Petronia Island Store

Key West


On a shop- and gallery-lined stretch of Whitehead St, this small sunlit store carries a well-curated selection of handmade soaps, jewelry, candles, pretty stationery and organic cotton clothes (with mermaids, mariners and octopi) for the young ones. Run by artists, the hip little outpost carries unique pieces that seem imbued with the creative, crafty ethos of Key West.


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