Our Weekly Spotlight Shop: KippysSoMature!

This week, we salute another long time member of our group, KippysSoMature.  In Jennifer's adorable shop you will find some amazingly cute amigurumi and needle felted animals, as well as jewelry, resin buttons, and sewing crafts. While she has lived and worked in Japan, she currently resides and continues to create  in  Los Angeles. Jennifer's journey on Etsy started when she was looking for a particular fabric and found it from an Etsy seller. She had some Japanese kimono fabric of her own to sell, which it did. After making a pearl and flower necklace for her daughter, she decided to focus on that and sell more.

One of the great things about KippysSoMature is there is a lot of respect and support for other Etsy artists. Jennifer learned about needle felting from Etsy, and decided to try it one day. She really enjoys poking the wool and the yarn itself, and loves how her little creations make other people smile.. Her inspiration is usually prompted by a purchase she has made from a fellow Etsy seller: alpaca yarn from a seller became the amigurumi alpaca in the shop. The bambi deer, teddy bear and furkin critter were all from lovely hand dyed wool roving from another seller, and the animal print felt cases were digital illustrations that she purchased from a seller and then printed on fabric to make the cases.  She really takes advantage of the natural color changes and textures of the yarns she purchases. She has even used other artists' creations in her photos, and she always proudly promotes and credits the artists. According to her, she enjoys helping other sellers whenever possible. 

 Jennifer agrees there are a lot of great benefits to owning an Etsy shop, whether you make a lot of sales or not. For her, she gained a lot of knowledge not only about selling, but about people and customers, and has made friends from all over the world. Helping other artists in the community and sharing ideas and faith has been a true blessing for her. 

You can also keep up with Jennifer's work and her other interests on her Twitter, Blog, and Facebook:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Kippyssomature
Blog: http://kippyssomature.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KippysSoMatureNovelties

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