By Sylvie McCarthy<\/p>\n
Coastal Elements is an arts-and-crafts boutique located in Ponte Vedra Beach, that specializes in curating a collection of gifts from local artists, authors, designers and local companies.<\/p>\n
Coastal Elements started out as a pop-up shop in March of 2020 and has been at its current location on Solana Road for a little over a year.<\/p>\n
The store features original artwork by award-winning artists, handcrafted coastal-inspired jewelry, creative gifts and a distinctive selection of uplifting books.<\/p>\n
Store owner Maria Litwack has a background in retail buying, and she wanted her store to represent the community of Ponte Vedra Beach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe carry a lot of destination items that feature Ponte Vedra like T-shirts, hats and pillows,\u201d said Litwack.<\/p>\n
Litwack said that shoppers love the community aspect of her store and come in to find unique gifts that can\u2019t be found just anywhere.<\/p>\n
Another thing that makes Coastal Elements unique is the mahjong classes they started in December 2025.<\/p>\n
Mahjong is a four-player, tile-based game of skill and luck originating from China, where players draw and discard tiles to form specific sets (three or four of a kind) and a pair to win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every Saturday in the month of December, the store does a pop-up for the holiday season and features items they may not normally carry. Litwack noticed that anything having to do with mahjong was flying off the shelves.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore we could even put out the items, people were already waiting to purchase them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Customers started asking about mahjong classes and although it was a new concept to Litwack she decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hadn\u2019t done anything like that before, but we decided to think outside the box and try it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Litwack held her first class in January, and the response was overwhelming.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good community fellowship because people who have never met will come and play together, and they leave as friends,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Coastal Elements is the perfect place to find a unique gift for Mother\u2019s Day and to find special end of the year teacher gifts.<\/p>\n
The store is located at 268 Solana Road and is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sylvie McCarthy Coastal Elements is an arts-and-crafts boutique located in Ponte Vedra Beach, that specializes in curating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-244570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}