This week we “flew” to Tucson, Arizona to interview Amy Rae Som about her Zibbet shop, DragonsSpark. In addition to her Premium shop on Zibbet, Amy Rae is a member of the Desert Indie Designers, an artisans collective in Tucson, Arizona.She also designs online courses for health care professionals at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.Amy Rae’s shop gives FREE standard shipping on all orders!Please enjoy the interview, leave Amy Rae a comment, and then use the Share Tools so others can read it, too. Please spread the Zibbet Love!
My name is Amy Rae. I live in beautiful Tucson, Arizona, my hometown, with my husband Michael. I love all kinds of “makery”–crochet, knitting, drawing, sewing, origami, beading, etc. I design and code online courses for the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.I love color; if a particular color combination catches my eye–it could be something in nature, or architecture, or someone’s outfit–I’ll file that in my head and use it in a design. I also like ‘finding’ things–an old button, or a piece of scrap fabric, and challenging myself to create something with it.
There are a lot of terrific folks that I’ve met in Tucson who are making art and getting their work out into the world, while still being parents and/or holding down full-time jobs. I really admire and aspire to that.Family, friends, video games, music, cinema, theatre!I really love that Zibbet is designed with robust features for sellers. Actually making things is where the joy is, but setting up and maintaining an online shop can take a lot of time, so I appreciate the timesaving features like cloning items, coupons, and sales mode. The widgets to customize your shop are really cool, too!A Facebook shop would be cool.
Until recently, my husband and I had an actual brick-and-mortar shop. Since then, we do occasional festivals and fairs locally, hand out business cards and postcards. And we have a website and Facebook page.I would say, try to develop product lines instead of just one-offs, so you can use the shop sections and product clone features. And take advantage of all the shop customization features, like product layout and widgets.In the future, I’d like to be the mom who makes really cool stuff for her kid (better than store-bought!). ^_^Tags: Dragons Spark, Featured Zibbeters
