I started Spy Girl Nola in 2015 while I was in between jobs and looking for something creative to fulfill my Mardi Gras-loving soul. I bought 50 pairs of boots and started making tassels at my dining room table. I said that once I sold out I would decide if I should keep going. Well, dear friends, I sold out two weeks before Mardi Gras and the rest is parade history.

I did eventually get another job teaching 5th grade English Language Arts. I just finished my Masters in Teaching from UNO in December 2023 and I love the challenges that work brings me.

My son Jack was born a month before Mardi Gras in 2022. My studio/office/headquarters transformed into a nursery. Two years later, I am back where all of this started: working from our dining room table, now with a very sparkly toddler running about.

Spy Girl Nola is entering her ninth (!) Carnival Season and I can’t wait for our short, but bound to be beautiful season ahead!

Lauren