The grand opening of Handcrafted Curiosities was held on Friday, November 8, with a ribbon cutting at 10:00 a.m. to officially open the new retail store. Handcrafted Curiosities is located at 926 NC Highway 90 East in Taylorsville.
Handcrafted Curiosities is a boutique that features handmade merchandise from North Carolina.
The new store offers clothing from Next Level Custom Apparel and Sparkle Shirt Company as well as items from NC artisans. Unique items are found in the shop, including vases and jewelry from DJ’s Fluid Art of Charlotte, Niecy’s Pieces jewelry, plus tumblers, hats, 3-D-printed articulated animals, and accessories for tabletop gaming from Convixxion, 100% alpaca dryer balls from Oasis Mini Farm, diffuser bracelets for essential oils created by Jackson Jain, and more.
Pack said the shop offers a creative paint room where she hosts classes and paint parties for all ages. Her talents are found on the floor of the shop where she has painted biblical scriptures entwined in a flower pattern.
Born and bred in Charlotte, Pack and her family moved to Alexander County 10 years ago.
“I immediately fell in love with the different pace of life compared with the Charlotte area,” said Pack. “I’m excited to offer Alexander County a new way to shop. Everything we sell has been hand-created in some way by crafters and artisans from our own state.”
Handcrafted Curiosities is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. For more information, call or text 704-718-7339 or follow them on Facebook.