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Although the shopping on St. Croix isn't as varied or extensive as that on St. Thomas, the island does have several small stores with unusual merchandise. St. Croix shop hours are usually Monday through Saturday 9 to 5, but there are some shops in Christiansted open in the evening. Stores are often closed on Sunday.
If you've rented a condominium or a villa, you'll appreciate St. Croix's excellent stateside-style supermarkets (albeit with prices that are at least 30% higher than on the U.S. mainland). Fresh vegetables, fruits, and meats arrive from the mainland frequently and are always available. Try the open-air stands strung out along Route 70 for island produce.
St. Croix native Brian Bishop's trademark piece is the Turk's Head ring (a knot of interwoven gold strands). The family tradition continues with his kids, Nathan and Therese, creating contemporary sterling and gold pendants, rings, and earrings, necklaces, and pendants. Stop by to meet the Bishops, browse the jewelry, and "Feel the Love."
This small shop showcases the handcrafted jewelry of local craftsman and "Island Boy" Whealan Massicott, including his signature, "infinity" style Crucian hook bracelet. Whether in silver or gold, the designs are simply elegant.
Chaney is jewelry made from shards of the antique Danish pottery that's found all over St. Croix; local residents find it in the ocean or buried in the ground and sell it to the owners of this Christiansted jewelry shop, who clean it, polish it, wrap it in silver wire, and sell it as earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Seaglass jewelry is also sold here; like chaney, it's made in St. Croix.
This boutique was founded by Crucian designer Sonya Hough, who invented the popular hook bracelet (wear the hook facing out if you're "available," inward if you're attached). Bracelets are priced from about $65 and up, depending on size and materials. In addition to the original silver and gold hooks in a variety of diameters, the shop sells variations that incorporate hurricane symbols, dolphins, hibiscus flowers, and infinity symbols. If you're going to splurge on one nice souvenir in St. Croix, make it a hook bracelet and you'll be recognized as an honorary Crucian whenever you wear it.
Designer Rob Low and the jewelers at Under the Sun VI can create one-of-a-kind pieces to your design. The shop specializes in gold jewelry but also carries diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires, and jewelry made from Crucian chaney and Dominican larimar.
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