If only I could travel back and talk to myself as a young girl...that girl would surely delight in all her dreams coming true! From a very young age, I knew that I wanted to start my own business. Little did I know that the love of my life, Robbie, would open the door to that dream (both figuratively and literally!) While sharing a bottle of wine with friends and deciding on which vintage doorknob we would select for our home, Robbie had the ingenious idea to craft a doorknob into a wine stopper. That idea soon became our first product and KnobStoppers was launched within months at the Atlanta wholesale market in the summer of 2005.

We were very busy sourcing doorknobs and making KnobStoppers! Then we found ourselves in the vintage flatware business. Shortly after that, Robbie designed the first "Spoondelier," a chandelier made from vintage silver-plate spoons. The stoppers and lights continued to evolve and kept our small team on our toes! After our first few years in business, I commissioned a friend of mine to illustrate a dinner plate, fork, knife and spoon. This artwork evolved into our first paper placemat, The Perfect Setting, and the rest you can say “is history."

Over the past 20 years, Hester & Cook has rapidly grown to offer everything from handcrafted chandeliers to beautiful greeting cards. Today, we are best known for our paper placemat pads and table runners, having grown that first paper placemat concept into so much more.