Pensacola Gifts

29/11/2024

The 2025 Lost Pensacola calendars are currently in stock, but they won't last long! This year's calendar has three new designs: Bellview Junction (i.e. St. Anne's Round-Up), the old Escambia Courthouse & Armory (designed as a pro-union poster during the 1908 streetcar operators' strike), and Shea's Tiki House on Pensacola Beach. It also includes even more local history trivia. Buy it here: https://pensacola.gifts/product/lost-pensacola-2025-calendar/

22/12/2023

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: twelve months of landmarks,
eleven custom framed names,
ten gifts for one price,
nine local letters,
eight cards of greeting,
seven inks screen-printed,
six fabric patterns,
fiiiive neigh-bor-hoods,
four Hopkins shirts,
three stickers,
two East Hill gifts,
and a view of the San Carlos balcony.

The 2024 Lost Pensacola calendar features twelve poster designs of lost Pensacola landmarks in a variety of retro styles. January is the Pensacola Opera House, February is the San Carlos Hotel, March is the John Sunday House, April is Abe’s 506 Club, May is the Spearman Brewery, June is the Pensacola Beach Casino, July is the Towers at Cordova Park, August is Spanish Village, September is the Frisco Passenger Depot, October is Mollie McCoy’s, November is Fort McRee, and December is Fairnie Hill.

In addition to the large artwork, each month is full of interesting historical information about the poster subject and notable dates in Pensacola history.

Click the link below to order your calendar (available for local pickup before Christmas) or visit our page to view the other eleven days of Pensacola Gifts.

https://pensacola.gifts/product/lost-pensacola-2024-calendar/

21/12/2023

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: eleven custom framed names.

If your name is between 3- and 13-letters long, we can spell it in local letters! We’ve taken more than 2,000 photos of distinctive signs, murals and mosaics around the Pensacola area (including as far west as Perdido and as far east as Milton). You can pick the exact letters you want from a spreadsheet, or just let us know some specific interests and we can build a perfect combination for you.

Note: only a limited selection of frames are currently in stock, so contact us before ordering to confirm whether your gift will be ready before Christmas.

https://pensacola.gifts/product/custom-framed-letter-art/

20/12/2023

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: ten gifts for one price.

Can’t decide between the Lost Pensacola calendar, the eight greeting cards, or a cool Pensa-Cola sticker? Get them all for the discounted price of $55! These are all in stock and available for local pickup as a last-minute gift idea.

Ten great gifts for one discounted price! Includes the Lost Pensacola calendar, 8-pack of Lost Pensacola greeting cards, and a PENSA-Cola sticker.

19/12/2023

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: nine local letters.

This 18x24” matted piece contains nine iconic letters from around the Pensacola area. A 30-foot-tall carbon fiber tripod mast was used to capture photos of these letters at a direct angle. Can you identify them all? Answers are flipped below!

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https://pensacola.gifts/product/pensacola-matted-letter-art/

Unique Pensacola-themed gifts, including art and apparel

18/12/2023

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: eight cards of greeting.

Eight of the Lost Pensacola poster designs are available as greeting cards: the San Carlos Hotel, Mollie McCoy’s, Frisco Passenger Depot, Pensacola Opera House, Abe’s 506 Club, Spanish Village, Fairnie Hill, and Fort McRee. The cards are 4.5x6” folded and come with white Baronial envelopes. Each card includes a historical blurb about the subject, and the collection of 8 cards/envelopes comes in an attractive bag perfect for stockings.

https://pensacola.gifts/product/lost-pensacola-greeting-cards/

17/12/2023

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: seven inks screen-printed.

The Casino Beach pier may be closing for repairs, but you can remember the original Casino and pier with this beautiful 24x32” serigraph. The newest and most complex print of the Lost Pensacola series, it features five screen impressions, two of which are split fountain gradients, for a total of seven inks.

Previously accessible only by boat, Pensacola Beach officially welcomed tourists with the 1931 opening of two bridges connecting the barrier island to the mainland. The main attraction was the Casino, designed by architect H.S. Harvey, with a 300-person ballroom. Boxing and fishing were also popular activities. As more modern amenities came to Santa Rosa Island, the Casino was increasingly seen as a relic and eyesore. It was demolished in 1972.

Like other Lost Pensacola designs, this print is full of fun historical details and easter eggs. For example, the decorative elements near the bottom are inspired by the columns inside the Casino lobby.

https://pensacola.gifts/product/casino-pensacola-beach-24x32-print/

16/12/2023

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: six fabric patterns.

Show your Pensacola pride with these fun seamless patterns available from Spoonflower. You can choose from the "Pensacola letter pattern" in two different sizes, or the "Pensacola collage” in four different colors. It’s been wonderful to see what local creatives have done with these fabrics, like the denim Pensacola Pillows by UnConventional, which are “upcycled” from blue jean legs and available at Phantasma on Creighton Road. But you can also order lots of fun items directly from Spoonflower, including pillows, shams and duvet covers, throw blankets, sheet sets, napkins, placemats, wallpaper, and much more.

https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/pensacolagifts

15/12/2023

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: fiiiive neigh-bor-hoods!

The City of Pensacola has some amazing places to live. We already talked about East Hill on the second day, so let’s highlight five other great residential areas in the city: Cordova Park, Eastside, Belmont-DeVilliers (a.k.a. The Blocks), all the folks along Scenic Highway, and East Pensacola Heights ( ).

Each framed neighborhood piece is spelled out using photos of the distinctive lettering from within that neighborhood. Can you identify them all?

https://pensacola.gifts/product/eph-life-east-pensacola-heights-framed-letter-art/
https://pensacola.gifts/product/cordova-framed-letter-art/
https://pensacola.gifts/product/eastside-framed-letter-art/
https://pensacola.gifts/product/the-blocks-belmont-devilliers-framed-letter-art/
https://pensacola.gifts/product/scenic-framed-letter-art/

14/12/2023

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: four Hopkins shirts.

Pensacola's Favorite Since 1949! The beloved North Hill boarding house and restaurant may be closed, but you can wear the memories proudly with these stylish and comfortable T-shirts. Choose from the 100% cotton Comfort Colors screen printed shirts in orange or green, or the poly-cotton burnout style in maroon or blue. Sizes available from S-XXL while supplies last.

https://pensacola.gifts/product/hopkins-house-t-shirt-screen/
https://pensacola.gifts/product/hopkins-house-t-shirt-burnout/

13/12/2023

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: three stickers.

These vinyl stickers are great for your car, laptop, or anything else you want to decorate.

The "Pensa-Cola" 3x2 sticker reimagines a certain soda company's 1980s logo with the Pensacola Beach beach ball water tower. https://pensacola.gifts/product/pensa-cola-sticker/

“Save the Alcaniz Oak” was the cry in 1977 when the Interstate 110 offramp threatened a beautiful old live oak tree at Alcaniz and Gregory. Sadly, the campaign was unsuccessful, but you can commemorate the Alcaniz Oak with this 3x3 sticker. https://pensacola.gifts/product/alcaniz-oak-sticker/

Channel your inner Fox Mulder with a 3x3 holographic sticker proclaiming "I Want to Believe" in the Gulf Breeze UFO sightings — even if the "spacecraft" may have been made of styrofoam plates. A magnet is also available. https://pensacola.gifts/product/gulf-breeze-ufo-holographic-sticker/

12/12/2023

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: two East Hill gifts.

Fairnie Hill was the winter estate of Alexander Stoddart, a Scottish-born insurance man who made his fortune in New York. After the Civil War, Stoddart bought large swaths of the defunct "New City" development (what we now consider East Hill). There he invested in road improvements, experimented with different crops and decorative plants (including azaleas), and even drilled for oil near Bayview Park. In the 1880s, he operated a dairy farm near his residence at 12th Avenue and Lakeview.

This 12x16" letterpress print has four inks and was printed locally by Charlotte Mason Printing Company. https://pensacola.gifts/product/fairnie-hill-poster/

There's also a 24x18" matted photo gift of the unique lettering we have in East Hill. Can you identify them all? A few hints: Ozone Pizza Pub, Alga Beer Co., Celebrations The Florist, Wisteria Tavern, and the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. https://pensacola.gifts/product/east-hill-matted-letter-art/

Both are perfect for anyone who ❤️s living in East Hill!

11/12/2023

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a view of the San Carlos balcony.

Located at the northwest corner of Palafox and Garden streets, the seven-story San Carlos Hotel opened in 1910 and was expanded in 1926 for a total capacity of 465 rooms. It remained Pensacola’s premier hotel into the 1950s but was affected by the rising popularity of motels. It closed in 1982 and, despite community efforts to revitalize the building, was demolished in 1993. A federal courthouse was built there in 1998.

This 24x32” three-ink screen print shows the “Gray Lady of Palafox” at her most elegant, with a sharply dressed couple chatting on the loggia balcony. Beneath them are bustling crowds while spotlights shine against the Blount Building in the background. This unique Art Deco perspective was informed by extensive historical research and attention to architectural details. Order yours here with free delivery to Pensacola addresses: https://pensacola.gifts/product/san-carlos-hotel-poster/