Founder & Creator Happy Place Creative Studio

Our founder, Abby Spivak, earned degrees in Fine Arts, Art History, and Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. Her unique background combines time spent in Art and Fashion departments at Ralph Lauren, Teen Vogue Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine, a decade in Product Development designing and producing clothes at Macy’s and five years as the Global Marketing Lead for GapKids and babyGap managing international creative campaigns. Abby has fostered a lifelong passion for all things creative; making things and expressing herself through drawing, painting, and crafting is Abby’s true definition of a happy place. Yearning for a creative outlet during her corporate years, she founded Further Lane Paperie, a design business dedicated to hand-painted invitations, paper goods and personalized items. In becoming a mom of two, constantly crafting in both normal and unprecedented times, she identified her desire to combine her two passions: art and kids. Happy Place Creative Studio is the culmination of this dream; a realization of a decades’-worth of ideas, projects close to heart and a desire to pass along the joy and excitement that she finds in making art and crafts to the next generation.

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From “Mr. Golden Sun” to “Here Comes The Sun”. From “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” to “The Rainbow Connection”. Join us each week for an intimate “unplugged” 45 minute sing-a-long where we focus on the fundamentals. A seemingly endless supply of clean instruments/“props” (shakers, bells, scarves, animal puppets, drums) will be provided - on a rotating basis - allowing for a great interactive experience overall for both the kids and the adults.

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Founder of Tara Sussman Yoga

Tara is a local Scarsdale mom of 2 young boys and a professional Yogi. She has a dedicated yoga practice of over 20 years and graduated with her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training from Peaceful Yoga in Malverne.

Tara received her Children’s Yoga Teacher Training certification through Cosmic Kids yoga in August 2023.

Influenced by Tara’s Guru and late mother Debby, a yoga teacher and holistic healer, Tara has set out on a mission to share the incredible benefits she gets from her own yoga practice with the community of all ages. Tara believes that regular yoga practice both on and off your mat is the key to happiness and a more peaceful life!

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