Zoe Murrie Local girls Gracie Barrineau and Zoe Murrie designed winning charms in the nationwide Charm It! Design–A–Charm contest. Their winning designs are two of 36 chosen from thousands of entries. The Charm It! “What Charms You?” collection is available at specialty retailers nationwide and local retail- er, Be Beep A Toy Shop.

What Charms you? was the question High IntenCity posed to girls across America through a nationwide Charm It! Design–A– Charm Contest hosted late fall 2009. Girls were invited to design a charm with the possibility of seeing that charm come to life in the “What Charms You” collection.

Gracie Barrineau’s winning charm design was Curl Power Poodle. Gracie will be a sixth grader at Hand Middle School this fall. She has two older brothers, Patrick, 22, and Chas, 17. Her parents are both math teachers. Her mom teaches at Hand and her dad at Dreher. She loves her yellow lab, Mick. She enjoys art and designing, which is the reason she entered the Charm It contest.

Zoe Murrie’s “Bee Yourself” charm Gracie says she drives her mom crazy because she is constantly creating things and working on projects. She enjoys keeping herself busy by making things. She also plays the guitar and has taken dance and piano lessons.

Zoe Murrie’s winning charm design was Bee Yourself. Zoe will be starting sixth grade at Crayton August 16 and says she is really excited about school. She trains at Columbia Ballet School where she takes tap, musical theater, ballet, and pointe. She says that recently she spent the night with her best friend Gracie who wanted to go to Be Beep to get entry forms for the Charm IT contest, so Zoe decided to enter her own design as well. She wanted to design a charm that would empower girls with a positive message. Zoe is an only child, and lives with her mom, dad, and lovable golden retriever, Max.

Gracie Barrineau Zoe says, “Gracie and I were both really happy that our designs were two of the 36 chosen winners.”

Gracie Barrineau and Zoe Murrie will not only see their charms in the new collection but will also receive a goody bag filled with Charm It products. High IntenCity will also donate 10% of its proceeds from the contest charms among six causes nearest and dearest to the winners’ hearts. Gracie’s winning charm will help animals through the World Wildlife Fund and Zoe’s winning charm will help the environment through Kids for Saving Earth.
Gracie Barrineau’s “Curl Power” charm