Jan 24, 2014

New Stationery Shop Ellis Hill Brings Pretty Paper Goods to Highland Park VillageBy Rachael AbramsDallas.CultureMap.com

Highland Park, TX – Dallas native Margretta Wikert and Oklahoma City-bred Kerri Davis have a thing for paper and personalized touches. The duo is set to open Ellis Hill in Highland Park Village this February, a stationery shop bursting with beautiful paper goods and gifts.

Davis founded the store in 2009 as Anne Grace Designs — named after her two daughters — in a space behind behind Merry Vose’s Cabana. Thanks to a passion for the written word and making simple notes more personal, she built a strong clientele — including Wikert, for whom Davis had designed some Christmas cards.

Wikert decided to ditch grad school in 2010 to work with Davis. “When I began working there, I loved it,” Wikert says. “We work with brides a lot, which is fun.”

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