HoneyBook

“I was always creative, but in 2005 my mom became ill. I pretty much gave it all up and focused on providing for myself and taking care of her as much as I could. In 2010 she passed away, right after I bought my first house. The only thing that made me feel better was decorating my home, because it always brought her so much joy. It made me feel closer to her. After that, I decided to go back to school and get a second degree in interior design. I wanted to create a business that served all kinds of lifestyles and all kinds of budgets. School actually disgusted me—things like, “I only take a job if the sofa budget is 30K” was just not something I could get behind. So I created a brand that appealed to the types of client that most interior designers didn’t appeal to. From there, other designers wanted me to design their brands, so the Paper Mooniverse grew. I hope to continue making design of all kinds accessible to all walks of life.”

“I’ve been privileged enough to have been to so many amazing places and countries in this world, but the most special place I’ve worked is this tiny little room in Glenn Memorial Hall on the Emory University campus. It was in this room where I sat with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, making small talk before he spoke to the bigger crowd. It was also in this room where Assoc. Justice Sotomayor and I talked about the devastation on her home island of Puerto Rico, and where she invited me to ignore all of the ‘rules’ from her office and follow her throughout her speech to photograph as many people with her as possible. Those little moments were pinch-me moments I’ll never forget.”

"HoneyBook saves us hours each week because we don’t have to go back and forth as a team asking one another for updates or clarification on the multiple custom projects we have going on simultaneously. It’s all right there in one location."