Who’s That Girl: Lauren Treece Blair

Wife, Mom, and Artist Written by Tawana Bain | Photo submitted by Lauren Treece Blair As a child, Lauren Treece Blair dreamed of becoming a wife, mom, and artist. She received a full scholarship from the University of Louisville to pursue a degree in fine arts and married her high school sweetheart, BJ. While BJ went to dental school, Lauren worked in interior decorating and kitchen and bathroom design. She became a stay-at-home mom after having three wonderful girls. Lauren started to paint again with BJ’s encouragement. Her childhood dream was now a certainty, but [...]

By |2023-03-01T11:58:35-05:00March 1, 2023|Who's That Girl|

We See You, Sis: Sayde Heckman

Flower Power: Sayde Heckman’s passion for gardening grew over time. Now the Garden and Arboretum Manager at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens is thriving in a male-dominated field. Photo by Mary Helen Nunn We should all love something as much as Sayde Heckman loves plants. The Garden and Arboretum Manager at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in Crestwood puts her passion in action every day and inspires others to find their spark in horticulture... even though, reflecting on her childhood, Sayde didn't always have that enthusiastic green thumb. "My mom had a garden, and as a kid, [...]

By |2023-04-07T13:14:29-04:00March 1, 2023|Editorial Sis, We See You Sis|

Farming & Female

Fifth-generation farmers Elizabeth Lunsford and Dore Hunt are changing the operations on their family farm and changing the faces of the farming industry. Written By Christine Fellingham | Photographed by Kylene White While the word “farmer” may conjure up images of Old MacDonald, over a third of American farmers are female. These women are just as likely as their male counterparts to be hands-on in the daily work of farming – riding tractors, fixing valves, milking cows – and they are among the lead decision makers in a majority of all farm businesses. “It’s a [...]

By |2023-06-12T14:52:52-04:00March 1, 2023|Home & Garden|

The March Issue Is Out!

The March issue is here and it’s all about sisterhood and entrepreneurship. In this issue you will find stories of home and garden. Here’s some of the articles we’ve curated to inspire your next project as well as teach you how to take make it flourish: FARMING & FEMALE. Fifth-generation farmers Elizabeth Lunsford and Dore Hunt are changing the operations on their family farm and changing the faces of the farming industry. NEXT-LEVEL KITCHENS & INSPIRED HOMES. Tedtra Wismer, Creative Director for Cafe Appliances, dreams in color. And Rachana, Raj and Prisha Hadua have created [...]

By |2023-03-03T11:14:05-05:00March 1, 2023|Digital Exclusives, Featured|

Publisher’s Blog: March 2023

Power is a Delicate Thing Written by Tawana Bain I struggle to understand how to quantify power. Why some are so hungry for it. Why some abuse it. And why some don’t even realize they have it. I’ve found in life that the quickest way to see what a person is all about is to see what they do with a bit of power when they get it. Does it go to their head? Do they forsake long-held values in pursuit of maintaining it? We often think that power can eclipse insecurity, but really, I [...]

By |2023-03-01T12:02:28-05:00March 1, 2023|Publisher's Blog|
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