Kharisma Sommers Popnicute Artisan Jewelry Popnicute.com Kharisma Sommers is the artist behind Popnicute Artisan Jewelry. She is a self-taught jewelry designer with a degree in Visual Communication. Her passion and her education produce well thought out and well composed jewelry. Kharisma was born and raised in Indonesia where the culture helped develop her artistic taste. Evoking both Eastern and Western influences, her collections appeal to buyers around the world through the medium of wire and metal sheet, creating a unique ethnic jewelry with modern sensibility. In 2011 Popnicute was named Favorite Handmade Jewelry Artisan in About.com’s Reader’s Choice Awards and her artwork was featured in Wire Art Magazine.
Sarah Struett Four Black Paws 4BlackPaws.com Sarah Struett’s enthusiasm for hand-crafted dog products began in 2007 when she first became the lucky mother of a Labrador retriever named Leila. Struett, a teacher from Michigan, started Four Black Paws in 2010 by combining her dogged passion for her pets with a courageous dose of entrepreneurial spirit. Since then, her passion has exploded onto the web with her online store, Four Black Paws, a one-stop virtual pet-shop that offers custom-made pet products including collars, leads and accessories.