On the Grid: Kansas City

I recently had the opportunity to participate in On the Grid, an international blog that acts as a user-friendly guide to highlight the exceptional gems within cities around the world. Carpenter Collective is the On the Grid ambassador for Kansas City. They divvied up the neighborhoods of KC & asked some of our city's creative companies & designers to review their 'hood.

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CatCoq x East End Prints

Hello, London! I'm excited to announce my newest collaboration with East End Prints. I have a collection of metallic gold screenprints available through their creative studio in East London & on their online shop. East End Prints is known for working with some of the top illustrators in the industry, as well as debuting emerging artists into the scene. I'm honored to be a member of their illustration team.

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CatCoq x Design Milk x Casetify

Every month, Design Milk highlights an artist for their long-running Designer Desktops series. Design Milk is a renowned design resource with over a million Twitter followers & over two million page views a month. In December, I was hand-picked to kickoff their 2016 Designer Series. I was ecstatic. I partnered with Design Milk to create a custom desktop + mobile wallpaper as well as product designs, including phone cases, MacBook sleeves, and Apple Watches for the Casetify x Design Milk Collection.

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Redbubble's Featured Artist

I work with several print-on-demand websites, but Redbubble is one of my favorites. They do an impressive job supporting the artists in their community. They recently selected me as their Featured Artist for November 2015. Beth Caird interviewed me for the article, which you can read here.

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CatCoq x Madewell: Pop-Up Shop

When Madewell announced they were opening up a new store at the Kansas City Plaza, I was thrilled! (I'm a huge fan of their modern aesthetic & quality denim.) Shortly before their launch, Madewell approached me to partner with them and host a pop-up shop to celebrate their new location. Madewell has become a champion of supporting local artists, and a couple months later, I was setting up shop in their new store for a one-day event.

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CRAFTing it up in KC

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to open up a booth alongside about a hundred KC-local artists, artisans and vendors during the CRAFT pop-up event, hosted by Chick Events. It. Was. Epic.

In addition to loads of local talent, CRAFT drew in plenty of KC food & drink vendors as well. By the end of day one, I was stuffed with some of KC's best offerings: Oasis Food's hummus, a cheese plate from Green Dirt Farm, some tasty treats from Dolce Bakery, and plenty of Boulevard beer. Yum.

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Andes to the Amazon: Peru 2015

For as long as I can remember, I've been compiling a bucket list. My collection began in my head, then in a journal, followed shortly by an email draft, until it wound up in the notes section of my iPhone. A few years ago, I decided it was time to tackle a biggie. Scuba a shipwreck? View the Northern Lights? Climb Kilimanjaro? Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu? Bingo, that was the one.

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Hello, UK!

When Kate La Vie contacted me about stocking her shop with some of my prints, I was all in. Her aesthetic is modern and sophisticated with an eye for whimsy. Besides being a Scottish beauty and lifestyle blogger, Kate the founder of Ghostparties, a blog highlighting top trends in beauty, interiors, lifestyle & travel. Kate is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Nouvelle Daily, a one-stop destination for all things beauty and fashion.

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