Carrie Carden, a member of the Hampton community, has recently opened a boutique in the town known as Carried Away.
Hampton’s Carrie Carden wears many different hats within the community
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Story & Photos by Nic Miller
prayed really hard about finding a storefront and this he communities within the areas of “I get to be a lined up perfectly. This is really a way for me to Carter County and Elizabethton are part of a kid’s life building reach out to the community, plus I love clothes so things filled with friendly people and smiling who may not have worked out the best that they could.” faces, making most days great for so Owning a business helps you connect with those in the many citizens. things as good at area, that message is amplified in such a tight knit One of these friendly people with a smiling face is home as my kids place and such as Hampton. Carden expanded on this, saying, Carrie Carden of Hampton, who juggles many hats do, which is just an- “I absolutely love having a business here. I grew up in within her community. First, Carden is the proud owner of a local other great aspect Hampton, went to Hampton High School, so I am familiar boutique, one by the name of Carried Away, where of my job working with the people here.” “And I knew that I could have opened this shop in members of the community can find great clothing at the high school.” Elizabethton, but I have so many friends here as well as items at an affordable price on either Facebook or in store. —Carrie Carden the fact that clothing stores are not that common here in Hampton. I knew that I wanted my business in Hampton When asked about why she started the boutique, because I wanted to be able to interact with my friends Carden explained, “I have had a custom T-shirt and the community that I love.” business for almost seven years, and after some Carden says that the in store numbers are very well, but a large unfortunate circumstances I needed to switch it up so I took the last 500 amount of her customer base comes from the online portion of her dollars in my bank account and started this boutique.” business. “Everything was originally online up until July of this year, so I 14
