Cabell's Designs

Who says you have to win an Oscar, publish a novel or record a platinum album to formally thank those who’ve helped you along the way? We at Cabell’s feel it’s important to thank those who have been an integral part in growing, managing and sustaining our business. So at the risk of sounding like we think we are a bigger deal than we actually are…here come the thank yours.

Get ready- this list is extensive!

From Cabell

Thank you, to my husband, Sweeney for being my biggest encouragement, for carrying tubs full of pottery to and from every fair or festival within an 80 mile radius and believing in this little dream when I couldn't’t. AND for never saying, (at least out loud) “Why did I give you that kiln?” I love you. - Cabell

Thank you, Susan for your partnership but more importantly your friendship, for laughing and crying with me through the growing pains, for believing in me more than I believe in myself…for taking this huge leap of faith. –Cabell

Thank you, Mom (known to others as Parke) for showing me that hand-made gifts are always more special. For inspiring me to always be creative, for giving me my first pieces of bisque and all the words of encouragement I needed to create just about anything. And for the generous checks when the all the creativity in the world couldn't’t pay the bills! - Cabell

Thank you, Daddio (known to others as Gus) for the endless hours of business advice, the trips from Tennessee to Atlanta and the patience with your daughter whose Early Childhood degree didn't’t equip her with the ability to read P&L’s. I’m glad one of us got an MBA from a prestigious business school! -Cabell

Thank you, Nike for always saying you are proud of me and for all the free printing! Shameless plug coming now… www.pmtwo.com -Cabell

Thank you, Laurie for being willing to do anything from press kits to polka dots. I am grateful for the talent you bring to our team and the fun you bring to a room! More cowbell. –Cabell

Thank you, Pat and Emerine for always telling me that you are proud of me, dog sitting during lots of out town business trips and making pottery deliveries on your way back to Montgomery. Oh, and for doing an amazing job of raising the man I love.-Cabell

Thank you, Caroleeta for the endless, underpaid hours, for all the late night advice and all the tears you dried. Thank you for your friendship. - Cabell

Thank you, Mimi for being the voice of love and reason in my life. You remind me it is always more about love, less about pottery. –Cabell

Thank you, Morgaine for your friendship, talent, hours and hours of painting, for your patience with me as I tried to figure out how to be a boss and your belief in and passion for our little company. –Cabell

Thank you, Todd for your friendship, advice, words of encouragement, the time you spend studying “the books” and being willing to drive carloads full of pottery wherever they needed to go in the off-season.-Cabell

Thank you, Dana for having the best attitude about the worst jobs! For your hard work, commitment, stamping and tracing until your fingers bled and your rockin’ organizational skills! The dancing isn't’t bad either! –Cabell

Thank you, Michelle for the hours you gave to pin and iron and hot glue to get ready for our “grand opening!” And for the three most adorable nieces ever! -Cabell

Thank you, Vicki for early morning chats, for your business advice and encouragement. - Cabell

Thank you, Ashley for the long nights of “quality time” spent next to me at the painting table or glazing on the kitchen counter.-Cabell

Thank you, Teresa for the hundreds of boxes you packed, the trips to UPS, and the late, late nights- all with the most positive attitude I’ve ever encountered. And for having an amazing ability to always “keep it real”. -Cabell

Thank you, Vernon, the Verndiggity, Digs… for the hours you spent on the bus between Roswell and Atlanta, for your patience as I figured out how to be a boss, for teaching me what commitment looks like and for more stories to tell my grandchildren than one person should be able to provide…a chocolate bust of your head…come on! –Cabell

Thank you, Megan for trading murals in your kid’s rooms for stacks and stacks of pottery to paint, and for providing the studio with stories that made us laugh and blush at the same time! -Cabell

Thank you, Joey for the hours of “tweaking” photos and our first, incredible web site. -Cabell

Thank you to Anna C.’s Mom (Michelle) for talking me into setting up a booth at the Cotton Pickin’ Fair. –Cabell

Thank you, Corrie for being our first real employee who was most definitely overworked and underpaid but remains one of our biggest cheerleaders! -Cabell

Thank you, Jeanette for your help making that crucial deadline before Beyond Malibu and the comic relief of the dog voice on hard days. And the stamping, oh, the stamping! -Cabell

Thank you, Pam and Jan for your encouragement and holding your tongues when you could have so easily said, “Cabell, grow up!” Wait, maybe you did say that! –Cabell

Thank you, Nats for always “checking in”, the help glazing, hemming and for being another “proud Mom” in my life.-Cabell

Thank you, Berta for turning the kiln from medium to high more times than I should have asked and for being one of my first real, live customers. –Cabell

Thank you, Anna at www.bellabluphotograghy.com for letting us steal your web site. design, “getting” our vision and making us look like we are a bigger deal than we are! -Cabell

Thank you, Allen who has shown me life is too short to not follow a dream even if it seems a little crazy. -Cabell

Thank you, Nath Viswanath at Fusion Ceramics for the endless hours helping us deal with crazing. –Cabell

Thank you, Jeanette, Anna, Lindsey, Kelly, Jay, Lage, Blane and Sweeney, my Young Life team, who remind me that we all have hard jobs with long hours but lovin’ high school kids is really what it is all about. -Cabell

Thank you, Tate who puts in long hours of begging, digging through the trash, greeting all visitors with licks and blocking the front door to get a good spot in the sun. You provide much comic relief. -Cabell

From Susan

Thanks to my husband Todd for supporting me with wisdom, business sense that I forgot from school and you remembered, coffee and snacks in the late nights, and for never once asking me “now, why are you doing this again?” Love you much, -Susan

Thanks to my sweet Hannah and Zachary who spent more hours at the studio than any 4 or 6 year old should ever have to. –Susan

Thank you Cabell, for seeing what could be and going for it! And for letting me be a part of the ride. I am forever changed for it. Love you! –Susan

Thank you Sweeney for the bottom line comments at 2 in the morning. We will always need your wisdom and one liners. –Susan

Thank you Missy for painting, and painting, and painting, and painting, and painting, for much less than you are worth. –Susan

Thank you, Caroleeta, first for your incredible work ethic and never ending dedication. And second for your motherly advice to me along the way. I still use it and need it! –Susan

Thank you Laurie for the laughs, the insights and the incredible talent you bring to the table. I could not have hoped for someone more gifted. Who knew? – Susan

From the Cabell's team

Thanks to Mimi, Jan, Vicki, Pam, Teresa and Caroleeta for providing valuable wifely and motherly wisdom while we work in the studio. Keep it coming (preferably in a handbook format for easy reference). –Laurie and Susan

Thank you Grant and Emily. We would have closed the doors without you. You are the truest of friends. – Susan and Cabell

Thank you, Andrew, Paul and the folks at Magnolia Lane for opening the door so that we, in a sense, could close ours. It has made us the business we wanted to be. – Susan and Cabell

Thank you Jeff Brown (and Ginny) for your much needed advice and insight along the way. You are the best! – Susan and Cabell

Thank you Deborah Deitzler for your incredible support of us alumni here at Cabell’s. GO DAWGS! You make us proud of our alma mater. – Susan, Laurie and Cabell

Thank you Rich for all the after hours hours you spent building this site. -Susan and Cabell

Thank you, Sandra Garbutt, for loving our product and selling it so well. You gave us more laughs than you know. You will always be our favorite. May your business prosper for years to come! – Susan and Cabell

Thank you to all who believed in and sold our product early on: Sally at the Chandlery, Butch at Tumbler’s and Totes, Lori at Phine and Whimsey, Jacob at Fine Things, Jane at Plain Jane’s, Rosemary at Anders. Ya’ll were some of the first to believe in us and we are forever grateful! – Susan and Cabell

Thank you, Megan, Corrie, Michele, Laurie, Aimee, Elaina, Marcia, and Rachel for taking home stacks of pottery, staying up late at night and painting more wedding plates and stripes than seemed humanly possible!- Susan and Cabell

Thank YOU for reading this ridiculous, high school yearbook list of our gratitude. And thank you for your interest in our company. Cabell, Susan and Laurie