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Cindy Crawford on Home Styling and Balance

Cindy Crawford on Home Styling and Balance

Designing a room is like putting on make up, you start with the foundation and work your way up. So said Cindy Crawford, supermodel and furniture designer while visiting Grand Rapids' Art Van Furniture Wednesday night. Cindy's collaboration with Art Van Furniture is...

Discovering the Artist Inside

Discovering the Artist Inside

Winner of the ArtPrize Fashion Force Challenge, Liesl Geneva is preparing to wow the audience at the upcoming Style Battle serving as the first ever “ArtPrize Ambassador.” Her clothing designs are distinct and full of spirit, so is her personality. Liesl is a native...

Putting Together the Pieces

Putting Together the Pieces

It's that time of year when students are stocking up on number two pencils and parents are breathing a sigh of relief–school is starting! But while moms and dads may have it easier with kids back in school all day, this is the busy season for teachers and principals...

All Hands on Deck

All Hands on Deck

The wind is seesawing their boat side to side as the sound of loud ripping indicates a decimated sail. Lighting cracks feet from where they float, throwing quick, hot, flames of fire even closer to their worried faces. With all secured on deck, the family lowers the...

Always Ready, Always There

Always Ready, Always There

Raised in a family with a physician for a dad and a nurse for a mother, Abby Rogers knows a lot about career dedication and fitting that loyalty into family life. In fact, she's living the lesson everyday as a physician's assistant for surgical oncology at Advantage...

Meant to Be

Meant to Be

You recognize her face from WZZM 13, but do you know the story behind West Michigan's beloved TV anchor Juliet Dragos? The Pittsburgh native chose Grand Rapids specifically because of it's non-stop flight back to her hometown, but in the twenty-one years she has been...

It’s All Good

It’s All Good

Starla Daniels wears the phrase, "It's all good," on her sleeve. Well, technically, it's tattooed on the back of her neck, but the meaning is the same. She takes one day at a time as a chance to dive deeper into the purpose of life, and inspires other women to do the...

Speaking Volumes

Speaking Volumes

Lori Hastings is spreading her message of hope and help in a soon-to-be-published children's book series. Addressing topics like recycling, environmentalism, and the beauty of individuality, some of the characters are based on Lori's own unique childhood experiences....

A Winning Combination

A Winning Combination

Women and Herman Miller are a winning combination in West Michigan, and this is nowhere more evident than with the Women Influencing Now (WIN) Team, where employees have the opportunity to collaborate on initiatives that are essential to women. WIN was developed at...

Barking Up the Right Tree

Barking Up the Right Tree

She's an inspiration to many a would-be writer, but when she's not helping others pen the next great American novel, she's finding inspiration of her own in the form of a little white pup. Tricia McDonald, authoress of the widely popular Life with Sally, writing...