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Tomboy KC's Guide to Living It Up In Dallas

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Tomboy KC's Guide to Living It Up In Dallas

Lynsey Eaton traded a life of practicing law in Los Angeles for one of blogging in Dallas, where she's the executive editor of Tomboy KC, a fashion and lifestyle site she co-runs with actress Katie Cassidy. You can catch Lynsey at #CreateCultivateDALLAS, speaking on our panel The Art of the Pitch: How to Present, Sell and Negotiate your Big Idea. In the meantime, we caught up with her and got her to give us some of her favorite places in her adopted city—because we know that if she loves them, we'll love them too (and so will you, obvi.)

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Meet the Speaker: Katherine Power & Hillary Kerr, Co-Founders of Clique Media Group

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Meet the Speaker: Katherine Power & Hillary Kerr, Co-Founders of Clique Media Group

Major news today: At #CreateCultivateDallas, our featured keynote speakers will be Katherine Power and Hillary Kerr, the fashion and business powerhouses behind Clique Media Group. Katherine and Hillary founded their first media outlet, Who What Wear (yeah, we think you've probably heard of that one ;) almost 10 years ago and have since grown their company into a full-on empire that includes the websites MyDomaine and Byrdie, as well as talent management. We caught up with them to get a mere sliver of all the wisdom they're sure to drop on January 30th.

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Meet the Speaker: Jenna and Lisa of Lunchpails & Lipstick

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We're not ones to pat ourselves on the back, but sometimes we can't help it—and this is one of those! Our lineup for #CreateCultivateDALLAS is already killer and is only going to get better. To get you all worked up and as excited as we are, we're going to start introducing some of the awesome women who'll be there. First up: Lunchpails & Lipstick founders Jenna Crandall and Lisa Allen, who'll be speaking on our panel $$$: Monetizing across different channels and strategically growing your following. Get to know them here, and see them IRL in January!

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Blawnde Ambition: Annie Lawless's Guide to Healthy Living

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We dare you to get to know Annie Lawless and not be inspired to take your health into your own hands—it'd be impossible. After being diagnosed with Celiac's disease at age 12, Annie learned first hand how much what you put in your body affects how you look and feel. Now, she blogs at Blawnde.com (where she's refreshingly honest and doesn't try to be perfect), is a certified health coach and also a co-founder of Suja Juice (which recently sold a stake in the business to Coca-Cola for a whopping $90 million) and co-author of the New York Times Bestselling book The Suja Juice Solution. In spite of all of this, Annie still took time out of her schedule to tell us how she gets that glow. Read on, and sign us up.

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Ask: Jessy Fofana of LaRue PR answers your public relations questions

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Ask: Jessy Fofana of LaRue PR answers your public relations questions

Last week, we asked what you wanted to know from PR maven Jessy Fofana. Jessy founded her agency, LaRue PR, more than seven years ago after previously working in magazine publishing and founding (and later selling) her own cosmetics company. She knows her stuff, and will soon be covering everything PR for the Create & Cultivate blog. To kick it off, she picked a few questions to answer here, and warned us she wanted to answer them all.

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Style Guide: Night+Market's Sarah St. Lifer, the fashionable foodie

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Style Guide: Night+Market's Sarah St. Lifer, the fashionable foodie

Food and fashion are a match made in well-dressed, tasty heaven, and no one we know embodies that more than Sarah St. Lifer, a former fashion editor who now runs Los Angeles's insanely popular Night+ Market Song with her boyfriend, chef Kris Yenbamroong. Whenever we stop in Night + Market, Sarah's running around like a boss—bussing tables, pouring drinks, answering the phone, basically doing whatever needs to be done. And what really blows our minds—she looks good doing it. We caught up with Sarah to talk about the intersection of food and fashion, whether or not comfortable shoes really exist, and to get her list of food Instagrams you should definitely follow. 

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Bike Life: Whether to work or for play, it's time to #rideon

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Bike Life: Whether to work or for play, it's time to #rideon

Two years ago, preschool teacher Chelsea Petrozzo turned her love of spin class into a business idea, and CitySeat was born. CitySeat makes bright colored and portable bike seat covers that can be used on stationary spin bikes and shareable bicycles, like Citibike in New York. We caught up with Chelsea to have her tell us why she loves biking and so should you.

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Style Guides: The Colorful Content Queen Bri Emery

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Style Guides: The Colorful Content Queen Bri Emery

It's been said that "Good clothes open all doors," and perhaps no one knows this to be true more than the entrepreneur—which is why we're presenting Style Guides, our series on women who've merged business and fashion sense to build seriously stylish careers. Here, meet a woman who's not afraid of a little—or a lot of—color.—PRESENTED BY TOPSHOP

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Professional Opinion: Maxie McCoy on When—and How—to Take a Sabbatical

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Professional Opinion: Maxie McCoy on When—and How—to Take a Sabbatical

Have you ever had a moment of such intense frustration that your mind wandered to ditching it all, putting your things in storage, moving to a foreign country to just be, and create. You probably shrugged it off as totally illogical. Completely impossible. Crazy. And irresponsible. But what you should really do the next time your mind goes there is do it. Literally do it. Take the leap.

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Style Guides: The Minimalist Modernist Jayne Min

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Style Guides: The Minimalist Modernist Jayne Min

It's been said that "Good clothes open all doors," and perhaps no one knows this to be true more than the entrepreneur—which is why we're kicking off Style Guides, our new series on women who've merged business and fashion sense to build seriously stylish careers. These icons understand that personal style is a lot more than just what you put on in the morning. Rather, it's how you present yourself, define your brand and stand out in a crowded space. So stop, look and listen. Our obvious first choice to profile was Jayne Min.

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Get Psyched: 5 Female Entrepreneurs Share Their Mantras

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Last week when we were watching the VMAs, one moment stood out to us more than any others—and no, it wasn't one of Miley's outfits. Instead, it was when Demo Lovato told herself "I am enough" right before going on stage. We've all had those moments where we need a little extra encouragement, which was why it was so refreshing to see that huge pop stars have them, too. In solidarity with Demi, we tapped five of our favorite female entrepreneurs to tell us what they tell themselves when the going gets rough.

Create, Cultivate, & Do: Robin Arzon

Create, Cultivate, & Do: Robin Arzon

We're natural born creators and cultivators, which means we're always on the move. Doing what we love, doing what we need to get to that next step, and doing what we can to help others.

That's why when Sara Haile, creator of People Who Do reached out to collaborate on a series celebrating those "who do," we were totally game. We continue the series with lawyer-turned-athlete  and co-founder of Undo Ordinary magazine, Robin Arzon. Get to know the powerhouse below.

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Work Notes: Textile Designer Ellisha Alexina

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Work Notes: Textile Designer Ellisha Alexina

While restoring hand-painted silk scarves for Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Ellisha Alexina was inspire to turned her fascination with art, fabrics, and history, into a full-fledged textile business. 


After experimenting with the effects of layering watercolors and natural plant dyes on textiles, Ellisha developed her own mixed media process that blends screen-printing and hand-painting, winning over clients like Johnny Depp and garnering critical success—all before her 30th birthday. Here, the 26-year-old shows us her studios and shares her notes on making it work.

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Meet the Speaker: Whitney Port

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Meet the Speaker: Whitney Port

It's hard not to love Whitney Port. She's humble and hardworking, and gets it all done with a (particularly beautiful) smile. Everyone swooned over her palm print skirt set — ok, we're still swooning — on the #createcultivate stage in Los Angeles, a look from her own Whitney Eve line, of course, and we're even more excited to see what she busts out at #createcultivateCHI! 

Whitney has won over heart all over with her grace and style, and we can't wait to some advice on everything from Instagram to transitioning her personal style into a successful brand on and offline. We had fun asking Whit to list off a few of her favorite things, so keep reading for more! Pinot and platforms, anyone?

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Create, Cultivate, Do: Jaclyn Johnson

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Create, Cultivate, Do: Jaclyn Johnson

We're natural born creators and cultivators, which means we're always on the move. Doing what we love, doing what we need to get to that next step, and doing what we can to help others.

That's why when Sara Haile, creator of People Who Do reached out to collaborate on a series celebrating those "who do," we were totally game. And who better to kick off the Create, Cultivate, & Do series than our very own founder Jaclyn Johnson? Get some insight into her thought process and philosophies on life, work, and #createcultivate!

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Meet the Sponsor: Why Wearable Tech Matters for Women

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Meet the Sponsor: Why Wearable Tech Matters for Women

Suzanne EL-Moursi is the creative director for smart jewelry brand Mira, where she has led the brand’s successful redesign and is building a creative team comprised of content strategists, editors, UX designers and industrial designers, all passionate about women’s wellness and empowerment to live healthier lives.

We're thrilled she's found the time to come speak about her experience as a speaker and sponsor at #createcultivateCHI! Read on to learn more about Mira and this wonder woman behind the brand.

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Meet our Non-Profit Partner: Emily Greener of I Am That Girl

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Meet our Non-Profit Partner: Emily Greener of I Am That Girl

Name, @username, craft, elevator pitch: 

Emily Greener, Co-Founder/CEO of I AM THAT GIRL

@thatgirlgreener + @iamthatgirl

We inspire girls to be exactly who they are, instead of who they think they are supposed to be. I AM THAT GIRL is a community that provides girls with a safe space to love who they are and have honest conversations about things that matter.

Panel: Moderating — How to use the Digital Space for good via commerce, blogging, content & more

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Meet the Speaker: Nadia Aboulhosn

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Meet the Speaker: Nadia Aboulhosn

Nadia Aboulhosn is a voice to be reckoned with. She's won over countless fans and brands alike with her real talk, real style, and sense of humor. Her plus-sized design collaboration with UK retail giant Boohoo put the brand back on the map, and showed off Nadia's ability to translate that real talk to very real sales. Read on for a little insight into how she does it all, and then some. 

Q+A: Making Magic & Feeling Feelings with Louise Androlia

Q+A: Making Magic & Feeling Feelings with Louise Androlia

Louise Androlia is a writer, inspirational speaker, life coach, artist, tarot card reader and general magic-maker in the truest sense. In short: she does a lot, and makes it all work beautifully. 

Originally from the UK, she's now based in Los Angeles, CA, where she works with clients one-on-one, in groups, and through writing, and believes in empowerment through self-awareness. We asked the world wonder a few questions about life, work, balance, and magic. Read on.