Photo Styling for Outstanding Social Media

Please join us on Tuesday, December 19 for an evening to learn about photo styling for Social Media.  Our panelists specialize in Food, Fashion, Interiors and lifestyle and will share tips for successful imagery.  If last minute holiday gifts are on your mind, Katheryn Yee, our moderator and founder of The Everyday Co. will open her pop up shop an hour before we meet.  Stop over and see her!

When:  Tuesday, Dec 19 

Time:  7:00 pm

Where:  Neoscape

23 Drydock Ave, Suite 710W

Please Bring holiday wine and treats to share with the group

RSVP: Jill.palese@gmail.com

Style Director Joss and Main, Donna Garlough


Donna is the Style Director for Joss & Main, a wee little home-decor site with 20 million members (and some pretty amazing products). She lives and breathes color and pattern, lamps and linens, chairs and chandeliers. Donna transforms ideas into photos, pieces into looks, aspirational into attainable. She has Champagne taste, but is also a little bit cheap. Except when it comes to Champagne. And hotels. And toilet paper. 
Donna's work and words have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, InStyle, Glamour, Real Simple, Country Living, the Huffington Post, SheKnows, Brit + Co., About.com, and now, Self Styled, her new book book launching soon. 



Fashion Stylist, Aricia Symes-Elmer 

Aricia Symes-Elmer, founder of Unfoldid is a style expert and professional wardrobe consultant serving the greater Boston area.  Aricia earned a double degree in International Business and Asian Studies from University of Vermont and an MBA from Stern at New York University.  Aricia has traveled the world working on a variety of roles in fashion.  These roles include everything from coordinating designs, sourcing, manufacturing and shipping in China and Europe for a New England-based shoe company, to working on the privatization of the largest chain of women’s clothing stores in Croatia.  

After her work overseas, she started her own personal styling business, Shift Your Style. Aricia has worked in print, modeling, fashion show production and corporate events throughout the country from Las Vegas to New York.

Aricia's experience includes work as a style contributor on CBS/WBZ-TV, contributing style feature writer for Northshore Magazine, the exclusive Stylist and Personal Shopper of the Northshore Mall, and the Resident Professional Stylist for Assembly Row and Linden Square Wellesley.  Some of our clients include companies such as Boston Consulting Group, TripAdvisor, as well as on-air personalities and corporate executives.

Interior and Lifestyle Photographer, Joyelle West

Joyelle West has been a busy girl. She has an impressive and lengthy client list, including Homepolish, Joss &Main, Remodelista, Boston Globe Magazine, Boston Home, Cosmopolitan, and AllModern. Her work has been featured widely in publications and blogs, including Design New England, Houzz, Design Sponge, Rue Daily, Architectural Digest, Domino, and Apartment Therapy.  When not photographing, she's outdoors somewhere in New England, usually hiking or climbing. She loves Instagram and has been known to inadvertently use an embarrassing hashtag. You can see her work on her website www.joyellewest.com and she's currently photographing a book Self Styled, due out in Spring 2018. 

Lifestyle and Food Blogger, Kate Bowler (@domestikateblog)

 

Kate is a Boston-area based lifestyle blogger behind Domestikatedlife.com, where she writes about food, entertaining, style and family. Kate's work has been featured in Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, The Improper Bostonian, and many other digital publications. In addition to managing her blog, she is the co-President of the Boston Bloggers Association and is currently working on her first cookbook, due out in Fall 2018. 

Lifestyle Product Company Founder, Kathryn Yee, Moderator 



Kathryn Yee, founder of The Everyday Co., a stylish and sustainable Boston based lifestyle brand.  Kathryn will be our moderator for the evening.  Stop by to say hi to Kathryn at the holiday Pop Up Shop at 19 Drydock Ave M-Th 10-4.  Kathryn will also be open an  hour before the Design Salon event!

 






About Our Host

Established in 1995 as a visualization firm, Neoscape has evolved into a full-service creative consultancy with studios in Boston, New York City, and San Francisco. Over the years, our team of passionate and curious problem-solvers has created integrated visual campaigns for some of the biggest companies in commercial and residential real estate, hospitality, and travel. Our objective is to create immersive storytelling experiences for our clients that spark understanding, kindle vision, and ignite buy-in.

"You Make It Possible"

Creative Coaching Night with Elaine Totten Davis

Salonistias, you already know that you have the creativity and desire to achieve success as a designer.  But do you ever feel like you could use someone by your side to help you push past the blocks that hinder your work?  We all have that little voice inside our heads that sometimes creates doubt, fear and anxiety that gets in the way of accomplishing all of your goals.  

Please join us at Venegas and Company's new south end Showroom.  Owned by Donna Venegas, this Five woman Design Firm and showroom has become the leader in custom cabinetry in Boston.

On April 4th, we will meet Elaine Totten Davis of You Make It Possible who will work with us to listen, guide, advise and challenge us to figure out what we truly want for our professional lives.
For more than two decades Elaine worked in advertising and publishing. Working with photographers, art directors, designers and writers, she gained a deep respect for the creative process and for the unique qualities of creative professionals, and learned up close how their work affects their personal and professional lives.
Elaine's coaching process includes:
 ▪ Drawing people out and getting them excited and focused
 ▪ Inspiring positive energy
 ▪ Inspiring people to fall in love with who they are and their own unique happiness
 ▪ Giving my whole heart to stand behind you and support you to achieve your goals
   Elaine earned her Certified Professional Coach (CPC) certificate from iPEC – the Institute for ProfessionalExcellence in Coaching. iPEC is accredited by the International Coach Federation, and is the first and only International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited coach training school to include in its curriculum all of the training needed to qualify as a Master Level Coach.

 Please join us!

When:  Tuesday, April 4th
Where:  Venegas and Company- 477 Harrison Ave #2A
RSVP:  Jill.palese@gmail.com

In the Company of Boston Creative Women

5 Kick Ass Women Who Get Shit Done

Design Salon has no shortage of creative, fantastic, entrepreneurial, gals who are making a difference in the Boston Design community.   The evening's discussion will be a continuation of Grace Bonney's book In the Company of Women-Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists and Entrepreneurs.  Please join "Designing Women" Barbara Vail, Haley Mistler,  Joyelle West, Nicole Baas, Sonja Haviland as they share their creative careers, tips, etc.  This is a great networking opportunity and we love to see new faces.  

 Tuesday, January 24

7:00

Where: Lekker
1313 Washington Street, Boston

RSVP:  Jill.palese@gmail.com

Please bring snacks and wine to share

Barbara Vail 

Interior Designer 

Growing up with an auctioneer for a father, I was taught that everything has a story -- that pieces don’t just take up physical space, but that they mean something because of where they were found, when they were found, or whom they were passed down from. 

 

My formal education reflects my interest in both interior design and the wellness of the human body. After completing my degree in Nutrition, I moved on to study Residential Interiors at Boston Architectural College. This background has helped me to approach projects holistically, as I create or redesign spaces in a way that is attentive to the impact those spaces will have on the people living in them. 

Haley Mistler 

Graphic Artist  

A Boston-based freelance graphic designer and budding illustrator. Designing professionally for over 9 years, she's had the pleasure of working with many companies of all sizes to create beautiful visuals. In graphic design, she especially loves branding work. In illustration, she moves away from the computer, using pen, ink and watercolor to make images by hand. Haley is a graduate of the New England School of Art and Design.

Joyelle West 

Photographer 

Her clients include Homepolish, Joss & Main, Remodelista, Boston Globe Magazine, Boston Home, Cosmopolitan, and AllModern. Her work has been featured widely in publications and blogs, including Design New England, Houzz, Design Sponge, Rue Daily, Architectural Digest, Domino, and Apartment Therapy. When not photographing, she's outdoors somewhere in New England, usually hiking or climbing. She loves Instagram and has been known to inadvertently use an embarrassing hashtag. You can see her work at www.joyellewest.com, and she's currently photographing a book Self Styled, due out in Spring 2018. 

Nicole Baas 

Photographer 

She’s one of the few left and right brain gals in the neighborhood.  It's difficult to believe that Nicole graduated with a business degree and a focus on accounting/finance/economics.   Her work boasts that of a fine artist with a finely tuned style...not a numbers gal.  Nicole worked in advertising until 2013, when she launched her own wedding and lifestyle photography brand.  Now, currently in her 4th year of business, her unique trademark nature inspired look is in the process of transitioning to commercial and editorial work for retail, lifestyle and interior brands. In addition to photography, Nicole, with her naturalist's eye, is about to launch a floral photography business in collaboration with a local floral designer. 

Sonia Haviland 

Interior Designer

After working with top firms in the industry on both coasts, in 2015 Sonja launched the eponymous design firm. Sonja’s studio creates signature spaces through custom interiors and project management.

Her extensive background and versatility as a designer, enables Sonja the opportunity to work across hospitality, retail, commercial and residential spaces. Her commitment to her clients and partners along with her enthusiasm and flexibility creates designs that are innovative and thoughtful. In 2014, Sonja was honored with the Rising Star Award for excellence in retail design and a 2013 VMSD Designer Dozen recipient.Sonja holds degrees in Studio Art & Art History from Gettysburg College and Interior Design from the Parsons School of Design.