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The Sandhills Woman’s Exchange

For more than a century, a 200-year-old cabin in Pinehurst has provided women with a location to sell their homemade goods.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Made in North Carolina

Made in NC: Fancy & Functional

Her porcelain pieces may look like works of art, but Julie Wiggins’s teapots are ready for any occasion.

by Jen Tota McGivney
Features

Freedom on Wheels in Winston-Salem

A bicycle maker has turned his childhood sense of adventure into a career that lets him share the gift of pedaling through life’s ups and downs.

by Morgan Sykes
Living in North Carolina

Faith & Fellowship at Rufty’s Chrismon Shop

A shop in Salisbury has everything you need to make the ornaments that grace Christmas trees across the South with representations of Christianity.

by Kris Mueller
Ramblin' Man Columns

Forever Frosty

There must have been some magic in that basement workshop in Raleigh: After more than a decade and countless trips to the craft store, a father’s determination brings his handmade gift to life one day.

by T. Edward Nickens
Guides

A Guide to Downtown Dillsboro

A longtime local crafter is proud of her tiny town for its shops, restaurants, and abundance of Christmas spirit.

by Katie King
Travel

O Little Town of Steam Engines

For members of a model railroad club in Hendersonville, a love of toy trains that started with a simple track beneath the Christmas tree now stretches across western North Carolina.

by Jeremy B. Jones
Arts

The Happy Painter in Asheboro

A Randolph County artist brings the joy of the holidays to the classes that she teaches in her cozy paint-and-sip studio near downtown.

by Micki Bare
Features

I-95 Road Trip: Down by the Riverside in Weldon

A former cotton mill just off the interstate in Halifax County has taken on a new life. Today, the enormous 122-year-old building is an antiquarian’s playground packed with rare treasures and stories around every corner.

by Bridget Booher
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