#FreelanceLife True Stories

Down-to-earth, easy-to-laugh and with perfectly mixed drinks, LaToya Jackson is a mobile bartender in Cincinnati with her own business, Toast to the Good Life Bartending. Hear her story...

As a Northern California native and custom hatmaker, Bryn Cuzick describes her style as “laid-back California casual with a dash of global flair.” Learn more about her and her company, Taj Hat Co, where every single hat is made by hand...

If you walked into one of Danielle Harris’s finished design spaces or saw her across the room, you would be intimidated. She’s gorgeous, always looks perfectly put together and dressed to the nines...

I met Laura Cianciolo a little over a year ago and like every fangirl, I was enthralled with her backstory on America’s Next Top Model. A go-getter her entire life, Laura’s constantly diversifying and trying new things…...

The talented Adam Vicarel, full-time freelancer and owner of Vicarel Studios, brings his usual witty, enlightening and entertaining self to cheer you up a little during this crazy time we’re living in...

The first thing you notice when you meet Kait Nevin, a Cincinnati food blogger and artist, is her huge smile and bubbly personality. Her energy and positivity is infectious to be around! I first met her...

It’s hard to find really genuine people. Especially in the age of Instagram where people are encouraged to show a fake version of themselves, it can be really hard to find friends that are just REAL. People who aren’t putting on an act, who don’t...

Jaclin Grace Hastings—an illustrator and tattoo artist at White Whale in Cincinnati, Ohio—has a cozy, chill home. The light is dim, incense is burning, plants line the window sills, and lots of figurines, books and objects dripping with backstories adorn the space...

Elaine Wendt’s home feels like walking into a small European apartment. It’s old with reused/repurposed furniture and art on every wall. It looks lived in and cozy, where imperfections proudly and confidently state “there’s more to life than a picture-perfect house.”...