It’s a Shore Thing
For Tessa Adams, opening her own arts and crafts store in Liverpool, was the “shore thing” to do.
Adams has always been artistic and creative. Even while she was a Grade 1 and 2 classroom teacher in the Halifax region, she still found time to be involved with several different arts and crafts businesses.
It seems there is little that Adams cannot do or make. Her favourite art endeavour is working with driftwood, although she says she used to make miniature houses and villages, wreathes, and shelves, and has created pebble art pieces and earrings as well. She is also a photographer and loves to use her photographs for cards, but, also makes fence flowers and large dragonflies with bright colours, too, she says.
Previously, Adams says she and her other artist friends had their works for sale in another local shop, but when that closed, she knew she had to do something.
“I knew that it was time to step up and put something different together that gave us all a place to sell what we create but also offered more than shopping for gifts,” says Adams.
Earlier this year in April, Adams says she took the leap to open a place featuring artists’ work on commission, artist supplies, art classes, lots of fun, and a whole lot more, which she duly called “Shore Thing Studio and Emporium.”
Adams says not to be fooled by their small frontage on Liverpool’s Main Street, noting they have almost 2,000 square feet of shop including another 600 square feet of classroom behind!
Shore Thing Studio, says Adams, sells work by 34 different artisans who create jewellery, paintings, cards, sculptures, massage candles, soaps, wind chimes, knitted hats and scarves, signs, designer clothing, prints, pebble art, miniature houses, felted pieces, handmade candy and fudge, tartan scarves, quilts, gift tags and baby clothes, decorative pieces made from driftwood, fence flowers, rope mats, and sea glass lanterns. They also sell antiques, collectibles, a line of furniture paint, stencils, clay, artist paints and supplies, beads, essential oils and diffusers, stones, pickles, tea, honey, and books so far.