It was the perfect time to launch Allison Korn Designs, honing in on her skills and her style. “We had to reinvent ourselves anyway,” Korn says. Now, she makes mostly earrings and necklaces.

For nearly 46 years, Ellen and Jeff Falsgraf have been two peas in a pod. And, the glue that holds this relationship together isn’t glue at all. It’s Vermont Spoon.