Stationery, toy shops to open in Old Mill

Published 4:00 am Sunday, February 28, 2010

A high-end stationery store and a toy shop are opening their doors in Bend’s Old Mill District in March, according to a press release.

The stationery store, Serendipity, will carry cards, gifts, stationery and wrapping paper, among other things. Jessica Intlekofer and Megan Blodgett, sisters and native Central Oregonians, hope to open this week.

The toy store, Wonderland Toy Shoppe, will carry specialty toys from throughout the world, as well as games, arts and craft supplies, puppets, costumes, stuffed animals, children’s books and gifts. Hamlet and Tanisha Marderos, who have lived in Bend for nearly a decade, plan to open the store at the end of March.

The Old Mill District will have only two vacancies after the stores open, but potential tenants have signed letters of intent for each empty space, according to Noelle Fredland, Old Mill marketing director.

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