Nov 15, 2011

Eclectic Selection at New Hopewell StoreBy Samantha CostaNJ.com

Hopewell, NJ – From pricey chrome piggy banks to recycled wallets and journals, if owner Melissa Cookman loves something, it will soon be in a store she calls twine.

Although some of the things she sells have had previous owners, it’s not a vintage or consignment boutique, and it’s certainly not a corporate chain.

She buys some of the things she sells. Other things are donated or handmade. If she sees something she likes when she’s shopping, she buys it, then sells it at twine.

The shop’s name, twine. — lower case letters with a period at the end — is simple, too, with a simple origin.

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