Vermont Woods Studios » pieces of vt http://vermontwoodsstudios.com/blog Fine American Made Solid Wood Furniture Handmade & Custom Crafted in Vermont Sat, 18 May 2013 03:16:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pieces of Vermont: Best Vermont Made Gift Store http://vermontwoodsstudios.com/blog/pieces-of-vermont/ http://vermontwoodsstudios.com/blog/pieces-of-vermont/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:27:00 +0000 Peggy Farabaugh http://vermontwoodsstudios.com/blog/?p=52 Last week I bought a couple gifts for friends whom we had stayed with recently, during a trip to the Finger Lakes in New York.  My favorite store for Vermont made gifts is Pieces of Vermont.  It's a place where you can buy a huge variety of Vermont made products including maple syrup, artisan cheese, [...]

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]]> Vt-giftsLast week I bought a couple gifts for friends whom we had stayed with recently, during a trip to the Finger Lakes in New York.  My favorite store for Vermont made gifts is Pieces of Vermont.  It's a place where you can buy a huge variety of Vermont made products including maple syrup, artisan cheese, wooden kitchen accessories, specialty gourmet foods and Vermont gift baskets for any occasion.

Soon after I placed my order I got a personal note from owner Rick Smith thanking me for the purchase and saying that he was on our Vermont Woods Studios website shopping for a bed!  Pretty good karma, right?

It turns out Rick's an extraordinary guy who grew up in Vermont, skied at Mount Snow and was an avid trout fisherman. He earned BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology.  After a short career as a Manufacturing Engineer in the Aerospace Machining industry, Rick's life changed dramatically with a spinal cord injury, and he was forced to change careers.

He decided to create a website that would help Vermont's smaller businesses sell locally made specialty food items over the Internet and that's how Pieces of Vermont came about.  Check it out next time you're looking for affordable Vermont made gifts or maybe even a little handmade treat for your own kitchen.  Tell Rick I sent you.

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