About Us...
There is a quaint little shop called Sydney's Gifts down by Benton H. H. Lovett Park that you really
ought to visit some time....
ought to visit some time....
Sydney's gifts was formerly known as Story's Touch of Country. In 1997, Story's Touch of Country was the
brainchild of Christine Story. Mrs. Story started Story's Touch of Country in a small brick home where her
husband, Danny's grandparents lived. Chris and Danny built nice pine furniture pieces and sold gifts that
had a primitive country flavor. She also stocked her homemade pine shelves with some of the finest candles
in Western Kentucky--Candles with good strong, long-lasting fragances.
Handmade silk florals arranged by Chris was offered at Story's along with delivery of those arrangements,
gifts, and wreaths. She made sure everything was stocked and tidy. Customers were checked out
graciously, and gifts were displayed beautifully in cellophone. Along with maintaining tax/bookkeeping
duties, and ordering merchandise from catalogs behind the scenes, she handled the day-to-day operation of
the shop virtually on her own for 7 years. For a time, Debbie Russell offered print framing at the shop.
Since Debbie also loved primitive decor, she and Chris enjoyed running the shop together.
In February, 2004, Chris sold the shop to her next door neighbors on Main, Byford and Diane Temple. By
then, Chris had expanded the display area further into the main part of the house and
had developed a huge customer base, of friends and family. Chris was known for her jolly nature,
creativity and great service.
"So you can see that all the hard work was done by Chris. I stepped into the role of owner/manager pretty
effortless," stated Diane. The physical appearance of the shop was then altered, by a new porch, fresh
paint, and landscaping. More lines of merchandising were added in order to offer a greater variety of gifts
for birthdays, anniversaries, bridal/baby showers, and inspirational gifts for funeral services. Primitive
merchandise was still a large part of the inventory so that the "Story's" customers would continue to enjoy
shopping there.
Four years later, Sydney's Gifts, employs three ladies; Marla Tubbs, Cathy Daugherty, and Chris Story,
who decided to return to work part-time.
brainchild of Christine Story. Mrs. Story started Story's Touch of Country in a small brick home where her
husband, Danny's grandparents lived. Chris and Danny built nice pine furniture pieces and sold gifts that
had a primitive country flavor. She also stocked her homemade pine shelves with some of the finest candles
in Western Kentucky--Candles with good strong, long-lasting fragances.
Handmade silk florals arranged by Chris was offered at Story's along with delivery of those arrangements,
gifts, and wreaths. She made sure everything was stocked and tidy. Customers were checked out
graciously, and gifts were displayed beautifully in cellophone. Along with maintaining tax/bookkeeping
duties, and ordering merchandise from catalogs behind the scenes, she handled the day-to-day operation of
the shop virtually on her own for 7 years. For a time, Debbie Russell offered print framing at the shop.
Since Debbie also loved primitive decor, she and Chris enjoyed running the shop together.
In February, 2004, Chris sold the shop to her next door neighbors on Main, Byford and Diane Temple. By
then, Chris had expanded the display area further into the main part of the house and
had developed a huge customer base, of friends and family. Chris was known for her jolly nature,
creativity and great service.
"So you can see that all the hard work was done by Chris. I stepped into the role of owner/manager pretty
effortless," stated Diane. The physical appearance of the shop was then altered, by a new porch, fresh
paint, and landscaping. More lines of merchandising were added in order to offer a greater variety of gifts
for birthdays, anniversaries, bridal/baby showers, and inspirational gifts for funeral services. Primitive
merchandise was still a large part of the inventory so that the "Story's" customers would continue to enjoy
shopping there.
Four years later, Sydney's Gifts, employs three ladies; Marla Tubbs, Cathy Daugherty, and Chris Story,
who decided to return to work part-time.
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