{"id":39086,"date":"2015-09-07T06:10:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T10:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=39086"},"modified":"2016-02-25T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:55:44","slug":"this-just-in-spiration-meet-kimberly-hadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2015\/this-just-in-spiration-meet-kimberly-hadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"This Just In-spiration: Meet Kimberly Hadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our makers never fail to motivate us, encourage our creativity, and fill us with inspiration. So, when a new design<\/a> enters our assortment, we\u2019re always excited to learn more about the people behind the product.<\/p>\n

What gets an artist going and keeps them creating is certainly worth sharing, and every great connection starts with a simple introduction. Meet Kimberly Hadlock<\/a>, maker of the Coffee Lover<\/a> and Edible Flower Lollipop Sets.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"PicMonkey<\/a><\/p>\n

When did you know you wanted to be an artist?<\/strong>
\nI always kind of have been. When I was little I would design jewelry on rubber bands, going around door to door. I studied music from an early age along with dance. Later came photography. I have always had something going that requires design & creativity.<\/p>\n

\"salted<\/p>\n

What was the most exciting thing about becoming a professional artist?<\/strong>
\nSeeing my ideas reach thousands of people. Having a simple idea of a flavor profile enter my mind, calibrating till I think I have it just right. Then releasing it to the world. Knowing that my hard work is paying off and people are enjoying what I do.<\/p>\n

\"1341<\/p>\n

What does your typical day in the kitchen\u00a0look like?<\/strong>
\nUp at 6am and packing up the car with my supplies for the day. Heading off to whatever share kitchen I am using for that day. I work solid for 5-6 hours making orders, then play with flavors for about 30 min. Package everything up and head back to my office where I will set and design custom labels for our wedding \/ corporate orders for 3-4 hours. The last 6 hours I will either tweet the website, or photography. Head off to bed then in 6 hours do it all over again.<\/p>\n

\"herb<\/p>\n

Is there a trinket, talisman, or other inspirational object you keep near? If so, what is it and what does it mean to you?<\/strong>
\nHuh. Never really thought about it. Does coffee count? It can be inspirational and keeps me going.<\/p>\n

Imagine you just showed your work to a kindergartner for the first time. What do you think they would say?<\/strong>
\ngive me give me give me<\/p>\n

\"birthday<\/p>\n

What quote or mantra keeps you motivated?<\/strong>
\nWisdom begins in wonder – Socrates : If you had said to me 5 years ago that I would be making lollipops for a living I would have laughed. One Christmas holiday I wondered how to make lollipops for a Christmas gift. I played around a bit to figure some things out. My friends loved them, suggested I start a shop. I have never looked back.<\/p>\n

\"izzie<\/p>\n

What are your most essential tools?<\/strong>
\nMy mind. All the recipes are up there. I have never written any of them down.<\/p>\n

\"PicMonkey<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our makers never fail to motivate us, encourage our creativity, and fill us with inspiration. So, when a new design enters our assortment, we\u2019re always excited to learn more about the people behind the product. Meet Kimberly Hadlock, maker of the Coffee Lover and Edible Flower Lollipop Sets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":39098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[743],"tags":[289,1610,961,1535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39086"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39928,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39086\/revisions\/39928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}