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For our first trip to Atlanta Gift Market, although we had no idea what we were doing (totally different than Apparel Mart), we knew we wanted gifts with good intentions. Gifts with background depth, gifts that give back, gifts with purpose. Gifts that give you the warm & fuzzies when you're buying them. Enter Mangiacotti: An Eco-friendly line of amazing hand & body products. Trust me, I'm the last person to freak over a tube of hand lotion but I'm here to tell you this stuff does wonders for your cuticles. More importantly, founder of Mangiacotti, Michelle, wanted a company...

An ex-boyfriend once told me I thought life was like a movie (whatever). While he was rudely alluding to my fantasy-like expectations, he wasn't 100% wrong.  I've always wanted to be that person that selects songs for certain acts in movies, guess I'm just dramatic that way. Don't you ever just get FEELS with certain songs? It brings you back to a certain place & time, special memories. Like, idc if it's 105 degrees in the middle of July, I can count on Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' to put my mood on point. Why? Because...

Here at C & B our timeline is pretty interesting so we use any and every opportunity to celebrate each little victory. We're not huge risk takers, so our history is a compilation of small baby steps & a whole lotta faith & blessings from the Man above. I've always dreamed of owning my own boutique, never did I imagine it would come to fruition. One class & one professor at NC State kinda turned that around. I minored in business, and for one class in particular our final exam was to be similar to an episode of Shark Tank....