When Kelli Berry began selling handmade artwork and decor at craft shows as a hobby, she didn’t know yet what it would turn into.
Her vision for her boutique, Berry’d Treasures, took shape over time, first through craft shows, then into booths inside Painted Tree Boutiques in multiple states.
More than two decades later, what started as a traveling concept has officially planted roots — this time in just one spot. On Saturday, Berry’d Treasures celebrated the grand opening of its new brick-and-mortar store in Leawood.
Berry’d Treasures now at 11543 Ash St., in Leawood
- The shop opened in a space at the Park Place shopping center, just off 115th Street and Nall Avenue in Leawood.
- Tailor shop Moda Domani occupied that space for roughly five years before its closure.
- Berry’d Treasures is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Berry’d Treasures offers “specially curated” accessories and decor
Berry’d Treasures features accessories from a variety of makers, such as Myra bags and jewelry from Kinsley Armelle.
The boutique’s inventory doesn’t stop at clothes, though — which is by design.
Berry did her best to make Berry’d Treasures a “one-stop shop,” offering home goods and gift items in addition to items people can wear.
“Everybody thinks a boutique is (just) for clothes or women’s stuff,” she said. “I feel like those are a dime a dozen. I wanted to bring a different type of boutique feel to the area.”
The boutique’s home goods sections offer items like candles, kitchenware, vases, charcuterie boards, woven baskets, throw blankets and pillows.
Berry aimed for the boutique to have a “boho-inspired” aesthetic — both in terms of accessories and in decor, with lots of marble and wood pieces.
Berry’d Treasures fragrance item section is extensive, too. In addition to the shelves of Milkhouse candles and wax melts ready to buy (generally ranging from $24 to $28), customers can make their own candles with a scent of their choice at a candle bar toward the back of the shop.
Making new use of the space’s former life as an alterations shop, what used to be dressing rooms in the back of the shop have been repurposed into themed mini displays.
One of them, for example, is dedicated to Taylor Swift-themed goods and accessories. Another one serves as a “pet corner”, with pet accessories from Lucy & Co.
“I hand-select every piece that I decide to put in here, so everything’s specially curated for the store,” Berry said.
This marks Berry’d Treasures’ first standalone boutique
Berry initially began selling handmade art and gifts at craft shows in 2005.
Roughly four years ago, she took Berry’d Treasures a step further, opening booths inside multiple Painted Tree boutiques.
By the time she closed all of those booths earlier this spring, Berry’d Treasures had booths inside the company’s markets in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa.
By coincidence, her exit from Painted Tree came just before the company closed all its stores nationwide, leaving some local vendors in a lurch, amid an ongoing bankruptcy.
Though she may hire additional employees in the future, the boutique will be a family-run operation to start.
Though they live in Olathe, Berry said she and her family have long gravitated toward Leawood’s Park Place and its cozy, picturesque “Hallmark” feel.
As such, she said, it felt like the right place to start Berry’d Treasures’ new chapter.
“It doesn’t feel like Kansas to me,” she said. “I always just thought that it would be really cool if I could have something down here.”
After many late nights spent painting walls, refinishing cabinets and putting together displays, this next chapter felt all the more real as Saturday’s opening quickly approached.
“I’m very vision-driven,” Berry said. “Just seeing things I’ve had in my mind for so many years actually come to life… and not only do I get to finally enjoy what I’ve been seeing, but I get to share that with other people. It’s been so fun, just seeing it all come together.”
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