Happi Hoops

This month we are delighted for you to hear directly from an American business woman who is living her own American dream and providing us with fabulous American jewelry.  Jae Kennedy is the owner of the Dig U.S. Out registered company Happi Hoops located in Auburn, California. Enjoy!

Don’t you just love a girl who wears hoops?

It was the 1970’s and at age 18 I began my working career as an assembly worker for a High Tech firm in California. Back then, women could not be supervisors or managers and we were not allowed to wear pants to work. However, I did not let this stop me. I quickly moved up to a “lead,” but since women could not be supervisors they hired the graveyard janitor for me to train as my new boss. But in America hard work and determination give way to opportunity and at the age of 26 a former boss recruited me to come to a company in Redwood City to be the first woman supervisor, so that they could start filling their "quota for hiring women." At that age I had no fear and no real experience, so I managed 32 women by simply treating them as I wanted to be treated.

During most of my career, I was a struggling single mom from the time my youngest child was 2 years old through college, but I have persevered, beat the odds and today am following my passion and am the proud owner of my own business - Happi Hoops.

I have been wearing some form of hoop earrings most of my life so it seemed natural to set up a business around Hoop Earrings.   Hoop Earrings are like the “little black dress” of earrings - everyone owns at least one pair and Reality TV has made hoop earrings more popular and acceptable than ever!  Happi Hoops brings you custom hoop earrings made by artists here in USA ( 2 from Canada) and styles that are unique to each designer – not your typical department store styles.   

You know, they say Silver is the new Gold.  More artists and jewelry designers are using Silver these days which is why several of our Happi Hoops designers use the highest level of Silver (PMC) along with precious and semi-precious stones such as Rubies, Amethyst, Citrine, Iolite, Tourmaline  and so much more. Happi Hoops jewelry is jewelry store quality, but not at the typical jewelry store mark ups.  As you can see, we push the boundaries of Hoop Earrings because there are too many gorgeous designs to pick from.  We carefully select each artist in order to bring a variety of design and materials – we want each Artist to stand out.  Once you look at our collection you will clearly see the workmanship, passion and vision of each Artist.

Men - all of our jewelry is gift wrapped so what better way to show someone you care and all you have to do is point and click (and pay)! Made in USA was the building block of our business model so Happi Hoops is proud to be a part of DIG U.S. Out!  Please visit us at: 

www.happihoops.com