Turlock's Little Bit has a lot of stuff

Looking for a little bit of this, a little bit of that?

Lydia Beccard has the spot for you. She opened A Little Bit of This Shoppe in the Mercantile building in downtown Turlock last fall.

The store is aptly named.

"I sell a bit of everything," Beccard said in an email. That includes home décor she gets from distributors, vintage items and some locally handmade pieces such as jewelry, candles, pillows and lamps — "pretty much anything that pops into our head to try making," she said.

Beccard is planning a fund-raiser Monday evening to benefit the Turlock Police Department's Widows and Orphans fund, with a raffle and other vendors.

A Little Bit of This is at 200 W. Main St., Suite F. Contact Beccard at (209) 634-6604 or alittlebitofthisshoppe@yahoo.com.

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