tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13826748572988514722024-03-13T04:15:40.606-07:00Sticks and MoreUnique Gifts...Local ArtSticks and Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730875562456529467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382674857298851472.post-46062565554017811302011-09-21T20:52:00.000-07:002011-09-21T20:52:20.174-07:00The Real Deal<div style="text-align: center;"><span lang=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day a couple of years ago a nice man walked in our store and asked if Mollie and I would be interested in an old mantle. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sure we would...how much? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We didn't understand...he wanted to give the mantle to us. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He had hopes of putting it in his home but his wife</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> had other decorating ideas in mind. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He even drove home and brought it back to us </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just to get it out of his way. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was THE REAL DEAL. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has that kind of time worn chippy paint finish that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">comes with years of wear and repainting. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We don't know how old it is </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BUT we love it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v73orqJs1xM/TnqhBlTCWLI/AAAAAAAAACs/oHPqDk1W8pM/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v73orqJs1xM/TnqhBlTCWLI/AAAAAAAAACs/oHPqDk1W8pM/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span lang=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have other furniture and display pieces at Sticks and More </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that are THE REAL DEAL. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have lots of shutters, old cabinets and junk that have </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">layers of chippy paint and patina that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we can't reproduce with paint no matter how hard we try. </span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span lang=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am NOT an expert on anything...especially painting furniture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I've never taken a painting class...just learned through experimenting and alot of reading. I don't follow all the directions on the labels of paint cans and if I don't like what I paint, I start over and repaint . Quite often, I get painting questions from customers. The most common questions are: where do I get all the stuff I paint and what kind of paint do I use.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's my answer to the latter...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I use all kinds of paint, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I most often use </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flat, exterior paint...and I use alot of different brands. I try to use what I have, blending paints I have to get the colors I want. Sometimes the best paint isn't newly mixed paint. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's paint I've had for a while or cans of paint that I've left slightly ajar and it's become thick like "budda."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T70xoWieTDQ/TnqmgwrBY7I/AAAAAAAAADA/y5NuZAiAJXM/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T70xoWieTDQ/TnqmgwrBY7I/AAAAAAAAADA/y5NuZAiAJXM/s320/001.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span lang=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About a month ago I began experimenting with </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ordered mine from Tammy from </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Periwinkle Pass in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banner Elk,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NC. She was the closest stockist to me at the time. Tammy spent time talking with me on the phone before I ordered and answered all my questions. I ordered the paint one day and it was there the next. It was $34.95 a quart. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought three cans.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C5A8657RmWM/TnqnLoJWsLI/AAAAAAAAADE/VCqYnMTFSws/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C5A8657RmWM/TnqnLoJWsLI/AAAAAAAAADE/VCqYnMTFSws/s320/003.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span lang=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you like a distressed look and want to paint your furniture, it is probably one of the easiest paints I've ever used for 2 reasons....You don't have to sand and you don't have to prime before you paint. Did you understand what I just said?...NO SANDING OR PRIMING BEFORE YOU PAINT!!! Just start painting. I'll leave all the details about this paint to the experts. Just visit Tammy's website or give her a call or just search the Internet...you'll find plenty of information. Tammy's information is:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> The Periwinkle Pass Studio </div><div style="text-align: center;"> 226 Periwinkle Pass </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Banner Elk, NC 28604 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.periwinklepass.com/"><u><span style="color: blue;">www.periwinklepass.com</span></u><span style="color: blue;"></span></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.periwinklepassstudio.com"><i><u><span style="color: blue;">www.periwinklepassstudio.com</span></u></i><u><span style="color: blue;"></span></u><span style="color: blue;"></span></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.periwinklepass.etsy.com/"><u><span style="color: blue;">www.periwinklepass.etsy.com</span></u><span style="color: blue;"></span></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can Chalk Paint replace THE REAL DEAL? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Absolutely not. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But if you don't want to wait years to get a distressed look,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> you should give Chalk Paint a try. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your paint finish may not be chippy,but it will look time worn. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to see a sample before you buy yours, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stop by the store and we'll be happy to let you play with ours!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Happy Painting!</span></div><br />
</span></span></span>Sticks and Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730875562456529467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382674857298851472.post-55934297044832269402011-07-12T06:50:00.000-07:002011-07-14T03:50:51.930-07:00What are those "sticks" you speak of?<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The roots of our business, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sticks and More</span></strong>, began </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">with tobacco sticks. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Our connection with them started way</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> before we were born. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you grew up in eastern North Carolina, you probably already know what a tobacco stick is. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> For those of you who don't, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">here's a quick explanation </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and a little about what we do with those sticks...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been said that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Home is where your story begins." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our story began on tobacco farms in </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Greene County, North Carolina.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Every summer of our childhood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">was spent putting in tobacco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The green tobacco leaves that he's </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">standing by were "primed" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and then sewn on to tobacco sticks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sticks were hung in </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">tobacco barns and cured.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then the tobacco was taken off the sticks, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">taken to a tobacco warehouse and sold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The tobacco sticks, however; were saved and used over and over again...year after year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, tobacco farmers for the most part </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">do not use tobacco sticks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> BUT...those tobacco sticks, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">many of which are over 100 years old, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">are still stored in packhouses</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> all over North Carolina.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the past 15 years, we've been recycling tobacco sticks in to gifts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We make...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">We love all the "MORE" that we sell in our gift shop, <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sticks and More</span></strong>, in Snow Hill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">BUT...as we gear up to produce our</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> Christmas inventory of "stick stuff,"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">we pause and reflect that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">home is truly where your story begins.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">We're proud to share a bit of our </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">tobacco stick heritage with you!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sticks and Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730875562456529467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382674857298851472.post-21452700549303968262010-02-26T17:47:00.000-08:002010-02-26T17:57:47.233-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7sHQy-II/AAAAAAAAAA0/DRgywlo_K8M/s1600-h/blog+2-26-10+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442736147471202434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7sHQy-II/AAAAAAAAAA0/DRgywlo_K8M/s320/blog+2-26-10+015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7rmZ255I/AAAAAAAAAAs/95l_sbMOeG8/s1600-h/blog+2-26-10+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442736138650838930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7rmZ255I/AAAAAAAAAAs/95l_sbMOeG8/s320/blog+2-26-10+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7rR2XonI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Ydu21KYMrNs/s1600-h/blog+2-26-10+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442736133133279858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7rR2XonI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Ydu21KYMrNs/s320/blog+2-26-10+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7q4XzO7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/G1020Uvgd08/s1600-h/blog+2-26-10+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442736126294178738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6NOgsimGgNY/S4h7q4XzO7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/G1020Uvgd08/s320/blog+2-26-10+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">We've recyled! See more at our store!</span></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"></span></strong></div></div></div></div>Sticks and Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730875562456529467noreply@blogger.com0