Kelly Hughes Designs

Kelly Hughes Designs is a stationery and gift company with a mission to spark happiness through our whimsical and delightful designs! All of our artwork is hand-illustrated by Kelly. She pays attention to the smallest details in products, with a focus on delivering high quality merchandise that brings joy to everyday life. Shop at https://kellyhughes.com/ 

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

You're listening to the Preppy Podcast, and I'm your host, Patricia May Olson. I'll be interviewing the brands, businesses, and influencers who are keeping the modern preppy lifestyle alive. Each Tuesday, I'll bring you a new episode, but if you're craving more preppy, then shop the merch and listen to past episodes at thepreppy podcast.com and be sure to follow at the preppy podcast and me, Patricia underscore May underscore Olson on Instagram. Think you're really going to enjoy it. But before we get into that, I know so many of you followed along with our Camp Preppy Hamptons last week. So I'm thrilled to announce that we have the rest of our 2026 Camp Reppies live on thepreppypodcast.com. And they include Beaver Creek in June, Barnsley Resort, which is in Georgia in August, and Kenny Bunkport, Maine, which we are doing in October. So you can find details, you can find all about buying tickets, um, what's required of attendees, and so much more at thepreppypodcast.com. And maybe you're not really ready to take the dive into Camp Preppy, then let me suggest Club Preppy, which is our monthly subscription where virtually we meet and do one preppy activity. So think wine tastings, cocktail making, floral arranging, tablescaping, napkin folding. Um, those are just some of the fun things that we have on the calendar. Members also get to take part in a group chat on Instagram where they can um swap preppy products, share some preppy ideas, and encourage one another, as well as they receive a preppy product in the mail that's exclusive to Club Preppy. Um, in the past, we've done tote bags or notebooks. It's just a great community and a great way to try out before you jump into Camp Preppy and just something in between for our Camp Preppy enthusiasts. So all of that information is at thepreppypodcast.com, but of course, feel free to DM me if you need any links. Um, but let's get into this week's episode. All right, so why don't you first let everyone know who you are, where you live, and what you do?

SPEAKER_01 2:51

Okay, first, thank you for having me, Patricia. I appreciate it. I'm excited to chat with you. And I am Kelly Hughes. I currently live in Malvern, Pennsylvania, which is on the main line of Philadelphia. And I am the founder of a personalized gifts business, which is sold in shops nationwide and online.

SPEAKER_00 3:13

Yes, and I am thrilled to have you here today. Um, and we work together on some social and PR stuff, but I love learning more about my clients and everyone else on the podcast. So I can't wait to hear what I learned today from you. But before we get started, tell me a little bit about you as a kid. I love asking this question because I feel like it makes us all reflect on ourselves a little deeper. But were you someone that at a young age was creative, was maybe, you know, making greeting cards for their friends, or maybe entrepreneurial and like selling something in your driveway to neighbors? Like, what were you like as a kid?

SPEAKER_01 3:51

Um, well, you just answered my question. So I was definitely creative. Um, I actually, when I was in I think fourth grade, I decided with my friend who lived on my street and I went to school with, we decided we were starting a card business, funny enough. And um we were very um resourceful. We used white index cards and folded them in half and illustrated the fronts and blank on the inside, and we sold them to our friends and family and our neighbors. So that was my first uh venture into the card business. Um and I we did that for a while. I I think it it was pretty successful um as a as a fourth grader, you know. Um but um that was probably my first uh entrepreneurial adventure, and the name of the business was many mini cards. I actually still have some.

SPEAKER_00 4:52

Wait, that's so cute. A you remember the name and B, you have some of the cards.

SPEAKER_01 4:59

Thanks to the family who saved them and get gifted them back to me. So um it's it's fun. But um, and then after that, I I I always was doing something creative. I actually, as I got older in high school, I loved making my own dresses. Um, I was very into sewing and designing and um had some very uh it was the late 80s to age myself, but it was some very colorful and creative uh dance dresses. Uh my friends would always be fascinated by what I came up with. And um that from there I kind of went into, I decided I was going to major in clothing and interior design in college. Um, I love designing and just loved color and fabrics. Um, so I got my degree in clothing design. Um, the one caveat is I did not leave Missouri where I grew up. So living in St. Louis my whole life, I went to school in Missouri. Not the best place to go for fashion design, but I made the most of it. So I graduated and actually um got an internship working in London for the summer after graduation for um a fashion icon, Zondra Rhodes, who is a British designer. And um she's still she actually I actually just saw her post uh this week that she just did the Palm Beach Opera costumes. Like she's still so active and amazing. Um, but I was able to go live in London and work for her for three months. Um I did a lot of uh I actually worked closely with her PR person and did a lot of marketing and PR for her new product launches and um was able to kind of see what she did and learn about her textile design. It was really a great opportunity and uh just a very cool experience to have. Definitely.

SPEAKER_00 6:55

How'd you land that?

SPEAKER_01 6:58

Um, you know, it's back at, you know, this was back before the internet. So I literally there was a in our in one of our classroom buildings on campus, there was a bull a bulletin board with internship opportunities. And I happened to see this, and I was like, well, that is right up my alley. I have to pursue this. Um, and it was actually done through, I think a call, uh, it was done through a college in New York City. So it was through through another college, and um, it was just a really neat experience. And the coolest part of it was when I came back home, I actually started, I I had to come home a few weeks early because I started my job um as a buyer right out of college. And um about I guess I can't remember, I think it was within the year, um, Zondra came to the US. She did a lot of a lot in the US, and actually she lived um part-time here, but she came to St. Louis for a fashion event, and I met up for her with her for lunch, and it was just it was surreal. Like I'm like, here she is in St. Louis, Missouri. Um this amazing London British designer, and it was it was just really cool.

SPEAKER_00 8:09

So that sounds like a great first start though, in you know, creativity and and fashion. Um, so it sounds like the perfect fit, and almost like it was meant to be like you finding it on the bulletin board and then getting it and enjoying it.

SPEAKER_01 8:25

Yes, yes. I mean, um, I've I've always said to my kids like that, like when you're in college, go and do these things because it's just such it's a great time to take the risks and and the adventure. Um, so that was a lot of fun. And um definitely I learned a lot about um just running a business and in the short amount of time that I was there, and a lot about PR and marketing as well.

SPEAKER_00 8:52

So it was a good start on your own too, living on your own, being on your own, like so far away from friends and family.

SPEAKER_01 9:00

Yes, yes, which was yes. I honestly I'm not sure I would take that chance now.

SPEAKER_00 9:06

Like I it was when you're young, it's a lot, you know, it's you're a little more naive to uh it's that I was just talking about this with someone, it's like that blind ambition where you don't know anything else. So like you're willing to take those risks and um you know not be afraid and try new things back then, right? For sure. For sure. Yes. So then tell me about um your first job. You mentioned having to leave early to start your job as a buyer. So what what did that look like? How did you get that position? And then I'd love to hear a little bit of the journey from um being a buyer all the way up to the moment where you decided to be an entrepreneur.

SPEAKER_01 9:48

Yes. So um I started in an executive training program with May Department Stores, which sadly is no longer. It's they were bought by Macy's, um, but they were based in St. Louis, and um I started in the buying offices um and I got that job just seeking it out. I was very um good at seeking things out uh when I was young and just looking for new opportunity. Um so I was able to work my way up. I started in the dress buying office and um worked my way through fragrances, um, footwear, uh, kind of did a lot of you know, a lot of different areas. Um, but just that opportunity, my friends and I, I'm still friends with a lot of people that I started my job with there. And we always think back and it was just such a fun group of people to work with. Hard work, consumed a lot of my time, um, but taught me so much about running a business. I mean, honestly, like there is no better place to learn about retail than starting at May Department stores because they were they really pushed you to do your best and and work hard. And it it was a good foundation for uh learning to run a business.

SPEAKER_00 11:07

No, that makes a total sense. It sounds like you were able to, you know, within moving around different departments, learn different skills that you're able to use later in life, right?

SPEAKER_01 11:17

Yes, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 11:19

And those friendships, I mean, that's so important too. I think when everyone's starting their career together, everyone's, you know, helping each other. Um, I always tell people who reach out to me for internships or just like looking for advice. I'm like, take advantage of being young because it's hard for someone to say no to you when you're just starting out because fortunately a lot of people don't think of you as a threat when you're young, which even though you might have a lot of skills and you could actually be a threat, no one's concerned with that as much. So they're willing to give you the time and help you and and offer a lot of advice and time.

SPEAKER_01 11:52

For sure. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 11:55

So then tell me a little bit about next, you know, starting your own business, deciding that you want to be an entrepreneur, you want to try something on your own. Like, what did that sort of aha or light bulb moment look like?

SPEAKER_01 12:10

Um, so I had actually moved to San Antonio, Texas from St. Louis. Um, I my husband and I got married. Uh, I moved right before our wedding. Um, he was working down there. So um, so we started our life down there. And I was at that time I had changed jobs. I was working on the other side of the business. I was an account executive selling into the the store. I was selling to the people that I was buying with.

unknown 12:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:41

So um kind of took the other side and um did that for a little bit in San Antonio. And I we um once I decided we decided, okay, we're gonna, you know, start a family. I it was a lot of travel and a lot of um that mostly it was the travel. I'm like, I don't know if I can separate myself from my kids. Like, that's a lot of time to be gone. And I kind of wanted to find something that would give me more balance and also allow me to use my creativity. Um so I was, you know, just uh tossing around ideas and I I have always obviously had always loved stationery and cards. So um I thought, you know what, this is something easy that I could start up pretty with minimal investment and um see what happens. So um I decided to go for it and uh started out just um doing like shows here and there, like local markets, um, you know, junior league shows, um neighborhood markets, Christmas markets. And for the first year I had a great success with those. And I thought, this is interesting, like I think I can make this work. So um I had actually just had I had my first daughter, and after that, I was quickly pregnant with my second daughter, and I decided it would be a great idea to go to the National Stationer show. Um, because you know, nothing like a six-month-old and a baby on the way, and I'm gonna go to New York. So I um I signed up for the stationary show, which I think the the first year that I went was kind of one of the best years. Like it was before, you know, things started changing and online shopping started happening. So it was a lot of fun. Um, it was actually when they still had the um the outside, all the new vendors were in the outside, they weren't even in the main section of the show. So that's how big it was. So um I did that and I had a great show. I picked up some amazing stores and um online retailers, and some of whom I literally am still doing business with today, which is amazing. Um so that took off and things just started to grow, and it it that was 20-something years ago. So um it was the start of a long journey.

SPEAKER_00 15:17

Yes. Well, so going back a little bit then, I know you said you landed on cards initially because it was a relatively low investment. Um, but how were you staying creative in your other like buying jobs and things like that? So you knew, like, oh, I have these skills in terms of art um that I can create something. Because I feel like that's a really big part too, in terms of beyond just manufacturing and you know, getting the physical printed cards, it's creating the artwork, right? How did you um sort of define your medium and your your style um for these cards? Like, what did that process look like?

SPEAKER_01 15:55

Um, well, you know, it's funny, I am not trained in art at all, other than like clothing design isn't really necessarily art artistic. It's I mean it's artistic in a different way, not illustrating, you know. Yeah. So um that was, I mean, I've always I've always been interested in illustration and and art, but I never went to school for it. I was not formally trained. I graphic design, like Photoshop Illustrator, had no experience. So I really again young and I went in, I'm like, I can do this. And I um as far as medium, I I just always had things that appealed to me, you know, in shopping and and seeing things. I'm like, I love that. That's and so I kind of knew I wanted it to be a hand illustrated uh collection and um and researched different ways that I could do that and and just came uh came out with the I I decided I was going to do watercolor and ink, and that was um that was the route I took and it worked. And um I had to teach myself a lot and I'm confident that I'm still doing things very backwards as far as like Photoshop and Illustrator. My son, who is 18, is like a pro at that, and he always makes fun of me because he's like, Why are you doing it that way? There's so much easier way. I'm like, okay, well, show me then.

SPEAKER_00 17:21

And it's easy, like once you know something and you do it so many times. I'm sure it's hard to change that, even though another way might technically be the more efficient way to do it. Um, to you, it's efficient what you've been doing.

SPEAKER_01 17:34

Exactly. Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 17:36

Well, and I I you know, going off of that too, I imagine the I obviously it's hard um being an artist and and having your your style and making something, but then the technology, like we talked about with Photoshop, there's constantly new versions of things like that. Like keeping up, because it's it's almost two different brains that you're working with then there. Like the artistic, like the physical um drawings and and art, and then there's the technical part of it, which I think are you know, your left and your right brain, so making them work together, I can imagine.

SPEAKER_01 18:07

Yes, yes. And I one of my strengths is and and weaknesses is that I'm very have a very good attention to details. So I think um that has helped me and uh also maybe hindered me in some places, but um I you know it helps with making sure things get done the way they they should be done.

SPEAKER_00 18:28

So definitely so now as you know, your your business has grown, you you went to that first stationary show, um, it did so well, and then even still today, as you continue to grow, you know, 20 years later, how have you found your manufacturers or um you know found a good groove in that? It has it just been sort of word of mouth, or is it taking up to Google? I always find this fascinating too. And I think a lot of times, you know, those outlets change as you grow.

SPEAKER_01 18:59

For sure they change. Um, I mean, you know, when I started my business um 20 something years ago, I the way I reached customers was um first the National Stationery Show and second um just outreach. Like I literally I postcard mailing postcards to stores, um, email, you know, emailing stores. It was a lot of you couldn't go viral on social media because there was no social media. So uh it was a lot of just uh taking the time to reach out to stores and and or doing markets um to meet customers at markets. And those were um, you know, those I always enjoyed because you would be able to meet with people face to face and hear feedback. And it was always so helpful to be able to, you know, have those conversations and and understand what people were looking for and what they wanted more of or less of. And um I it was it was nice to have that opportunity. Um, and then as my business grew, I mean, definitely things are different now. Um, I don't do markets anymore because my business has changed and um I still I still wholesale um to a lot of stores uh and those stores now find me. I don't do a whole lot of market or you know outreach for wholesale. Um and a lot of my customers have been with me for a very long time. Um but now I think um, especially during COVID, things shifted more to online retail, and that's kind of been my focus um for the past several years, probably five years. Um and you know, while still having great relationships with my stores and um, you know, maintaining that business, I've I've kind of shifted focus to grow my online retail business.

SPEAKER_00 21:00

Yeah, direct to consumer.

SPEAKER_01 21:02

Yes, direct to consumer. And it's just a different, you know, it's very different. Uh uh trying to social media, you know, advertising on social media. Um, you know, it's it's word of mouth and and uh getting out getting your name out there other in other ways than what I started with.

SPEAKER_00 21:22

So yes, no, a thousand percent, but I almost think it makes sense and lends itself to your product because so much of your product is custom. So being able to work with that customer directly instead of going through, you know, that that retailer, that store owner to that customer, it'll it makes more sense just to communicate directly with them.

SPEAKER_01 21:41

Yes, um, for sure. And I do find um it's interesting. I I love hearing from my customers. It's it's a lot of fun um just to get feedback. And but a lot of my customers also may not feel comfortable shopping online. So they like going to a store and seeing the product and working with someone in person. And so that's where, you know, my stores are still very important. And even if I'm, you know, uh advertising on social media, that doesn't mean they're coming right to me. They could be going to one of my stores and purchasing there after seeing my ad. So it's it's keeping all of those avenues open, I think, is important.

SPEAKER_00 22:22

Yeah. Now I'm curious, what's been a big pinch me moment in terms of business or something you're really proud of? Um, or maybe like a favorite product or design or project you've done for someone?

SPEAKER_01 22:36

Um, yes. Well, but my favorite moments are getting orders, of course, from big names. Uh it's and I'm not gonna name any because I did it it's not done, it wasn't anything that was like published or, but I I will see names come over and I'm like, hmm, that's interesting. And I'm like, oh yeah, that is who I think it is. And it's really, it's just I that's my favorite. Um, you know, back in when I first started, I would get orders and I'm like, no way, like this is but now it's more of a regular, um, it's it's fun to see those names come over. And I I just feel honored that somebody is choosing, any customer really is choosing to give my products to as a gift or you know, using them for their kids. Um, that's a lot of fun. Um, one of my favorite uh uh moments was which didn't actually end up panning out, but it was a really cool um moment was back when I had first started, I actually got a call from someone who was researching um to have small business owners, small female-owned business owners coming on uh the Martha Stewart show. And I so I got to interview for that and I was like, oh my gosh, like this is my she's like the queen of of business development and branding. Like that would be amazing.

SPEAKER_00 23:59

And events and parties too, like it makes total sense.

SPEAKER_01 24:03

Right. So, anyways, it was like there's just been some really neat uh things that I've had happen throughout the process, uh the process of building my business, but uh for sure it's getting orders from people that I know their names already. That's that's a lot of fun.

SPEAKER_00 24:19

It's so funny. I've had a couple people say that too, and I just find it so like exciting and entertaining how um you know famous people or celebrities can randomly find a small business like just online and it they just order like a regular person, right? It's like mind-blowing.

SPEAKER_01 24:37

It's not shipping to some like mysterious, you know, their personal assistant. Maybe it is, maybe some of them do have the personal assistant ordering, but yeah, they're like, oh yeah, this is just my house address here. Go ahead and ship it to me.

SPEAKER_00 24:49

It's so funny. Oh my goodness. What would you say is the hardest part about having your business? And then, you know, what's what's the best part? And it sounds like the customers are the best part, but you you tell me if it's something different.

SPEAKER_01 25:02

Um, the customers are the best part. Um, I love when somebody calls me and says, Well, first of all, I do answer my phone. Like uh I agree, you may not get you may not get me all the time, but I when I take calls, um my favorite is when people are like, This is I'm ordering for my seventh grandchild, and I need to know like what did I buy this person before? Or you know, trying to make sure they don't duplicate. And it's just fun to hear like they're ordering for all of their grandchildren and like just being a part of those, you know, special moments in life, it's it's so rewarding. Um so yeah, definitely the customers um are the are the best part because they they're why I exist.

SPEAKER_00 25:50

So a thousand percent. And then flip side to that, the the worst or like your least favorite part, like what what do you enjoy the least in terms of business? Would you say?

SPEAKER_01 26:00

Um that's tough. Um I probably I mean, honestly, I I am not like this is this is not my favorite part of the business. Like putting my own. But like social media and and I I would rather like not be the center of everything. I don't know why I named the business after myself, but I did. Um so now I'm stuck with it. But um, that's probably my least favorite part. I do fine with it, but I don't um I'm like, okay, I'll do it.

unknown 26:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:35

It's funny, the people that I have on the podcast, it's very split between. They think that's like the best part, and they think it's so important, they love putting themselves out there, or there's people who are like, I that's the hardest part, is putting myself out there, like being the face of it. Like, I'm fine to promote someone else's business, but like my own business, it's so awkward and it's so much harder. And I totally get it, I hear it. Yes, for sure. Definitely to promote anyone else. Um, I'm curious what is the best seller on your website, customer favorite, and then what's your personal favorite, or like what would you recommend for someone listening who might not be familiar with your brand and logging on for the first time? What should they look into?

SPEAKER_01 27:19

Um, well, so I started my business as a stationary designer, and uh I had a stationary collection, and that was my business for quite a while. Um well, actually, I guess it was about two or three years in. I had I had young kids and I needed a solution for uh the table when they were doing their art projects or doing, you know, or eating their their meals and making messes. I and so I thought I, you know what, I could design a placemat for kids. So that's kind of how my um, you know, branching off into other products began. And so I um started with placemats and then I added on. Those were a success, so I added on matching plates and bowls, and that's that collection has just expanded over the course of 15 years. Um, and that is definitely my favorite part of my line. I love my kids' dinnerware. I actually have a couple here just to show it. Yeah, show it off. Um so the the plates with the matching bowls, and you can get a placemat and a uh mug and a fork and now a fork and spoon set. So I've just slowly expanded to have a full dinnerware set. Um, that's my favorite. Um, I'm now also trying to build up um more children's gift products around that because I found that people love my dinnerware and um and come for that. And then they have, you know, they buy it as a baby gift and they need a gift for the older siblings. So my beach towels and blankets are great sibling gifts. Um, and I'm looking into expanding more on those as well. So um what started as stationary has now just grown into multiple products, and um, and actually um, you know, the children's gifts are just my favorite. I I find that's my favorite thing to illustrate more children's designs than adult. I enjoy the children's product. Um, and they're more I feel like I find I can be more colorful and whimsical with those, and that's what I love. So um that is definitely the strength and and highlight of my my collection.

SPEAKER_00 29:41

Yeah, and I love you have some um dog illustrations too, which I think are so adorable for people, you know, even if they don't have kids, or even if people have kids, I feel like people think of their pets as part of their family and their kids too. So those I think are also adorable. Um, and in terms of, you know, I know you have different motifs and collections. You have a little um farm collection, and I think that is so adorable for little kids. It's like a beautiful, like green and white color, and then has all these adorable farm animals. Um, so that in terms of collections or like designs, what would you say is your favorite right now?

SPEAKER_01 30:21

Um, that is definitely one of my favorites. I actually just came out with a new design, which I think is going to be a um uh a top seller. It's uh I had had requests, and I love that's the other thing I love getting requests because, or you know, I can see what people search on my website, and it's fun to see, like, oh, I didn't think of that. That's a good idea. So, anyways, I have a new um outer space collection for girls because I had an outer space collect uh dinner wear collection. And actually, when I say dinner wear collection, it also expands to stationery and beach towels and all the matching coordinating products that go with it. But um, but it was blue and blue, red and white, red, white, and blue. And um, you know, girls maybe want something not so bold and less uh so I have a new clo new design that is outer space. It's called out of this world, and it's um like a blue and and purple and pink uh colored set that is I I think adorable, but um I think that will be a strong seller, and but definitely my rainbow and unicorn is always a top seller.

SPEAKER_00 31:32

Um I can imagine every every little girl wants a pet unicorn, so for sure.

SPEAKER_01 31:38

Never never out of style.

unknown 31:40

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 31:42

Um since this is the preppy podcast, I always ask everyone, what does preppy mean to you? So how would you describe preppy?

SPEAKER_01 31:50

Um I would describe it probably as classic and colorful, I think. Um it's uh kind of a a feel more than a lifestyle. Like uh it's just um color is definitely important in my collection and um and I just love uh the classic looks of preppy. Um so I and I feel that my line, the fact that I'm still selling designs that I created in 2006, 2007, and they're still my top sellers, I think that makes it pretty classic.

SPEAKER_00 32:35

So a thousand percent. It's definitely classic and preppy. Um, what's a resource you can share with listeners? Is there, you know, a great book you read? Um maybe a newsletter you subscribe to, or or it could just be a piece of advice that you've heard from someone. Like what's what's a resource you could share with people listening?

SPEAKER_01 32:55

Um, I actually just recently started following, and I I love reading her articles. Um it's called uh I think it's the Mannerly Edit. It's on Instagram, and she does um modern manners. Um and she also has a um, you can subscribe, so she does a weekly or maybe multi-days a week uh email with just little articles on modern manners. And I think it's so fun to read and just refresh on. Um and I I'm sure my kids love my college age kids love me sending them, hey, read this.

SPEAKER_00 33:36

Like this is a good tip. Definitely. Well, I think manners are something that's classic and preppy and like never out of style having good manners, and I'm sure it sort of goes hand in hand with having kids tabletop. There's so much you know, kids need to learn about um manners at the tables, and so that's a good one. I'll have to check that that account out. Yeah. Any other sneak peeks or things you're working on? We mentioned um the outer space collection for girls coming out. Anything else you want to like plug or mention?

SPEAKER_01 34:08

Um, well, I'm uh working on expanding my social media um with your help, of course. And I'm actually considering um I haven't committed fully yet, but I'm considering getting on TikTok, which would be a whole new education for me. Yes, definitely. With the help of of my my daughter for sure, because she's much more versed in TikTok than I am. Um, so just to reach a new customer base and um, you know, just a new new avenue to reach out to. So definitely my next endeavor.

SPEAKER_00 34:49

That sounds great. Um, well, Kelly, this has been so fun learning more about you and your business today and sharing it with my listeners. Can you let everyone know where they can find you in terms of social media handles, um, website to shop, and even if there's like any stores that have been with you for a while you want to plug or anything like that, feel free to let them know.

SPEAKER_01 35:09

Okay. Yes, you um Kelly Hughes Designs on Facebook and Instagram, and uh Kelly Hughes.com is my website. Oh, as far as stores, I know I'm gonna, if I name some, I'm gonna miss that's okay.

SPEAKER_00 35:23

You can just say to email you.

SPEAKER_01 35:25

I was just in Naples and visited one of my stores, um, Arabesque, which uh they I loved walking in and they had my uh dinnerware front and center in the store, and it was so fun to meet the owners and and do a face-to-face. Like I said, I miss that from from going to market. So um I try to stop into my stores when I'm nearby.

SPEAKER_00 35:48

So that's perfect. And if people email you, I'm sure that you can tell them if there's a local store that they could stop by, right?

SPEAKER_01 35:56

Yes, my website has all of my stores. So perfect.

SPEAKER_00 36:00

All right, well, thank you so much, Kelly.

SPEAKER_01 36:02

Thank you for having me. It's been fun.

SPEAKER_00 36:05

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