Meet the Founder

Hello, I'm So Glad You're Here.

I have spent most of my life surrounded by beauty — and teaching others how to create it.
I started my career in Hollywood, where I founded and ran a makeup artist academy, training
women to see and reveal beauty in all its forms. From there, I opened a fashion atelier in Los
Angeles, working alongside emerging designers to bring their collections to life through samples
and small-run productions. I learned that the most beautiful things are made with intention,
precision, and heart.
Over the years, I built a deep appreciation for all the ways beauty shows up in our lives — in the
way a table is set, in the way a room is lit, in the way a gathering makes you feel when you walk
through the door. That appreciation became a passion. That passion became Social Butterfly LA.
Today, I help Los Angeles women create the kind of entertaining experiences that linger in
memory long after the last guest has gone home. I bring an eye trained by decades in fashion and
beauty, a love of elegant detail, and an understanding that the best parties are not about
perfection — they are about making every person at your table feel like the most important guest
in the room.
I am based in California, and I work with a small number of clients at a time so that every project
receives my full attention and creative energy.
I would love to work with you.
— With warmth,

Tima Kraus

Founder, Social Butterfly LA