Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Kavanagh, Natalie Baez, and Cristina Dhanraj. Them and their team share their story with us below:
Just as background info, Wilde Soul is comprised of three females. Natalie is a military wife who’s worked in customer service since post highschool but never really felt fulfilled. She craved something that would her to be creative and think freely. She decided to take the risk and leave her customer service job, start beauty school.
And though at the same time, now is my chance to try something fun. Natalie shared her dream of event designing and planning with her friend Jessica, who also has peddled with the idea of starting something entrepreneurial that was the opposite of corporate life. Natalie had helped with a picnic business in another city and learned what it might take to do that ourselves. That inspired Wilde Soul Creatives! Luxury picnics and event styling/design is what we’re in business for.
After a month or two, we decided that we needed one more person to add to the team and that’s Cristina, long time friend of Natalie’s. So now we are a trio. We officially launched on Sept. 27, 2021. The idea of this business started in March 2021. We’ve already had so many bookings in these past four months. So many special memories we’ve been a part of and so many learning curves too!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
We’ve had our share of ups and downs. More ups than downs but one thing were battling is growing our inventory for all the cool ideas we have. Supply chain is very delayed depending on where you’re sourcing items and inflation is just the icing on the cake.
Then there’s storage for our inventory which is a whole different conversation. But on the other side of all this is growth. We’re growing and we couldn’t be happier.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Wilde Soul Creatives?
We are a Latino and AAPI woman-owned business.
We want to make memories happen for people and we want to make it easy to do so. Planning or designing or even executing plans for a gathering or event are cumbersome, so we want to step in for our clients and make it happen. We specialize in event styling, luxury picnics, and rentals. the client dreams the dream and we make it reality, that’s the easiest way to put it.
And at the end of it all we bring people together to enjoy each other in a beautiful setting.
If you had to, what characteristic of yours would you give the most credit to?
Planning. Being two steps ahead and having a plan B and plan C. We’ve always strived to be forward-thinking and it’s been paying off.
Contact Info:
- Email: Wildesoulcreatives@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.wildesoulcreatives.com/
- Instagram: @wildesoulcreatives
- Other: https://linktr.ee/Wildesoulcreatives
Image Credits
@fpcphotography
