Dec 9, 2007
Want a unique gift?By Margaret ShusterHerald-Citizen.com

Cookeville — A Wii for your teenager. Check. Golf clubs for hubby. Check. A nice, fuzzy robe and slippers for grandma. Done and done. But what do you buy for that best friend with eclectic taste or your sister who has two of absolutely everything?

Try getting them something no one else can duplicate — a one-of-a-kind item handcrafted by a local artist.

“Sometimes art is the very last thing we buy for ourselves, so it’s nice to know that we have friends and family who might buy it for us,” said LaVonna Phy, owner of The Art Gallery inside Art & Frame Outlet.

The Cookeville area now has more galleries than ever before, each offering a great variety of artist-made goods both fanciful and practical — but if you aren’t quite sure what to buy, opt for practical.

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