Come in today for great gifts at Lena & Ole’s Gifts

Get your gifts wrapped free while you enjoy a cup of coffee and one of Lena’s special samples! We have beautiful decorations for your tree or as gifts: traditional Scandinavian straw decorations, rosemaled wood & glass ball ornaments, metal ornaments from Sweden & Norway, Finnish & Danish candles and candle holders, and wonderful unique table runners and table cloths plus fun napkins in many colors & designs. We have lots of very special decorations featuring cardinals, silver sparkly deer, snowflakes and more.

Food makes a great gift and our cookies (Anna’s in a variety of flavors) plus Dutch rum balls, German Black Forest & Orange Liquor cakes, Glogg & spiced cider mixes to name a few!

Kitchen equipment for your holiday baking — rosette & krumkakke irons, lefse grills, rolling pins, cookie presses, cookie sheets, mixing bowls, and more!!

Jewelry — fabulous jewelry from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland plus our handcrafted, great priced Del Mundo line is sure to please everyone — even jewelry for the little girls in your life.

Calendars — personalize them with the family birthdays, anniversaries and it becomes a special gift for the hard to shop for person “with everything” — limited quantity of Danish, Swedish, & Norwegian calendars plus 2010-2011 pocket calendars.

Special sale on Norwegian & Swedish sweaters plus a new collection of felted wool jackets in Red & Black — come early for best selection.

For the kids on your list — get well-made, well-priced toys (including little trucks, airplanes and a neat train or ferry boat) from our Viking (Swedish company) or old-fashioned blocks made in Michigan — language blocks as well as nursery rhymes. Remember books — we have lots, including little kid’s cookbooks & cooking accessories.

T-shirts for that favorite Scandinavian in lots of sizes & sayings — also ski caps.

questions — call 715-698-4111. See you soon… Remember we’re open 6 days per week through December 30 including Monday from 12-6 and Tuesday – Saturday 10-5 pm.

Scandinavian Almond Cake in the German Rehruckenform pan!

      

 One of the most popular items in the "kitchen room" of Lena and Ole's Gifts is the Scandinavian almond cake pan.  Actually the pan is made in Germany and come in two different styles — the one is a loaf shape in a wavy long aluminum type pan that is seen in the lower half of the diaplay picture.  The other is a pan of the same shape (pictured above), also from Germany, and made with a special nonstick coating that makes it very easy to remove the cake after baking.  Both are called rehruckenforms.  This cake is very popular with my customers because it is easy to make, freezes well, and is very pretty when done.  There are two different recipes posted in our recipe section that work well in this unique pan.  When served on one of the beautiful trays, perhaps with fresh strawberries and whipped cream at this time of the year, your guests will be impressed and will love the prominent almond flavor of this outstanding moist cake.            

New RyCraft Cookie Stamps are in stock at Lena and Ole’s Gifts in Woodville

We have the perfect gift for your favorite baker or a must-have item to make your cookie baking easier and more unique.  We have over 25 different cookie stamps — beautifully-detailed designs that you simply press into your sugar ccokie recipe.  They are handcrafted from natural red clay and glazed with vibrant colors.  Each cookie stamp includes a cookie recipe.  We have lots of fun Scandinavian styles — Swedish, uffda, etc., as well as seasonal designs, hearts, and animals — fun for the kids to use with mom or grandma.   Come and check them out — includes 2 great recipes.  We have just ordered many new designs and a special holder for your collection of cookie stamps.  Check out Rycraft.com for recipes, tips on using the cookie presses to make cookies and well as do crafts.

Specialty Kitchen Utensils

Lena & Ole's Gift stocks thousands of items, only a few of which are featured on Lena's Log.  If you have seen an item in the store that you are not able to find on the site, please call 715-698-4111 and we can mail it to you — we'll calculate exact shipping costs and send it to you (you can send a check or use your credit card).

Butter Bells

  One of Lena and Ole’s most popular items is the Butter Bell Crock.  This unique product allows you to maintain your butter at room temperature for up to 30 days without spoilage, refrigeration or odors.  Most important, the Butter Bell crock keeps the creamy smooth texture and delicious flavor of butter  and allows you to spread the butter easily so it doesn’t tear your bread.  You just put a small amount of cold water in the bottom of the crock, a quarter pound of softened butter in the top and place it upside down in the crock (no it doesn’t fall out).  The glazed ceramic crock helps to keep the water cooler than the outside temperature and preserves the butter.  It originated in France hundreds of years ago when there was no refrigeration but today has been endorsed by many of the top chefs in world.  It comes in a variety of colors and designs and makes a great gift for you or someone else.  It comes in  white with the words butter on one side and “beurre” on the other or in a variety of plain colors including bright blue, red, and yellow.  We also have an off white crock with a blue, burgundy, or green stripe.  The plain color, including white, and the striped containers are only $19.95 plus $5.00 shipping and the pictured butter bell is $21.95 plus shipping of $5.00 anywhere in the USA.  Call 715-698-4111 to order today.