Veteran-Owned Business Gift Guide

Curate Essentials 

Located in a stately white 1914 home with a wraparound porch with twinking lights and rocking chairs, Curate essentials make an impression before you even walk in the front door.

The herbal apothecary stocks pampering and healthcare products, with nearly everything made on-site. Shoppers will find all-natural soaps, balms, hand-painted and eco-friendly scarves, salt scrubs, herbal remedies ,teas, jewelry, and decorative items. 

If you are shopping on-site, don't miss stopping at the cafe in front of the store and enjoying your selection on the porch.  The garden surrounding the front porch is home to unusual and level plants, herbs, and vegetables, some of which are used in the store's products. 

A sample of the special gift items found at Curate essentials  are below.

Cursive 

Located in Downtown Fayetteville, Cursive is the only stop you need to make when you're looking for goods & gifts that let your recipient know they are seen. With jewelry, mugs, totes, notes, accessories, candles (and more!) that make you smile, make you laugh, make you shout Amen, make you take a stand, and make you think, you're sure to be a Five-Star Gift Giver. You'll feel it when you step in the store's front door or scan our online store. If you are looking for items (for yourself or others) that leave behind the uninspired, boring, dispassionate, same-old everyday things you see elsewhere, you'll enjoy shopping at Cursive. 

A sample of the special gift items found at Cursive are below.

Scented Wicks 

Scented Wicks was established in May 2020, when Shaylin Bell began selling hand-poured soy wax candles both online and at local Farmer's Markets. After retiring from the Army Shaylin and her husband Kirk expanded the business to include a candle bar. The candle bar walks visitors through creating an eco-friendly distinct candle made with 100% soy wax. 

While a highlight of scented wicks is the candle making experience, many of the Bell's candles and other fragrance products are sold both in the store and online. 

Below are a few of the distinct products currently available at Scented Wicks. 

Bath Snob 

Enter Bath Snob, and you'll leave feeling like family. The sisters and their mom, who run this veteran-owned business, take the time to talk about their products and help you sample your options. At any time, the store will carry a variety of soaps, sugar scrubs, body butter, shower steamers, hand cream, bath bombs, and candles. 

Shoppers sensitive to fragrances won't have issues with the products - every product is all-natural and handmade in-house without any harsh chemicals.  If you can't make it to the store on Main Street in Hope Mills, all products are available online. 

Below are a few of the distinct products currently available at Bath Snob. 

Rude Awakening Coffee House 

Opened in 1999, Rude Awakening Coffee House heralded Fayetteville's downtown renaissance. Owners Bruce and Molly Arnold renovated the circa 1914 building, which once housed Brady's Soda Shop, to its previous splendor. 

As committed as the Arnolds were to renovating the building, today, their commitment extends to serving a great cup of coffee. They serve organic and free-trade brews in your chosen form, alongside a variety of local chocolates and desserts. Browse the shop's unique and clever gift items.