Mary Lou Benton and her daughter, Crystal Rutherford, sat in their monogram shop Thursday afternoon, with nearly 40 customer orders behind the counter.
Three years ago, the mother-daughter duo started CML (Crystal Mary Lou) Southern Designz, from Rutherford's home where the two live with Rutherford's two children. The Cinderella shop continued to grow, until it opened shop in New Hope in August. Selling Easter basket after Easter basket, the duo told their story of how they each came back home
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