The Elves of Sticks and Stones - Featuring Elf Stacy

Meet Stacy

Tell us about yourself…

Hi, my name is Stacy. I live in Waseca with my husband John, our son Oscar, a dog named Norton and Zoe the cat. We live in a little old house, that John and I, have spent many hours fixing up and making feel like “home”. I absolutely have the best job at Sticks and Stones. I am the little “elf” that comes in late at night and works on all the display and visuals in the store. I have always loved to decorate, so naturally I love the creative outlet I get from doing displays at Sticks and Stones. My husband loves it too, because now I can channel some of my artistic energy into the store, instead of painting our bedroom a different color every week or rearranging all our furniture in the middle of the night, although these habits haven’t stopped completely. When I am not working at Sticks and Stones, I spend the day playing with race cars, drawing and coloring bugs, and reading books with my favorite little man, Oscar. Life is pretty good I’d say.

What do you look forward to eating during the holidays?

As crazy as this sounds…the pickles and olives, they are always served in a fancy crystal dish, and somehow that dish makes them taste so good! That, and I love homemade mashed potatoes topped with corn, stuffing, buns with lots of butter, and THE DESSERTS….as I am thinking about all of it my mouth is watering! I think I look forward to eating in general during the holidays.

What are you hoping Santa brings you this year?

For the last decade or so, I have jokingly let anyone who would listen know that I wanted a vintage camper for Christmas. My husband must of finally had enough, and couldn’t stand hearing that one more year, because this summer he got me an 1968 Avion camper as an anniversary gift! What a guy, huh!!! So this year I am asking for a record player, I decided to make it a little easier on the poor guy (Santa and my husband).


What is your favorite Christmas song (or album)?

At our house we have been listening to A Very She & Him Christmas non stop. But I can’t name a Christmas song I don’t like, I have even been know to play some of my Christmas CD’s in the middle of summer because I like them so much.

What is the best gift you have ever received for Christmas?

2 years ago I was very pregnant with Oscar, our house was under construction, and we planned to travel out of town for Christmas, so we decided that we would hold off on the Christmas decorating that year. Well, a blizzard canceled our trip out of town, and being pregnant and hormonal, I was a “little” bummed that we would spend Christmas without a Christmas tree. So my awesome husband surprised me Christmas Eve morning with a tree of our own. Our tree was probably pretty sad looking to others, it only had a few ornaments hung on it and ½ of the lights were burnt out, but I thought it was the best Christmas tree ever (and Christmas present).


What is your favorite Christmas movie?

Just like Christmas music, I can’t seem to get enough of Christmas movies either. The top three on my must watch list are; Love Actually, A Christmas Story and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Stacy's loves to give something homemade as Christmas gifts, so she is absolutly loving the new Junk & Jewels at Sticks and Stones. With Junk & Jewels it is so easy to create something unique as a gift for you or someone else. All you have to do is choose your charms, gems, or other knick knacks and add them to the necklace chain. The charms are so unique, some are vintage pieces and some are things that other may have overlooked as "junk" but with a little imagination have been turned into a really cool piece. What Stacy loves about these necklaces is that you can really make them to fit the personality of the person you are giving it too. It is sure to be a gift they will treasure forever.