In December 2002, Cristy Clarke was on her way to a Christmas cocktail party, trying to think of interesting conversation starters because she couldn't face another evening of small talk that went nowhere. Her experiment was a complete success, and by morning she was writing questions to test on her three daughters at their family dinner. The successful result is TableTopics, a collection of conversation starters meant to spark fun, interesting, and meaningful discussions around the dinner table, at parties, on dates, on road trips-wherever!

Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, Cristy founded her first business at age 26. After staying at home for 10 years to raise her children to grade school age, she decided to found a new business to challenge herself and be able to work from home. TableTopics fulfills both her passion for conversation and her desire to bring beautifully designed products to market that add value, as well as values, to people's lives. "I believe that every conversation has the potential to be great - to inspire us to action, enrich our relationships, and connect us to the people we care about most," she says.

TableTopics has enjoyed enthusiastic reviews and its success has inspired Cristy to expand the brand into new lines of conversation starter products including JournalTopics, PartyTopics and Topics ToGo. TableTopics products are currently sold in over 2,000 gift boutiques and museum stores throughout the U.S., Australia, Canada and the UK, and has been translated into Spanish, Dutch and Portugese.

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