The Crafty Reader, a new and used bookstore also offering handmade, locally-sourced craft goods, opened for business in Milford, Del., on August 30, the Delaware Business Times reported.
The 500-square-foot store is one of several businesses located inside of the historic Penney Square building in downtown Milford. It combines owner Kori Lewandowski's passions for both books and crafts, and fulfills her long-held dream of opening a bookstore.
The store's opening drew an enthusiastic response, with customers forming a line outside the store 30 minutes before the official opening.
"To be honest, I think I kind of went a little bit numb, a little bit in shock," Lewandowski told the Delaware Business Times. "I did not expect a line to start at 10:30 a.m. I never could have imagined that that could have happened, but I had hoped. And then that very first day that I opened, there wasn't a moment until the last 15 minutes of the day when I didn't have at least one person in the store."
Lewandowski added that she's had a steady flow of customers in the week following the opening, and she looks forward to developing the store in the months to come.