1.
Introduce yourself, who are you and where do you live? I'm Christine
Kennison, I have 2 beautiful kids and 2 loveable cats! :) I live in the
western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois right now, but grew up in
Chicago's South side, not very far from US Cellular field. (or Comiskey
Park)
2.
What do you make for Blythe? I make the 'Skinny Scalp' for Neo Blythe
and now Middies. What it is, is a wonderful way to get mohair on your
girl without hindering the pull strings, like a lot of wigs
do. I've always
described it as a lambskin (or goatskin) weft. My skinnies have been
known to be a bit indestructible and I have many designers and
customizers that have been repeat customers. It has been a wonderful to
create colors, and add wonderful texture to a doll that is just
screaming for that more one of a kind feel!
3.
Where can we find your creations? I was on Team Orange with the "For
the Love of Blythe" book
project that was created by
Fanny Zara, Cindy Sowers and Jean Yates, respectively. I had a hand
in creating the beautiful cotton candy mane of hair on the Marionette
girl... What an honor, truly, to be included! Also, I've been working
for years with many of the talented customizers in our wonderful
community. I have a shop on Etsy that is called https://www.etsy.com/shop/
4. What are your main influences? Colors, Brights, Pastels... I am influenced by my children, flowers, and life! lol...
5.
How did you get started with Blythe dolls? When I started this hobby in
2009, my life was vastly
different... My daughter was almost 2, Son was 5, my husband was not
working and someone had given me over 100 Madame Alexander dolls to sell
on ebay... It was quite a daunting task... I became engrossed with
Blythe and fascinated by her charm after someone sent me her doll on
loan (within a week I had my own..) lol... I've never looked back! The
main thing was, I really preferred her with beautiful mohair. At the
time, the only thing that was available was a super expensive reroot or a
very ill fitting mohair wig. I became obsessed with figuring out how I
could create a lambskin weft on an original Blythe scalp or a Coolcat
scalp, and finally, after 3 months of toil, many conversations with my
lambskin supplier, ignoring husband and children, I finally had my
solution and my first Skinny was made!
6.
Do you collect anything else? (I SO wish I could answer, children and
cats!) haha.. But, I love to collect everything rainbowey and cute and
find that I have to keep that part of my personality at bay... lol...
When I was a child I collected the Enesco mermaids and unicorns and
dragons of every shape and size... lol... Just saw the Lego movie and
was wondering how I could get the lego Unicorn Kitty in my
collection... I do have dolls of every type, and have a daughter that
loves them as well. It's just great big fun to be able to play with
someone that I love so much!
7.
What's one interesting fact we may not know about you? I have a decent
singing voice, and will just bust out with a song if the mood strikes
me or I'm feeling really passionate about something... I've been known
to sing at my husband while we're arguing... It diffuses the situation
because he starts laughing at me...
No comments:
Post a Comment