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The Makery September 1st 2010 - May 31st 2012

I will miss this place.

“an enriching, cross-pollinating environment where people making great things can make even better things when they’re surrounded by others doing the same.” - post from Langer, announcing the Makery

The summer of 2010, I graduated college, I started Small Girls, I moved into the Makery.   Our first company check ever actually paid for our first month’s rent.  Bianca and I happened to live down the street from one another when we founded our company, so it was particularly difficult for us to justify getting an office so quickly.  There was so much to pay for, we had no idea what would be coming in- how could we realistically commit to this so soon? Any buyer’s remorse was quickly eliminated.  The Makery turned out to be not only an office but also a support system, a family and an education.  

“The point of what we’re doing is that we’ll have awesome people all working together” - gChat from Stark, 8/7/10, 12:02pm

Whatever we’ve invested in this space came back to us tenfold through the the lessons we learned, whether it was Amanda helping us structure our company, Ines advising on what to demand of your clients and yourself, Patrick’s wisdom and eternal helpfulness, the Carellas encouragement always coming in at just the right moment, Dorothy’s guidance on how to integrate our clients into the newsletter space, Lauren’s spirited approach to entrepreneurship and even more spirited referrals, or simply by getting to watch the amazing people whom have shared this space go about their work.  While many of them have moved on from the companies they came here to work on, our company has grown and that’s directly influenced by their support and love over the duration of our time working here together.

When I say I will miss this place, that’s not the whole story.  What I will miss is the people that made this place what it was for the past two years. Thanks for the beautiful, wonderful experiment. 

Goodbye, Makery.

To old friends and new beginnings…

Couldn’t have said it better myself.  

(Source: just-red, via ronenreblogs)

The Things I Wear: Summer Fox

Also titled, ‘Moving in my Summer best”

The end of this month marks the end of an era… an office era that is.  Almost two years ago, two small girls who decided to start their own PR company moved into a co-working space called The Makery.  In those two years they got the chance to meet and work with amazing people with amazing startups, who eventually became their “office family” (y’all know who you are… we love you forever). Also in those two years, one of the small girls acquired a stupid fox hat from her friend Arkadiy, and held it hostage at the office for the remainder of their time there.

Ok I’m going to stop talking in 3rd person now.  Anyway, we moved our things out of the Makery last friday (we’re moving to a new office space, yay!)… and this is what I wore.  

• Striped beige top, denim bra, knee high socks (Urban Outfitters)
• Stud Ring (Sorrelli)
• Shorts (Lacoste jeans that I cut)
• Stud Bracelet (Lauren Leto -> Patrick Moberg -> me)
• Stupid fox hat (Arkadiy)
• Coffee Table (IKEA… i think, it’s not even mine)

Note to Arkadiy: The stupid fox hat is coming with me by the way.

On a somewhat related note… this sort of reminds me of this VPL look I posted a while ago.

(photo via Leiaj’s Instagram) 

* Sorrelli = Small Girls Client

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Seventeen Magazine 1957

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The Things I Do: Meetin’ and Eatin’ with Some Empowering Women

I’m super excited to have been invited to The New Revolutionists’ Meet & Eat, with founder Laura Burhenn of the Mynabirds.  Why?  Because I love lunch.

I’m doubly excited because I’m also really into The New Revolutionists project in general (even without lunch), which highlights empowering women (from artists, doctors, mothers, etc) through a portrait project, “pay[ing] tribute to the fact that women who stand up to injustice are rarely pristine; they get their hands dirty”.  

Getting your hands dirty > being pristine, in my book.  Duh.  Have you seen my sorry excuse for a manicure lately always?

Also- One of the best things about being in a band and touring is getting to travel around the country/world, and I think it’s such a great idea for Laura to use this opportunity to coordinate these lunches and dinners, spreading the word on the initiative and finding more interesting people along the way.

Let’s recap that in bullet points:

pls.

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Anonymous asked: what does it take for a guy to win your heart? I want to take you to get ice cream!

um. i love ice cream.  when and where?

k thx. <3 

#nothard

smallgirls:

Wall Street Journal: A Tech Company Serving Creators  (May 2012)

During our Internet Week galavanting, we stopped by Tumblr’s Storyboard launch at Tribeca Grand Hotel on Tuesday.   Duh.  We <3 Tumblr & Tribeca Grand!

The Wall Street Journal covered the event, mentioning Bianca as an attendee and dubbing her a “Tumblrer-about-town”.  Sounds about right.  She’ll probably add that to her bio.

You know… tumbling about town and such. 

So Into It: Molecular Addictions

Oh hey y’all what could be sexier than science and jewelry? Science-y jewelry based on molecular structures of addictive substances.  THAT’s what. Even the phrase molecular addictions just rolling off your tongue (no pun intended), is sexy.

Among said addictive substances in the collection are MDMA (L), Nicotine (C), and THC… but for those who might like to sport/support something a little tamer (or sweeter), they’ve got a necklace for the Chocolate (R) molecule too. As someone who has a severe chocolate addiction… I can definitely vouch that that is a thing. A really addictive thing.

Can we also give them a high-five on the product descriptions, which give you a little background on each substance? Hence adding some substance to your jewelry purchasing experience… har har, (ok we’re getting punny now).

I mean in case you didn’t know

Psilocybin is the hallucinogenic molecule found in magic mushrooms that can cause amazing colorful kaleidoscope-like visuals. Not long after eating some mushrooms the psychedelic trip begins! Objects start to distort and perception is enhanced. 

Or something.  Who wouldn’t want to wear a piece of metal around your neck representing that?

smallgirls:

Living the dream - One pitch at a time. Small Girls PR.

Leia, Bianca, Mallory, and now Annie.  

Cant. Stop. Laughing. At. This.  

If HBO’s GIRLS was Small GIRLS pr. 

smallgirls:

Check out Bianca in this Blackberry commercial for Gawker (and Gizmodo & Deadspin)

If you’ve ever spent any IRL time with Bianca, you’ll notice very quickly that her Blackberry is glued to her hand, so when Gawker was in search of interesting (dare was say BOLD) people for this series, the match seemed serendipitous.

Dripping in Sorrelli’s MiMi jewels, and wearing non-prescription Tortoise & Blonde frames *shrug*, Bianca talks about being passionate, risk taking, and working with brands you love.  

Dancing is involved- duh. (Though the other Small Girl would like to clarify, most of the dancing in the office is done by Bianca- sequestered to her seat behind her giant monitor out of Mallory’s view… unless she can get Mal to dance with her)  

Another Note: Small Girls was founded in 2010 :)

That was a thing.

smallgirls:

We’re excited to announce Small Girls’ newest client Sorrelli!  

We’ve partnered and collaborated with Sorrelli for quite some time, so we’re excited to further strengthen our relationship by working with them in an ongoing retainer capacity.

Founded by designer Lisa Oswald right here in Brooklyn almost 30 years ago, Sorrelli was born out of necessity.  As a close friend of Keith Haring during his rise to fame, Lisa was invited to fabulous parties but as an intern, couldn’t afford the clothes to match.  Lisa was resourceful and drew from her design background to begin creating her own bold statement pieces to drape around her neck or wrist and pair with the same simple, black dresses while attending these events.  

After receiving compliments and inquiries on where to buy them, she cultivated the collection into a business so successful that she ended up enlisting her two sisters to come down to NY to help her run the company.

Sorrelli - an adaptation of the Italian word for sisters, sorelle - is a tribute to not only Sorrelli’s begginings but also its future, with Lisa’s oldest daughter Lily now operating at Chief Marketing Officer and Lily’s sisters assisting with marketing operations.

They’re excited to come back to the city where they were born and make new blogger friends, so feel free to drop us a line and meet them for tweet ups or sparkly fun.

So excited for the sparkly magic to come with Sorrelli and Small Girls!

yjcanvas:

The Temper Trap - Love Lost (Keljet Remix)

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

Non-stop work jams listening times.  There have been witnesses.  Also, not a bad image to have to look at while you’re dancing in your seat.

(Source: youtube.com)

Favorite bar.  Favorite dress.  Favorite person.  Favorite photo. 

May 9, 2012 (not from my prom for throwback thursday as theblueprint replied, haha)

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