Meet Your Hosts
Shannon Snow is an illustrator, designer, and community builder who loves creating vibrant artwork that celebrates joy and connection. She works as a senior graphic artist at Natural Life, and through her own creative practice she plays with color, pattern, and storytelling in ways that feel uplifting and fun. She is passionate about bringing people together through creativity, whether that’s leading art challenges, teaching workshops, or co-hosting retreats like Restart. She hopes to encourage others to embrace their own creative spirit and see art as a way to feel more at home with themselves. Shannon lives in Savannah, GA with her two beautiful daughters.
Kenzie Elston is an illustrator and designer with a deep passion for connecting with kindred spirits and fostering community through art. Her illustration brand Snippets of Whimsy is a representation of her affinity to all things whimsical. Kenzie has been described as a “positivity artist” and she is recognized for her whimsical illustrations with playful, uplifting hand lettering. She resides in Cincinnati, OH with her husband and 2 young sons who light up her world. She lives for daily dance parties, a good charcuterie board and finding joy in the small things. Because, what’s life without a bit of wit & WHIMSY?
Allyson Wilson is an illustrator and designer, specializing in greeting card design and children’s books. She describes her style as colorful, happy, and chalk-full of fun details, with the goal of making others smile and feel connected. She loves to express herself through art, and finds that different mediums and subject matters evoke different sides of her creativity! She feels that meeting other creatives is such an important part of her mental health; helping her to feel refreshed, inspired, and validated. She lives in Pennsylvania, and when she’s not creating, you can find her spending time with her husband and two, (super amazing) kids; reading, drinking coffee; gardening; organizing things; and dreaming of being at the ocean.
Katherine Herrell is an Atlanta-based illustrator and designer whose work bursts with vibrant color, joy, and a touch of whimsy. Drawing inspiration from nature, vintage florals, folk art, and everyday moments, she creates playful, detailed designs using gouache, watercolor, and colored pencils, polished with a hint of technology. After more than a decade as an in-house artist and product designer, Katherine now works from her home studio, bringing her charming illustrations to products, fabrics, and paper goods around the world.