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Hey girl hey! I am Melanie Hernquist, Founder and creative of Lucky + Lovely. I'm a formally trained graphic designer and I love creating joyful, colorful and inspiring personalized stationery, t-shirts & customized gifts for women on a mission. As a former leader within a social selling company, I struggled to find unique incentive items to share with my team to reward them for their hard work so I created the Lucky + Lovely Shop. My hope is that you will find gorgeously giftable items to treat yourself and give to those special people in your life.

We’re from LA. It is here in these surrounding neighborhoods that we spent our formative years. We take pride in creating fun environments for people to connect with each other and themselves. We’re young and ambitious, climbing our own Hilltops personally and professionally, just like everyone else. We believe in humanity and are grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for allowing our paths to cross.

Here at Chakra Zulu the mission is to share my love of crystals with the world. We enjoy creating beautiful chakra sets and offering one of a kind crystal specimens like wands, palmstones & hearts. Crystal healing is and always has been a huge part of my life. We're located in sunny Florida and ship worldwide! Happy Shopping! You can also find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chakrazulucrystals/

Jessi Michelle, EttaVee, is an american artist and designer based in Paris, France. She loves all things bright, colorful and sparkly! After working 5+ years as an art director in the advertising industry, she set out on her own build the colorful world of EttaVee! She also works as a freelance art director. EttaVee is a boutique design studio filled with a handcrafted goodness, bright colors, and dashes of gold - always from the heart!! Perched in a Paris apartment studio, she pulls inspiration from french language, travel adventures, and pop culture to create lovely personal items for the home. Please take a look around and thanks for stopping by!

My Brand name "Tshikamba" pronounced Tshi-Kamba "Tshika" derives from my middle name Tshikampabo, which translates to mean "a gift" or "what I was given". It originates from the tribal language Tshiluba, in central Kasai, DRC Congo. It's the name of my aunt whom I've been given her namesake. Kamba is a name thats been passed down for generations from my father's side and is my maiden/given name. I thought it was fitting to have "Tshika" at the beginning of Tshikamba which also includes the women in my ancestral heritage.

Mona Chalabi is a data journalist who lives in New York. She is a writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, New York Magazine, The Guardian and many more. She has written for radio and TV including NPR, Gimlet, Netflix (The Fix), BBC (Is Britain Racist? Radio 4 and The Frankie Boyle show) and National Geographic (Star Talk). She is also an illustrator whose work has been commended by the Royal Statistical Society. Her work has been exhibited at several galleries including the Tate, The Design Museum and the House of Illustration. Lastly, she’s a producer and presenter. She’s one half of the team that created the Emmy-nominated video series Vagina Dispatches. And she presented and produced the audio experiment Strange Bird. Before she became a journalist, Mona worked with large data sets in jobs at the Bank of England, Transparency International and the International Organization for Migration. She studied International Relations in Paris and studied Arabic in Jordan. Mona was born and raised in London.

Nikki Lavi is a self-taught artist born and raised in Southeast, Washington D.C. She began her art career creating at a tender age. Her passion for art was evident early when she independently completed her first painting at the age of 5; motivated by the love and encouragement from her mother, Patricia. Nikki continued to hone her craft using all mediums including but not limited to oil, pencil, chalk, watercolor, clay and acrylic. Nikki continued to master her craft throughout her teen years, and by age of 33, her art began to take on a more sensual tone with her vibrant and colorful “CandyGirls” which has become recognizable as Nikki Lavi creations. If you should ask Nikki about being an artist… “Outside of being a mother to two wonderful young men, a daughter to the best mother any woman could ask for and a lover to a good supportive man; I know I was created to be an artist and I am happy when I am creating and sharing my visions with others.” Nikki currently resides in Maryland where she continues to strive to make her mark in the art world.

Hello, I'm Janell Langford and I'm a graphic artist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For me drawing is therapeutic, It’s my self-care. I don’t feel whole or complete if I’m not being creative. Ever since I was a little girl I remember drawing being like a superpower. Even though I grew up in a house filled with chaos, if I was drawing I was able to block out the noise and be at peace. After high school, I started dating someone seriously and at that time I stopped drawing. The relationship became just as toxic and chaotic as my childhood and I had completely forgotten about my superpower. I suppressed the one thing in life that was my home frequency. Once I ended the relationship I started drawing again. The pain of the breakup lead me back to drawing and a rediscovery of my inner creativity. I've spent the majority of my adult life in white spaces, so it became important to me to begin to illustrate the representation that was missing from my surroundings and the media I consumed. From Michelle Obama's speeches to Beyonce’s Coachella performance I am overwhelmingly inspired by powerful black women. I begin to feel SEEN in reading Octavia Butler, hearing Janelle Monae talking about cyborgs, watching attorney Maxine Shaw on Living Single, and experiencing a live Santigold performance. Representation is everything. Soon I began the graphic design program at Seattle Central Design Academy. There I learned that I was passionate about creating a lifestyle brand that spoke truth to the kind of art that I wanted to see. That's how Obsidiopolis was born. The name comes from the word Obsidian, which is a protective stone that shields against negativity and also is a truth-enhancer. Black women and girls need to be encouraged to stand in their truth even when the world is not ready to listen. Obsidiopolis is a refuge, a sanctuary for black women and femmes to be empowered and inspired. After all, black women are from the future. When I'm not drawing pictures or daydreaming about a utopia of my own design, I'm watching Steven Universe, Thrifting, having solo dance parties and listening to my favorite podcasts.

My name is Loretta and welcome to the Radical Hearts Print Lab! This one-woman shop* doubles as my creative exploration zone and is fueled by my passion for progressive community activism and the visual arts. Through Radical Hearts, I aim to provide unique bold designs for activists, community leaders, feminists and progressive individuals - basically anyone and everyone who is seeking inspirational sources of empowerment, like I had been throughout my own activist journey. The wide variety of items I create aims to support radical causes, pay tribute to revolutionary trailblazers; and serve as beautiful daily reminders of our individual and collective power to ignite meaningful change - all while remaining inclusive and affordable for all. I originally started Radical Hearts Print Lab during the Spring of 2015. The idea was born out of a personal challenge to create a few pieces of wall art with inspiring messages that I could surround myself with as motivation to stay strong as I felt the overwhelming burden of various inequalities beginning to weigh heavily on me and my loved ones. But within the first few months of initially dabbling in this new project (which involved designing, printing and shipping my designs from the corner of my bedroom - and selling them internationally online!), I realized that I had uncovered a powerful platform that not only was personally rewarding but also enabled me to connect with and inspire others on their own journeys. Since then, Radical Hearts and I have grown into a budding small business on a mission - to provide that extra boost of empowerment so that we can each continue supporting the causes we believe in and fighting back against injustice! As they say "The Struggle is Real," but it doesn't mean we have to go it alone. During the Fall of 2016, Radical Hearts started in a new direction with the introduction of a new line of apparel and accessories. Check out the newest items here to find a special piece or two for you or to even share with a friend. Because, honestly? If we are going to create a world that we can be proud to pass along, we are going to need all the pretty positive reminders of our strength & determination that we can get!

For those of us who have chosen art, it is not a career or a hobby, but a passion, a way of life. Creativity is not limited by frames or borders but, is an endless expression of life and love. Who we are is seen through colors and images; pictures and videos; art, is our way in and our way out. The world is your canvas and you are the art. why are you doing it ? I do art because its the only thing that i know how to do. Whenever i get emotional, i feel the need to be holding a paint marker or a paint brush. I consume myself with art. what does your art express? My art convays pure and raw emotion. I like to call them "In the moment" emotions. My pieces are my time to speak even if i can't express it in words. My art means everything to me. What kind of materials do you use? I have this theory where i don't want to limit myself. I love trying, buying and using all types of different materials. I use acrylics, watercolores, pens, markers, paint markers, spray paint, wood burning, photoshop, illustrator, indesign... thats everything i can remeber right now! lol. Many more mediums I have yet to try... but in due time. Who inspires you? A lot of my inspiration comes from Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Hokusai just to name a few. I'm also very inspired by pop culture, vintage comics and movies and also varies cartoons.