POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Eric Wong and Alison May, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)
	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% stockholder of RedEnvelope,
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules
thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required
to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or
disposition of securities of the Company;

	(2) 	do and perform any and
all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4 or 5, or other
form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution of revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of September,
2003.


PHILLIPS-SMITH SPECIALTY RETAIL GROUP III, L.P.
By:
Phillips Smith Management Company, L.P.
Its General Partner
By:  /s/ G.
Michael Machens
Signature

G. Michael Machens, General Partner

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Phillips-Smith Management Company, L.P.
By:  /s/ G.
Michael Machens
Signature

G. Michael Machens, General Partner

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/s/ Cece Smith
Signature

Cece Smith
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/s/ Donald J. Phillips
Signature

Donald J. Phillips



/s/ G. Michael Machens
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G. Michael Machens
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