Monogram Mary's founder, Brooke Shepard joins me for a delightful conversation about growing the beloved business that she was inspired to start by her Grandmother. Brooke actually named the business after her late mother-in-law, Mary as a way to continue her legacy and keep talking about her with her own children. Brooke was raised on a farm and surrounded by a family of artists. Her grandmother taught her to sew as a child and eventually Brooke went onto work in the fashion industry in product development, traveling the world.

After the birth of her own children and wanting a job with flexibility, Brooke ordered a monogram machine and began a service based business out of her home, which eventually moved to her garage and most recently to her very own Monogram Mary Studio in Old Greenwich. In this episode we discuss:

-Building a business over 10 year (yes, MM just celebrated their 10th anniversary)

-Power of relationships and networking

-Saying yes and figuring out the "How" later

-The joy of giving thoughtful, personalized gifts to our loved ones

-Giving back & philanthropy

-Brooke's Hat of Summer and its appearance on Oprah!

-Taking business risks & creating a flexible work environment

-Brooke's Must Haves for gift giving, holiday hostess gifts + how to care for your linens

-Endless opportunities to customize & personalize gifts..Brooke can even use your handwriting!!

This is just a feel good episode that will make you want to gift someone you love.

Lucky for our listeners - Brooke has generously offered us the following code to shop: THANKFUL30

YAY! Enjoy and Happy shopping!

Noelle x

@noelleettoi