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Fairfield resident Alexandra Wallace-Currie lives by that motto. She also is the owner of a little square, which reopened in the Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield.
The store sells contemporary gifts, arts and crafts. Its owner, Alexandra Wallace-Currie, provides arts and crafts materials from the store — as well as instruction — to inner-city youth and cancer survivors. She said the arts and crafts projects are a form of therapy.
Wallace-Currie works with The Cardinal Shehan Center, The McGivney Community Center, Wakeman's Boys & Girls Club, The Child & Family Guidance Center, Norma Pfriem Breast Care Center, Norwalk Hospital, CT Challenge, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and The American Cancer Society.
At the The Cardinal Shehan Center, Wallace-Currie recently revamped and redesigned the crafts room, creating a space “where kids can think outside the box,” she said.
Those at the center are deeply appreciative of Wallace-Currie’s efforts.
“To our kids, it’s a big thing,” said Terry O’Connor, the center’s executive director, as he stopped by the new store. “We do a lot of things at the Shehan Center. We’ve never done sewing.”
“Without Alex,” O’Connor added, “Those kids don’t get that opportunity.”
Wallace-Currie believes that opportunity — the chance to learn sewing — provides a pathway to an important skill.
“Sewing is an essential life skill that anyone can do and fall back on,” she said, adding that sewing can help someone in a last-minute pinch.
Wallace-Currie said she seeks to provide high-quality but not high-priced products. She also tries to stock products from smaller, local companies, such as Wilton-based Melissa & Doug.
The store also hosts creative workshops, birthday parties, moms' night out events and "Drink & Draw" events for adults.
Located at 75 Hillside Road, the store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
Wallace-Currie said she hopes to have a private space for rental for private parties for event planners and caterers to use this fall.
To learn more about the store, visit its website.
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