LA! We are passionate about giving independent designers and artists the recognition they deserve — so @sonjarasula took 4 of this weekend’s exhibitors to star on the @ktla5news this morning!
Shoutout to @sancerajewelry@elisamamaofficial@bessie_besties@goodqualityhuman , who you can come meet and shop from this weekend @thecooperdesignspace !
See you Sat & Sun, 10-4
#uniquemarkets #shopsmall #uniquela #thingstodoinla #popupmarket
PLEASE come to the 18th (!!!!) @uniquemarkets this Sat & Sun — LA needs your love. I need your love. We all need your love! ❤️
Am I super emotional because I’m 50 now or is there some retrograde thing happening?!? 😅
#entrepreneurship #uniquemarkets #femalefounder #bosslife #midlifecrisis 😅👯♀️
I almost fell 👀🙈👯♀️ 9 days until the 18th Annual @uniquemarkets Spring Market in this beautiful, light-filled DTLA penthouse!!!
Join May 9+10 @thecooperdesignspace , from 10-4 both days. Tickets on sale now starting at $10 ❤️❤️❤️
#uniquemarkets #runway #uniquela #smallbusinessowner #danceitout
🚤 Surprised my besties with a private boat tour along the Seine and it was AAAAAMAZING!
I used @airbnbexperiences (Not sponsored! i always use them for fun travel activities) to find the right guide and would highly recommend it. Captain Alexis @parisrivercruise was awesome.
Such a unique, beautiful activity and way to see Paris — and yeah it was a river not the ocean but my sis and I get seasick m, so we took Dramamine and we were a-ok.
🧀🍷🍾 Also you can bring food and wine, and Alexis has corkscrews, cups, etc ready to help. 🚤😊😅
#seine #imonaboat #paris #eiffeltower #notredameparis
Today I’m at the @canva Create Conference, where they announced some MIND-BLOWING TIME SAVERS for small business owners and creatives.
A few of my overall takeaways:
✨ You can start with an idea, not staring at a blank page… Canva’s new AI direction looks focused on turning a prompt, rough thought, or brief into something actually usable and editable.
✨ Less app-switching, more getting sh*t done!!!! With loads of app partnerships — like with my friends @constantcontact — you can create in one place now. Example: a you can be in Constant Contact creating an email and pull-in designs from Canva or create new ones WITHOUT SWITCHING between platforms/different windows and tabs! 😱💪👯♀️ No more downloading, no more uploading - just instant marketing! Then easily resize those graphics for social media and post w/ just a couple clicks. 💯 (BTW use code 26EVENTS50 for 50% off 😱 with Constant Contact, who I’ve used for almost a decade!)
✨ More automation for repeat work.👏👏👏
Generating content elements faster like social posts or new wholesale kits? That’s the kind of update that can give small business owners real time back.
✨ The introduction of layered images! finally, you can upload a flattened graphic and their new tool can turn it into layers, enabling you to change the text, change colors, tweak the background, etc.!
✨ Offline mode is here! Being able to keep working without internet will be a game changer (wish I’d had this on the plane last week)!
My overall read: Canva is clearly pushing toward helping people go from idea → content → campaign with a lot less friction.
And for small business owners and artists, that is HUGE!
#constantcontact #canvacreate #canva #ctctpartner #entrepreneurship
Flexible friends are the best friends!
Shout out to my Paris bday crew who fought jet lag, one anxiety attack (me!), an 8am glam photoshoot, five diff perimenopausal eating habits/timelines, and countless steps per day. @lolamcg@awalkerinla@hildarasula@studiomg
#girlstrip #friendsforever #paris #parismonamour #bdaytrip
I can’t stop looking at my camera roll, even though my eyeballs feel like they will fall out of my head any minute now! 👀👀👀
#girlstrip #vacayphotos #vacationphotos #parisphotos #parisjetaime
Met @studiomg / @atticgold in 9th grade — I was a fresh transplant from Los Angeles to a small town called Kingston, in Ontario Canada.
She was the first non-Asian person I had ever seen with a bowlcut, she was just as skinny as me, and just as loud and weird. It was a match made in friendship heaven…
First acid trips, so many boyfriends, college woes, adulting, and more recently the passing of people we loved. We’ve been through it all - including celebrating my birthday in Paris together. ❤️❤️
Having someone know you for over three decades is wild. And so special.
#bff #bestieforlife #90s #kingstonontario #kcvi
Got off the group chat and met in Paris ✔️
Set the dates and book the trip!!! And I highly recommend giving them an outfit assignment for a secret photoshoot, found via @airbnbexperiences ! I said “all black” and “drama” and they ATE!
#paris #thebesttherapy #girlstrip #eiffeltower #parisjetaime
