The renovated Taft Museum, with its sunny garden, freshly painted rooms and fabulous carpeting is something to write home about. And the gift shop, run by Treva Lambing, has just what one needs to correspond in an artful manner.

The gift shop is accessible without museum admission. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Information: 241-0343.

• Tea set with 10 die-cut cup-and-saucer sets tucked inside a dainty blue-and-white pot, $9.95.

• Victorian purse with nine gloves, fan and friendship album, die-cut notes by Carol Wilson Fine Arts Inc., $9.95.

• Chinese festive jackets, set of six die-cut jackets licensed by the British Museum, $11.

• Scenes from Spring by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, set of 20 note cards in four designs, $16.