Reclaim Your Energy: Wellness-Boosting Tips for Women

Feeling energized and positive all day isn’t as difficult to achieve as you may think. Simply taking care of your general wellness can do wonders for your mental and physical health, giving you the power that you need to hit the ground running and make the life you want for yourself. These helpful tips can…

YYC Girl Gang Hang: April 2018

Hi Everyone! My name is Ashika Thaker and I’m a portrait, lifestyle, and event photographer for my company AThaker Photography. I’m also the co-founder of Unravelled Yarn, a zero-waste textile company that transforms corporately branded shirts into t-shirt yarn. I had the pleasure of photographing the YYC Girl Gang Hang on April 24th all about…

How to Eliminate Social Media Stress

When running our own businesses sometimes it’s the smallest tasks that bog us down. I know that social media is the main culprit that I spend too much time on, but did you know there are ways and tools out there that can ease that overwhelming sensation of drowning and help you plan in advance?…

YYC Girl Gang Logo Design Contest

✨ CONTEST ALERT!! ✨ Calling all graphic designers! YYC Girl Gang’s birthday is coming and we want to celebrate with a brand spankin’ new logo. . So let’s have a contest. Submit a logo design to us before November 15th, 2017 and if we choose yours, you win $250 CASH. 💰💰💰 . What we’re looking…

What is YYC Girl Gang?

What is YYC Girl Gang?  It’s been almost two years since we started YYC Girl Gang, and it seemed like a good time to re-introduce ourselves, and let you know a little bit about what we’re about. We want to start this post off by quoting Alexandra Issabel, who photographed our Beer + Markets event:…

YYC Girl Gang Hang – Beers + Markets: As defined by the evening’s photographer

YYC: A unique + beautiful city tucked in beside the Rocky Mountains that provides creatives + entrepreneurs with the space, communities, platforms, etc. to learn + flourish. Sprinkled with local shops, micro-breweries, + an endless amount of ways to connect with neighbours + the city itself, YYC is constantly amazing its occupants with its spirit…

YYC Girl Gang Hang: Azuridge High Tea

  Hey girl hey! I’m Jasmine, I’m a painter, I’m a photographer and I specialize in newborn photography. I also work full-time during the week in advertising; and balancing all these things can cause some serious burn-out. That being said, the afternoon I spent at Azuridge with the YYC Girl Gang couldn’t have come at…

Entrepreneurship and Mental Health: Breaking The Silence

This is a bit of a new post for me. It’s also one of the most important. Quite recently, Instagram released a new campaign called #HereForYou. The goal of this campaign is to bring together stories from Instagram users around the world who struggle with mental illness. I love this campaign because it gives those…

MEET ME MONDAY – BOSTON CREATIVE CO.

Elena – Boston Creative Co. What do you make / sell? Tell us about yo’ self. I am a mama of two little boys, family photographer and artist. I woodburn (a technique using a hot metal point that burns the wood), illustrate and paint all things cute and delightful. My dream is to make people happy…