, $5, from a selection at 3 Vets; cloth purse with button closure, $25, from Murata Art. |
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