It’s Better Together is about the community. We were born out of a small group of entrepreneurs who wanted something more from the local business community. We wanted something more authentic. We wanted a place to come and be ourselves, to share our ideas without fear of judgement or undercutting. We wanted a place were art and friendship reined over networking and opportunity. And we feel so blessed by all the attendees that have come and have expressed interest in helping to grow and continue our amazing little community.
To help you get to know us a bit better we wanted to introduce you to the Board of Better. Not necessarily a board of directors but these three ladies are working hard to make sure that websites get launched, tweets get twittered, events get planned, speakers get booked, and friendships get made. If you come to any of our get togethers, come say HI!
Trisha Hay
Trisha is co-founder and design principal at Chariot. Her resume is extremely impressive, though you won’t catch her name dropping just to impress. She is constantly in motion, constantly inspiring and always uplifting. Trisha has been the driving force in getting It’s Better Together off the ground and we aren’t quite sure how she finds time in the day to do it all! She has designed for Disney, wedding industry giants – Sean Low and Rebecca Grinnals, and many more. Here is what Trisha says about herself:
10 things about me:
1. I am a graphic designer.
2. I like making lists.
3. I believe good design begins with the basics.
4. I have a little obsession with anything black and white.
5. I love hearing “Climb every mountain, ford every stream”
6. I named my {pepper white mini cooper s} car Harry.
7. I could live on mint chip gelato alone.
8. I. N. F. J.
9. I heart the beach.
10. I am blissfully married to an architect.
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Becka Knight
Becka is an innovative wedding and portrait photographer based out of downtown Orlando. She and her fiance work together as Studio222 Photography. Their work has been featured on several wedding websites such as Southern Weddings, Wedding Chicks, Trash the Dress, and Weddings Unveiled. Their images have also been featured in print in PDN and Professional Photographer Magazine including having an image recently featured as the cover of the August issue of the latter. But above all else, Becka is passionate about creating something beautiful and unexpected for her clients.
Here is what Becka has to say about herself and her fiance:
We are photographic artists and our mission is to take something seen before and show it in a new, more beautiful way. We’re in love. We love documenting love. We aim to continuously build our business around real life friendships with our clients. We quote movies and comedians a lot. (Especially Jim Gaffigan) We are Macs. We drink lots of coffee (and especially love pumpkin creamer). We love dinners out with friends (wanna go to dinner?). We love traveling. And we have an unhealthy attachment to our iPhones.
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Anna Bond
Anna is a gifted graphic designer and illustrator based out of Winter Park. Coming from NYC with a background in art direction, Anna brings a grounded approach to her out of this world artwork. She has worked with some of the biggest players in the wedding industry and beyond including Design Sponge, Martha Stewart, being a contributor to Once Wed. Her artwork is unforgettable and whimsical and absolutely inspirational. Anna can be found working at her storefront shop in Winter Park. Anna also was gracious enough to design our It’s Better Together logo! Here is what Anna says about herself:
I currently live in Orlando with my husband Nathan and I have been focusing on wedding invitations and custom stationery design over the past year. Before opening up my own design studio two years ago I worked as an art director at a media company where I headed up the design for a national women’s magazine. I love working with couples to create a memorable & unique invitation to share with their guests and commemorate their wedding.