MA CRUSH MONDAYS
As two best-friend Mamas ourselves, we always try to round up a good pair of pals to connect and chit-chat about something close to their own hearts. This week, our friend + beauty guru Mary interviews her buddy Jana from the beloved wild-harvested product line Captain Blankenship. Click for this week's doubled-up MA CRUSH!
Meet Danielle Chassin, the brilliant blogger behind Hippie in Disguise. This truly modern Renaissance Woman (and self-described Canadian Policy Strategist, Editor, Serial Interviewer, Wanderer, Nature Addict, Creative Thinker, Environmentalist, and Vegan) will inspire you to the bone with her take on family adventures and slow-living. For this week's MA CRUSH MONDAY, we hop over to Ottawa, Canada and step into the dreamy, lush life she's cultivated for her two beautiful children. Click for more as this purely creative spirit answers #thesamethreequestions.
We're still basking in the Mother's Day glow and so happy to celebrate this week's MA CRUSH: beach beauty Deirdre King, Creative Director of Indego Africa. This golden-spun Mama is a breath of fresh air here in the #Boburbseast with a smile spotted miles away. A dear mutual friend introduced us and we've been singing her praise ever since. She's the vision behind the coveted lifestyle brand and a sweet mama of (almost) two. She's soon packing up her brood and moving back to her hometown by the sea, so we snatched her up before they go and asked her to answer #thesamethreeequestions. Click below as she shares favorites of family-life on the shore with her little gal and baby on the way.
Meet this week's MA CRUSH, Missy Arko: Director of Merchandising for Trina Turk and mama to Ella Ruby. She's got this business of fashion and motherhood -balance down pat! We're pretty giddy she took the time from her busy, sunshiny life in Naples Island of Long Beach, California to chat with us and answer #thesamethreequestions!
We've heard tales about this dream-boss being a Superwoman kind of inspiration, so we were thrilled when Michelle Kohanzo, managing director of Land of Nod and mother of four(!!) agreed to engage with us and answer #thesamethreequestions.
We're thrilled to shine some light on this week's crush, Nikiya Schwarz of the radiant Gold Dust Collective , a collaborative project that spoke to the songs inside of us. Profiling the local people of Nevada City, Nikiya and her friend Kat illuminate the unique cultural and artistic heritage in the community they grew up in. Beth learned of their stunning work when returning to the Gold Rush town of Sacramento (neighboring the Yuba River Watershed) and connected with their curiosity of local land and people, particularly in their intimate photo-documentations and interviews, "FOLKTALES." Nikiya- a designer, stylist, and editor (who also often collaborates with local shop Kitkitdizzi) is a mother of two young ones herself and was kind enough to connect with us and answer #thesamethreequestions. Click for the interview as she discusses homesteading, transitions, and guilty pleasures.
We're suddenly starry-eyed super-fans of the newly launched fashion concept, DÔEN- spearheaded by the beautiful California sisters, Katherine and Margaret Kleveland. They are on to something important here - pioneering authenticity in fashion and empowering motherhood with their collective of creative women, making elevated yet wearable pieces for the everyday. Told in captivating visual stories with a direct line of connection to their customers, their mission is refreshingly transparent. The clothing is as effortlessly gorgeous and inspiring as they are. We're moved and motivated.....(and want everything!!) Click for more as we ask both sisters #thesamethreequestions. And stay tuned for more on the brand!
If you've ever spent any time on Amy Morall's beautiful family blog, Missing Filmore, you've likely left with a list of new goals of family adventure (probably including far-flung beaches, meadow hikes and surprise swimming holes ). This quietly inspiring and whimsical celebration of family in pictures had us wanting more, so we couldn't help but ask the mother of three in Devon, England #thesamethreequestions.
If you're anything like us (and most of our friends), we can't get enough of Eliza Gran baskets. The cheerful bohemian accents are the perfect solve for all our elegant messes- stylishly hiding cluttered magazines, kids toys, potted plants, and other flotsam jetsam. There is brilliance in a multifunctional design. We were thrilled the Venice, California designer herself (and mother of 3!) took a minute to answer #thesamethreequestions.
There’s an undeniable grace and kindness illuminating from this week’s Ma Crush, Lisa Fine of our favorite new bath collection, Quiet Town. We met the stylist and mother of two for a drink in the city to talk about the brand she spearheads with her husband, photographer Michael Fine, but quickly decided we were crushing hard, and needed to revisit on the double! Click for the story, as she was kind enough to share some lovely family photographs and answer #thesamethreequestions.