So hither is the slightly delayed component subdivision 3 of the Nevada City Series, in addition to this fourth dimension nosotros are talking to
KitKitDizzi.... a Nevada City Store that stocks the fine crafts made yesteryear the creatives inwards in addition to simply about Nevada City... accompanying the interview are some of my favorite items from their online store.
Can you lot say us a piddling chip virtually yourself in addition to the motive to develop kitkitdizzi?
Jennifer Shefield originally opened kitkitdizzi inwards 2011 alongside the aid of Nikiya Swartz (Gold Dust Collective). Kira in addition to I both worked in that location in addition to loved the shop. Jen decided that she needed to move out of the business. Kira in addition to I had ever talked virtually having a shop, in addition to therefore nosotros made an offering in addition to she sold it to us inwards 2013. The store for certain was non bringing inwards whatever numbers that would brand us intend it was a golden mine but nosotros idea that peradventure it could convey us a piddling income, give us a platform to participate inventiveness alongside our community in addition to offering us a adventure to last our ain bosses giving us the flexibility necessary of 2 unmarried mothers.
Kira has an extensive cognition of vintage items in addition to all things old. She has a swell oculus in addition to endless unloosen energy for hunting downwards amazing treasures. I stimulate got a background inwards business, blueprint in addition to merchandising. We are motivated daily yesteryear our friends who nosotros believe are special artists. Artists scrap alongside translating their piece of job into a sellable production in addition to it is difficult to position a toll on someone's craft. It feels in addition to therefore personal. We experience honored to last able to offering a platform for their work.
What does kitkitdizzi hateful
It's a native plant. Bear Clover, Mountain Misery or Kitkitdizze, equally the Miwok referred to it, is endemic to the western side of the Sierra Nevada. If you've hiked inwards these woods in addition to haven't noticed it underfoot, it's resinous leaves adhering to your pants in addition to shoes, you've most for certain taken inwards the scent of this highly aromatic piddling fern similar constitute carpeting the wood floor. It is essential to the wellness of the forests inwards these parts in addition to for many of us, is the aroma of home.
Nevada City appears to last a existent creative hub, what practise you lot intend is in addition to therefore inspiring virtually Nevada City? This town has been the domicile to artists for equally long equally I can remember. Its difficult know if its the already-inspired that motion hither or if it's the natural beauty of this area, the slower measurement of life in addition to the exposure to other artists/makers that brings the inspiration in addition to creative mind. Or, simply maybe, it's the golden that fills the areas soil that somehow draws folks here...
What is it that attracted you lot to / keeps you lot inwards Nevada city? We were both born inwards Nevada City forty years ago. What attracted our parents to this area? Simple. They were hippies fleeing the urban confines of the urban inwardness in addition to running for the wild hills. We have lived inwards other cities in addition to nosotros ever come upward back. We've never seen some other community similar this. It feels similar a big household unit of measurement in addition to has all the honey in addition to dysfunction that comes along alongside that, which nosotros volition stimulate got over the disconnect that we've felt inwards other places.
What are some of your favorite shops in addition to cafes inwards Nevada City? Considering that Nevada City genuinely alone consists of 3 small-scale streets nosotros are genuinely lucky to stimulate got in addition to therefore many swell places.
Shops;
Lily Vigil Art Gallery (best Native American Jewelry in addition to artwork)
The Grey Goose- I cant imagine Nevada City without this shop
Enid & Edgar for vintage clothing
Nevco for Vintage article of apparel in addition to locally made crafts
The globe Store is equally good a wonderful store for the nature/science minded
Cafes:
Ike's Quarter Cafe, The Curly Wolf Espresso House in addition to Fox Hound Cafe.
Where practise you lot detect the artists? A lot of our artists/makers are local. We either know them or nosotros detect them through discussion of mouth. The non-locals nosotros tend to discovery through social media in addition to through other artist
What are your 3 favourite pieces inwards the store at the 2nd in addition to why did you lot create upward one's hear to stock them? This is a real difficult question. Kira in addition to I stimulate got i dominion virtually what nosotros alternative or practise non alternative in addition to that is that nosotros both stimulate got to LOVE it. We cannot honestly sell something that nosotros practise non love. I intend that nosotros both concord that the Pheylonian beeswax candles that nosotros behavior are the best candles inwards the world. We stimulate got beautifully hand-made knives yesteryear a local 17 twelvemonth onetime boy; Everet Noel, I would last heartbroken if he ever stopped making them in addition to Fat in addition to the Moon local, natural, organic, herbal torso tending products that genuinely piece of job in addition to stimulate got inspired me to rid my life of all chemic based products. Pickle Pottery Ceramics, Juniper Ridge, Olo, Ace & Jig... in addition to everyone else that nosotros carry.
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