149 HoneyBook Testimonials

"HoneyBook has transformed the way I do business. Everything is in one place instead of having multiple filing cabinets in my office."

“Before Branding Addicts, I was a serial entrepreneur. I started five businesses from the time I graduated high school to when I graduated college. After the excitement of building a business and getting bored, then building another business and getting bored, I found myself getting caught up in this vicious and depressing cycle. I felt like such a failure because I was not satisfied with anything that I tried. It got to the point where I would tell all of my friends and family about a new and exciting business idea I had, to find them rolling their eyes at another one of Laine’s dead-end ventures. Then, it dawned on me. I had the most wonderful epiphany! I realized that maybe these businesses were not just failed attempts. Maybe they meant something more. This was when I finally realized that I was specifically created… to create businesses. What better way to create new and exciting business ideas, all the time, than branding? This is when I realized that my past failures led me to my current and greatest success. I am strategically wired to create, almost like a creative form of ADD that needs to be released.”

"HoneyBook is easy to use and gives my business an added level of professionalism that helps me attract and retain sophisticated clients."

“It’s literally okay to just be yourself. Nobody minds. Actually, it’s great. You’re never gonna be a cool disaffected person and by your late 20s that’s not going to be even remotely desirable to anyone anyway. Be passionate! Also, nobody cares if your work is ‘bad’ – PERFECT ISN’T BETTER!”

“10 years ago, I could not have predicted I’d be a designer, let alone have my own creative studio. I went to college with law school in mind and never even dreamt of a creative career. Dartmouth didn’t even have a design program! I was a History major and decided to take art classes on a whim to balance my writing-and-reading-heavy class load. My studio art classes engaged me in ways I hadn’t anticipated, and I think I knew pretty early on that a creative practice was something that was going to be a part of my life. Lore has it that I woke up one morning and told my then boyfriend (now husband), “I’m going to be a designer!” and the rest is history. I certainly didn’t know what being a designer meant, but for whatever reason, my 21-year-old brain thought it was the right combination of research and visual and analytical problem solving. Turns out I wasn’t completely wrong!”

“The experience of seeing a product you’ve created start to finish appearing in print is so freaking cool. I’ve had some of my work published in magazines & it gets me feeling giddy every. single. time. The largest publication to date was Redbook magazine. I framed it and use it as motivation to always seek new opportunities.”

“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.”

“Creativity, art and design have always been a huge part of my life. My first son was a very colicky baby and things didn’t work out for me to keep teaching ballet. Without dance in my life, I was definitely missing a creative outlet. I started the company with the goal of making a linen baby carrier that was more affordable for Canadian caregivers. It has grown and evolved so much from that simple mission and now really satisfies my need to create and experiment with colour, fabric and texture.”

“After seven years living in what is now South Sudan, I had the cerebral strain of malaria 18 times, plus typhoid, plus several other tropical bugs. My health crashed and I had to do the one thing I never planned on: leave. It took me five years of fighting to get my health back from 2013-2018 before I really started designing full time (opposed to freelance when I could). Then in January this year, I was returning from the airport after my first speaking trip in years and was in a major car crash. My right (dominant) wrist was broken, and still 6 months later it has not healed properly. I completely lost my business because I could no longer paint and design as I had before. And I spent 4 months in a dark, silent room trying to heal from a traumatic brain injury. I still have a long way forward there. I still am no where near what I could do before. But laying in the dark, I made a decision. I could focus on what was lost (and I did a bit of that too), or I could focus on what I was given: a blank canvas. This time I decided if I was going to rebuild, it was going to be a business doing exactly what was in my heart all along: empowering creatives and entrepreneurs to live wholeheartedly, thrive extravagantly and build brands that matter™(brands that include intentional generosity and social entrepreneurship in the very core of their business model).”

“Consistency and visibility are the key essentials for a successful online business of any kind. Also, be confident, no matter what. Accept failures and learn from them. You don’t have to waste your time trying to cover your faults. Instead, face reality, and do the best to work around your challenges. Use this knowledge so you don’t make the same mistake again.”

“Great packaging and stationery has influenced my design aesthetic the most because those were the places I first noticed and fell in love with design. A beautifully and practically packaged item would make me open it so slowly, just to appreciate every sticker, postcard, and piece of branded tissue paper. A uniquely folded carton of milk was such a small part of my daily life, but it solved a common problem simply with design. And lastly, a clean, letter-pressed card made me feel like I knew the coolest, most put-together person just because of the font chosen on this smooth and sturdy piece of paper.”

“I am blessed to have assembled a fabulous team of inspiring women who love helping others. Our team is everything. Without having recruited, trained and guided them, our brides would not experience the love, acceptance and beauty they all deserve!”

“I find inspiration listening to their stories, reading obituaries, and hearing the love they have for their loved ones. The designs are always enriched when it is a collaboration.”

“I think we all have those types of days (or weeks) where we just feel like we’re drowning or we can’t keep going (in life and in work) and the best advice I ever read was to never quit on a bad day. Sometimes you just have to take a step back, get inspired, stay curious, and make the decision to move forward (or not) when the storm has passed.”

"We started using HoneyBook and immediately saw a difference in the number of clients we were booking. The ability to customize templates and brochures has increased our conversion. We originally received inquiries and were left in the dust, but HoneyBook allows us to showcase our brochure with ease."