We’re taking that moment in time that Mother Nature gave us and we’re putting it in a bottle.
Barbara Haskins Heavenly Honey Company | Ojai, CA When I was a little girl there was a place over by where we lived in Canyon Country, up...
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- Nov 2
I love a wedding because you can play everything from Frank Sinatra to the latest dance hit.
Wendy Walker DJ I was an absolute nerdy little kid, I loved music, I would on Saturdays listen to Casey Kasem Top 40, but I would write...
- Aug 22
That’s what life’s about, being able to bring joy to other people.
Erica Pietrzyk Pietrzyk Pierogi | Detroit, Michigan I used to bartend and I was working in Hamtramck, which used to be a heavily Polish...
- Jul 10
When you’re piercing something, it’s like a hot knife through butter.
Kayla Rouse Piercer | 454 Tattoo and Body Piercing When I first started thinking about doing something, anything, after high school, I...
- Jun 19
Consent is something that you can revoke at any time.
Annie Spong Intimacy Coordinator I landed in intimacy coordinating five or six years ago at the birth of the Me Too movement. Up until...
- May 22
I like to show somebody how one item can be so many different things.
Cat Cass Costumer/Sutler I’m a costumer. I sell costumes at the Renaissance fairs and a number of other types of reenactments. I do a...
- Mar 10
We have to create opportunities for ourselves because no one else is going to create them for us.
Sharniece Chantal Coupes + Pigment How I got into the business that I have now – which is the paint and sip events and doing mobile...
- Feb 16
I love teaching patients how to wear contacts.
Jennifer Maxwell, ABOC Optician/Supervisor | Eye Care Center, Fullerton, CA I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I was a young mom, I had...
- Dec 22, 2022
Sometimes it’s the stone that inspires the piece, sometimes it’s the piece that inspires the stone.
Claudia Endler Jewelry designer I’ve always had an interest in design: clothing, jewelry, shoes, handbags. My mother was very creative...
- Oct 22, 2022
It takes a village to raise a child and a community.
Bettina Swigger CEO of Downtown SLO I am the CEO of Downtown SLO, which is the downtown business improvement area and we are a nonprofit...
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