About Our Partners
branding maven, creator, event designer, collaborator
Kristie Christensen
Kristie Christensen started this creative chaos really more than 20 years ago when she began absorbing life and using that experience to turn ideas into bodacious brands, funky fashion, devil-may-care designs and over-the-top events. Her career began in hotels, planning weddings, running sales & marketing and managing marketing for luxury hospitality brands while nabbing her marketing degree. So she knows a thing or twelve about creating and taking brands to market.
In 2020, she remodeled her Victorian Farmhouse in Wills Point into a beautiful wedding, event venue + Bed + Breakfast, where she designed and hosted events and special guests for 2 years until she sold the venue.
All of that has become the center of the ring with her and her fearless partner as the Ringmasters of this Out East, Down South Creative Circus.
Among her favorite words is beaucoup, the French word for “much.” Nothing could better suit The Local and all of its muchness than that word. You’ll see.
Come in and Meet Kristie
chef, creator, event designer, collaborator
Misti Goodson
Since she was a young child, her grandmother played a pivotal role in modeling her into the amazing wife, mother and community-centered human she now is.
She remembers a lifetime spent at her grandmother’s gathering table; hearing stories, licking the spoon, gathering wisdom and taking copious mental notes about all the ingredients that her grandmother mixed to perfection.
Misti founded The Rustic Table with a mission to bring families back to the table to share time together all while enjoying healthy-but-delicious meals. She just makes it a bit easier by preparing it for them.
Misti, as she describes it, likes to “love on her friends and family by cooking for them.” And that…she does.
A truly farm-to-table experience in every bite, Misti has created the perfect recipe for loving on her community by curating the best ingredients, stirring in her from-scratch philosophy and garnishing it all with a love for cooking that only a grandmother can instill in you.
Misti has also spent a lifetime producing events and catered dishes for family events, community gatherings and more, and all of that was tossed into the creative mixing bowl when she came to The Local.
Come in and Meet Misti
& when we’re together…
the magic happens
When Kristie + Misti (yes, we know it’s cute) joined forces in December of 2023, it was just obvious that it was what was needed. They are the perfect pairing of creativity, entertainment, branding, hospitality, culinary excellence and a joy for bringing wonderful people together through food, fun and fellowship.
When you add to that their collective penchant for retail, design, collabbing and celebrating women in life and business, it’s the perfect recipe for what they like to call our “beaucoup” experience.
Their worlds collided in a way that could only have been divine, and they are certain to give that credit daily where it is due.
These are a Few of our Favorite Things…
02. The Local – Sweet & Eats
from bundt cakes to bon bons and all the yummies, our from scratch goodies are prepared with the best ingredients with a dash of glitter and glam by our own chef misti of the rustic table.
04. CEO Society
gathering of likeminded women of faith inspiration + education collabbing for the greater good
06. TINSEL – Christmas Market
we produce a wonderland of christmas magic at our vendor market in december.
01. The Local – Event Design/Planning
from weddings to hosted events to ceo society business networking, TINSEL CHRISTMAS MARKET AND MORE…we love a good soiree!
03. The Local Beaucoup Boutique
from sequins to bath bombs to baby doll dresses, bows and champagne earrings, greeting cards and custom charcuteries…it’s so so MUCH! It’s beaucoup.
05. Business Branding
we are the stiletto of business branding. we bring your message to the people who need to hear it with all the bells + whistles at the highest level of skill.
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