Show Notes
12/31/2025 22 MIN
Episode 1 - Heather Kendall Elegant Shells Designs
Heather Kendall became a success seashell designer after a family vacation. Her love of collecting shells came from spending time on the beach when her younger brother was ill. She turned this passion into a thriving business. Some of Heather's most famous clients are entrepreneur Sara Blakely of SPANX and commentator Tucker Carlson.
Episode transcript sample
Louise Krikorian: What are, who are some of your most famous clients that?
Heather Kendall: I'd say my two most famous clients are Tucker Carlson and Sara Blakely.
LK: Did you know both of them?
HK: I knew Sara very well. I grew up with her and, uh, am close with her mother and my sister's best friends with her brother and my mother's best friends with her mother still today. Yes.
LK: And how did you meet Tucker?
HK: Tucker I met through, uh, I've done a lot of work down in Boca Grande. It's an island south of me here in Florida. And, uh, I have mutual friends that knew him because he lived on the island and knew he was looking for a fireplace and said, oh, you have to have Heather Kendall. So that's how…
LK: That's great.
HK: My, my friend Sam Hobbs, he's also, um, he's also a shell artist and is from Delaware, but has lived down there with his family off and on. So grandmother’s or his mother's lived there for, for a very long time. And he creates shell pieces with only shells from Boca Grande that he finds, which is very unique. And I think they wanted him to do it. And then he said, oh no, I can't do it. You have to call Heather Kendall.
Hosts & Guests: Louise Krikorian, Host & Heather Kendall, Guest
Information
Louise Krikorian’s outline of questions comes from years of researching the psychology of learning, motivating students, and Dr. Angela Duckworth’s work on Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. For more information on Dr. Angela Duckworth, you can visit https://angeladuckworth.com/.
In this episode you will hear about Heather’s horse, Alan. Please note that she sees him regularly and he has a number of loving care givers.
Heather Kendall's email: heather@elegantshells.com.
Heather Kendall’s Elegant Shells Designs Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/elegantshellsdesigns/?hl=en
WEDU Arts Plus 517: Elegant Shells Clearwater designer Heather Kendal Uses shells to create ocean-inspire home furnishings 05/26/2016: Rating NR
https://www.pbs.org/video/wedu-arts-plus-517-elegant-shells/
Creator: Louise Krikorian
Years Active: 2025
Episodes: 1
Rating: Clean
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