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2025 Year of the Snake Calendar

2025 Year of the Snake Calendar

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Written by Christine Trac
We are thrilled to introduce the 2025 Year of the Snake calendar, our sixth calendar collaboration with photographer, Andria Lo. For this edition, our calendar features a decadent Dutch-inspired scene overflowing with wishes for health, resiliency and longevity, in additional to wishes for prosperity and good fortune.
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Le Dix Sept Caneles

Mason Street Friends—Holiday 2024

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Written by Christine Trac
We're looking forward to another festive season along Mason Street! Join us for our holiday edition of Mason Street Friends on Saturday, December 7! Once again, we’ll each be hosting friends—fellow artists, designers and small business owners—to make this day a celebration of community. We'll have four wonderful creatives joining us at Abacus Row! Come out to shop, eat, and enjoy live music! 
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Mason Street Friends—Summer 2024

Mason Street Friends—Summer 2024

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Written by Christine Trac

Once again, we're teaming up with our neighbors along our stretch of Mason Street for a summer celebration of Mason Street Friends! We’ll each be hosting friends—fellow artists, designers and small business owners—to make this day a celebration of community. Come out to shop, eat, and enjoy live music! Bring friends and stay awhile. 

For our Summer 2024 edition of Mason Street Friends, we've invited four creatives to join us at our shop: Batik and Baker, Fun House Fun House by Erin Fong, Mür By Ayça, and Kat Lê.

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Three Harmony Animals Tee

Three Harmony Animals Tee

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Written by Christine Trac
Introducing our first-ever merch! We're delighted to share this tee featuring the work of San Francisco-based artist and designer, Yerrie Choo. The design was inspired by our explorations into feng shui and fortune telling.
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Garden Collection Preview

Garden Collection Preview

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Written by Christine Trac

Coming very soon! We’re excited to announce that we’ll be releasing one-of-a-kind and limited edition Garden Collection designs, including a new capsule collection tomorrow, December 12, at 2pm PST.

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Holiday Pop-Up with Local Designers

Holiday Pop-Up with Local Designers

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Written by Christine Trac
Join us at the store this Saturday, December 16, for our final holiday event of the year! We're looking forward to having a few of our favorite designers and craftspeople in the shop for the day. Enjoy distinctive wood and cork designs for your home by Melanie Abrantes Designs, and handcrafted bags and accessories by JOSHUVELA.
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Mason Street Friends—Holiday Edition

Mason Street Friends—Holiday Edition

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Written by Christine Trac

We’re excited to be collaborating with our neighbors along our stretch of Mason Street for the holiday edition of Mason Street Friends! Once again, we’ll each be hosting friends—fellow artists, designers and small business owners—to make this day a celebration of community. Come out to shop, eat, and enjoy live music! 

For this edition of Mason Street Friends, we've invited six artists and makers to join us in our shop: Béo, Hataguchi Collective, Tiffany Tang, Grand Opening, Kasama Cà Phê, and BarkeepSF.

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Friends of 1256 Mason Street

Friends of 1256 Mason Street

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Written by Christine Trac
We’re excited to introduce Mason Street Friends—a neighborhood gathering hosted by the merchants located on Mason, between Jackson and Washington. For this inaugural gathering, we’re delighted to showcase the work of Soft Geometry, Teaphile and Jessica Fu. 
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Mason Street Friends

Mason Street Friends

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Written by Christine Trac
Join us for Mason Street Friends on Saturday July 22! We’re collaborating with our neighbors and friends along our special stretch of Mason Street—between Washington and Jackson. Come out to shop, eat, and enjoy live music!
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Garden No. 5—Launching May 12

Garden No. 5—Launching May 12

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Written by Christine Trac
Garden Collection No. 5 arrives in-store and online this Friday, May 12! Our most popular limited edition series welcomes a selection of new designs, including one-of-a-kind necklaces. Join us at the store for a special afternoon gathering to welcome the new Garden release.
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Hyacinth Collection

Hyacinth Collection

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Written by Christine Trac
Introducing the Hyacinth Collection—inspired by friendship and the conversations around how we perceive ourselves and one another. This collection encourages reflection in our relationships and an openness to the unseen. 

The Hyacinth Collection is limited edition.
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Limited Edition Spring Launches

Limited Edition Spring Launches

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Written by Christine Trac
We're excited to release two limited edition collections—Hyacinth and Garden No. 5. Be sure to join our mailing list and follow along on Instagram @abacusrow for additional collection previews of these limited edition designs.
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Kaarem 3-Day Popup, Apr 28–30

Kaarem 3-Day Popup, Apr 28–30

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Written by Christine Trac
We're excited to welcome back our friends of Kaarem for a 3-day popup at Abacus Row this spring. We'll also be joined by pals, Batik and Baker offering Malaysian-inspired treats, and Kasama Caphe serving up Vietnamese coffee.
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Lunar New Year Wishes — Language Cards

Lunar New Year Wishes — Language Cards

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Written by Christine Trac
A selection of Lunar New Year related language cards to offer wishes for an auspicious year. We've created cards in Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin with simplified characters and pinyin transliteration, Mandarin with traditional characters and bopomofo transliteration, Taiwanese and Korean.
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Lunar New Year Shop

Lunar New Year Shop

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Written by Christine Trac
Our online shop of symbolic goods to welcome the arrival of an auspicious new year is officially live! Shop our wide selection of limited Abacus Row Lunar New Year-inspired designs alongside an assortment of exclusive collaborations and curated goods pulled together for this special time of year.
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Water Moon Collection

Water Moon Collection

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Written by Christine Trac
This limited collection released for Lunar New Year embraces the year’s element—water—with a charming playfulness. A stream of iridescent blue crystal pearls offer an unexpected dreaminess to the bright colors and joyful shapes that carry the energy of the spring festival. The Water Moon Collection offers a sense of wonder with a joyful maturity in nostalgic expressions.
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Ba Gua — Fire + Water Edition

Ba Gua — Fire + Water Edition

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Written by Christine Trac
This Lunar New Year we've brought back our limited Ba Gua Collection. With water being this year's element, we've designed it with a particular focus on the yang and yin pairing of fire and water. 
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10 New Limited Edition Designs

10 New Limited Edition Designs

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Written by Christine Trac
In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we've designed 10 pairs of limited edition Garden Collection earrings in autumnal colors.
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No. 3  – Coming June 9!

No. 3 – Coming June 9!

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Written by Christine Trac
Batch No. 3 of our crystal Garden Collection drops online and in-store Thursday, June 9. Prepare for Garden Collection No. 3, launching June 9! This new collection of designs will be dropping in-store and online on the same day!
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Afternoon Tea – June 9

Afternoon Tea – June 9

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Written by Christine Trac

Celebrate the release of Garden Collection No. 3 with us at Abacus Row. Join us at the shop from 3–5pm to shop the collection and delight in crystal-inspired treats. 

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Ba Gua Collection

Ba Gua Collection

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Written by Christine Trac

The collection draws its inspiration from Ba Gua (Eight Trigrams), an early system of notation in Chinese history used to represent heaven, earth, water, fire, river, mountain, wind and thunder, which are each corresponding Yin and Yang principles. Keeping both balance and protection in mind, these pieces were designed with red to create the markings, a color that not only represents happiness but is also believed to ward of evil. 

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ĂN TẾT Zine

ĂN TẾT Zine

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Written by Christine Trac
In preparation for the Lunar New Year, we reached out to friends and fellow creatives to help us create a zine that we could share with our communities to capture the feeling and energy of of the new year through the food we make, offer and share in.

All proceeds from the sales of our zine will be donated to Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco.
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Year of the Tiger Image featuring fruits, flowers, Budai, and other symbolic objects

Year of the Tiger Calendar

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Written by Christine Trac

Abacus Row's third consecutive annual calendar collaboration with Andria Lo features a still life scene of fruits, flowers, Budai and other symbolic objects to approach another bright and hopeful Spring. 

All proceeds from our calendar sales will be donated to Viets for Afghans, a Vietnamese-American led advocacy and allyship organization for the Afghan Refugee Community.

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Lunar New Year Shop—Year of the Tiger

Lunar New Year Shop—Year of the Tiger

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Written by Christine Trac
We've officially launched our Year of the Tiger Lunar New Year Shop. For those who are unable to visit the shop in-person, we've made our Lunar Collections and curated selections available for order online. Happy New Year!
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Lunar New Year Shop—Launch Details

Lunar New Year Shop—Launch Details

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Written by Christine Trac
Abacus Row's Lunar New Year shop opens Friday, January 21. The online launch will follow on Tuesday, January 25. Shop our Lunar New Year-inspired collections and the curated selection of goods through February 19 or until supplies last.
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Garden Collection – Inspiration

Garden Collection – Inspiration

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Written by Christine Trac

Our Garden Collection is a limited edition series of crystal jewelry inspired by enduring memories of family and home. Each design offers an enchanting study of light—engaging reflection on multiple perspectives and new ways of seeing. 

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Garden Collection – Launch Announcements

Garden Collection – Launch Announcements

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Written by Christine Trac

The second batch of our previously sold-out Garden Collection blooms drops in-store and online next Tues, August 10! Take note of our launch dates and times so you don’t miss out on this upcoming batch of new and very limited edition designs.

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A Pair of Flowers from our Garden Collection

A Pair of Flowers from our Garden Collection

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Written by Christine Trac
Bông tai, the Vietnamese word for earrings, literally translates to flower of the ear. A figurative description that so effectively captures the essence of our Garden Collection. Each earring bursts with color and vitality, reminiscent of the spectacular nature of blooms. 
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Crystal memories and reflections

Crystal memories and reflections

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Written by Christine Trac
Our Garden Collection kicks off a new series of projects that will be released in succession from now through the end of summer around intimate memories of family. This newest collection of work is an ode to my mother's pink chandelier and a reflection on enduring memories of small details of our family and home.
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Lunar New Year Pop-Up

Lunar New Year Pop-Up

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Written by Christine Trac
We're elated to announce the opening of our Lunar New Year pop-up – a shop of symbolic goods to express hopeful and auspicious wishes for the Year of the Ox. Visit us in-person or shop the pop-up goods online (coming soon).
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Limited Edition Neon

Limited Edition Neon

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Written by Christine Trac
The chance to order our Selene Collection Neso Wrap and Rhea Bracelet designs in Neon wraps up at the end of September. With these limited pieces, we are giving back 25% of sales to La Cocina’s Emergency Relief Fund. 
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JUNE: Giving to TGIJP

JUNE: Giving to TGIJP

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Written by Christine Trac

A range of colors and options to celebrate Pride month. This month, we'll be donating 50% of our friendship bracelet sales to SF-based TGIJP which provides leadership development, housing and employment assistance for community members re-entering society, and legal support for TGI people. Join us in supporting the TGI community against human rights abuses and injustices that they face, and these challenges that are now exacerbated by the disparate social and economic impacts of covid-19. 

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With Others: Ceramics by Minh Singer

With Others: Ceramics by Minh Singer

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Written by Christine Trac
Even the smallest of these works offer a wonderful and inspiring glimpse into the creative talent behind them, and will add a sense of wonder to your home.
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May: 50% for Feed + Fuel Chinatown

May: 50% for Feed + Fuel Chinatown

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Written by Christine Trac

Between May 14-31, we're donating 50% of friendship bracelet sales to Chinatown CDC's Feed + Fuel Chinatown program. 

 

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Online Shop – With Others

Online Shop – With Others

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Written by Christine Trac
We are thrilled to launch a new segment of curated products to our site. We've thoughtfully selected designs for their potential to add moments of charm, whimsy, and enchantment to your world.
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April: 30 Meals for SF-Marin Food Bank

April: 30 Meals for SF-Marin Food Bank

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Written by Christine Trac
For the month of April, we pledged to donate 30 meals to the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank for every order over $150. Thanks to your support we were able to contribute 750 meals.
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