{A New Chapter}

December 1st will mark a new chapter for Kiki & Lele. This little company was started by Leslee and I for so many reasons that were and are near and dear to our hearts. In the nine months that we have been in business together we have accomplished what we set out to do and in the process learned so much. For that I will forever be grateful.

As of December 1st I will no longer be a part of Kiki & Lele. It was a hard decision for me to make, however, it is the right decision for me and my busy family at this time. I know Leslee will continue with the mission that we set out to do: to create jewelry that makes people feel good and to be able to give back.

K & L has been able to donate to schools in our area this year to help raise money which we are very proud of. This week we are partnering with MckMama to contribute to a really wonderful cause. Leslee will have all of the details for you very soon so stay tuned!

Thank you to all of our {fabulous} customers for all of your support! I really appreciate you helping us be successful this year! Happy Holidays!

.:Kiki:.

K & L Hair Bow Collection

$7.00
A Girl Named Bleu $7.00

Hello Kitty Small {$5}

Hello Kitty Large {$7}

Felt Flower Clippies {$6} for the pair

Flower Clippies {$6} for the pair

Attitude {$10.00}

Sweet Girl {$6.00}

Prissy Pants {$10.00}

Here it is.... "Ta Da" The much awaited bow/clip collection. These cute hair bows are so fun. They work great for all hair types and can be used alone or with a pony tail. When you place your order, simply send an email with the numbers you would like and the sizes you want. Each clip in the Christmas Collection is limited and will only be available for this Christmas only.

If you have an outfit that you are trying to match a bow to, send me an email with a link to the outfit or a picture of the outfit so I can try my best to match colors... Remember with K & L designs, anything is possible...

{New Stuff.... On The Way + FREE SHIPPING}

{Hair Bows}
We have had several requests lately for some pictures of our hair bows, I will be posting them early next week, along with some new Christmas bows I have been working on. They are super cute, fun to make and I hope you like them... Keep a look out and get them while they are HOT!

{ETSY}
If you are looking to make an order, please order through e-mail, ETSY will be down for some TLC! We have not been paying too much attention to the old ETSY shop lately and she really needs some love... So, bear with me and shoot over an e-mail to place your orders...

{NEW Stuff}
Also, I have some super fun stuff coming your way for the month of December.... Keep your eyes peeled, you will not want to miss out...

{FREE Shipping}
The last day for "normal" First Class USPS mail is December 10th! If you order with-in this time frame, your SHIPPING will be FREE!!!!! Free is so wonderful....

Well, I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday, I know I did... I am finally down from my tryptophan high and I am functioning like a normal human being... See you next week for some fun stuff...

Much Love & Holiday Wishes...
.:Lele:.

More Out The Door....

I know you can forgive me for my poor photography skills... It was cold out side today and light at the front door was limited....

This one is a special story that touched my heart... I cannot tell you because I feel like I would be exploiting one fellow Mom's Story... Just know, it is a special bracelet for a special Mom...

This is the first time we have offered a ball chain bracelet. It is dainty, and fun... With three charms, it has a nice little jingle to it when it is on your arm...

{$33.oo} 7" long, this is the only length we can get

This was another "custom" order. It took about 1.5 weeks back and forth on the e-mail, but it was so worth it... This is the first piece we have made with a bar shape... I totally love it... The font style on these charms is the smallest one we offer...

{$42.00} Includes 3 charms and one pearl... E-mail us if you are interested in adding or taking away charms for a price adjustment.

Have a great weekend...

.:Lele:.

You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry....

You better not pout, I'm tellin' you why..........



Santa Clause is coming to town......

If you are not convinced that this cute little guy is one of Santa's Helpers, I don't know what would make you believe....

FYI- Just a reminder that December 10th is your last day to order for Christmas to Guarantee your gift on-time.... You can order after that , but you will have to pay rush shipping...

.:Lele:.

Friday Feature

Click on the button above and hop on over to "The Gift Closet" and check out our feature....

If you are new to K&L, we would love for you to leave a comment so we can get to know you better....

.:Lele:.

{Oh Martha, You Make Me Happy}

This is my next project I am working on.... A "No Sew" scarf...

Go here to see directions.

I will be back with more this weekend and hopefully a finished product to show off....

What are your plans for this weekend????

.:Lele:.

One. Fun. Weekend.

Lula Smith Collection

{eye candy}

{eye candy}

{eye candy}

When we were at Holly Days Market this weekend, we had the sweetest vendor next door to us. Her name is Lora and she is most definitely adorable. Even more adorable her husband helps her out with her booth. They are the complete package. She had so much energy and spunk. Well, you ask??? What does she make???

She makes the most adorable hand made aprons and she even makes a Manpron for the man in your kitchen- not all women cook. She is skilled, smart and funny! I hope we get placed next to her next year.

Go on over to her blog and check out her ETSY shop. You had better order fast if you are wanting a Christmas present, she is already covered up with business. I am sure it take several hours do what she does..... She turns fabric into apron magic...

.:Kiki & Lele:.

If you are new and you came to visit us from Holly Days Market. We are so glad that you are here. I added some old stuff to this post to update everyone new coming around to see us.

{BLOG}

If you want to look at our line through this web-site, look to your right at the side bar. Almost at the top is {2 links}. If you click on "necklaces" you will see some of the necklaces we have designed so far. If you click on bracelets, you will be able to see the bracelets.

{ETSY}

Some people are not familiar with ETSY. ETSY is a wonderful website that you can find all things hand-made... Kind of like e-bay, but waaaaay more fabulous and the prices are set! There is a link for that shop as well on the side bar.

{E-Mail}

As always if you see something that you love and you feel like you would like to tweak it or give it your own personal touch, just e-mail us at kikiandlele@yahoo.com. We love a challenge, that is one of the best parts of making personalized jewelry. There is always a challenge in store. When you get *SuPeR CrEaTiVe* that makes us get very excited!

I hope ya'll have a fab-u-lous day! We will be back with more later this week to show off to you!

Holly Day Marketplace

If you are local, come out and support your community! Shopping local is one of the best ways to do this.... Plus, it is going to be a fabulous time... The gals of the Junior League never disappoint.


{Who Are You} We had a major influx of hits on our sweet little blog yesterday.... If you are still sticking around to see what we are all about, would you mind leaving us a little comment so we can get to know you better....

{Look Out Below} Keep scrolling down, we have some fabulous new pieces for your liking...

{Craft To My Lou}

As Leslee mentioned, we have had to get our craft on lately for the upcoming Holly Market event. We are excited to be able to do something a little bit different for us. Both Leslee and I like to be crafty and creative and it is great to have a reason to do something different. Holly Market has let us do that and we are so excited about this weekend.

We wanted to share with you some of the little bows and clips we came up with. I'm a dangerous woman with a glue gun. Leslee is much more pulled together with her skills with the glue gun. I've practically glued everything to my desk on accident. Oh well - we have a cute end product and that is what is important!

We are selling individual bows/clips for $3 or two for $5. If you're interested in these, just send us an email. They are limited and one of a kind!

{Kiki}

We've Been Busy!

We are getting ready for Holly Market which is a local Craft Christmas Market! We are so excited to be a part of the fun event! It is always fun to get your name out locally! We are so excited that we even made a few extra crafty things that we think will make great gifts...

Nestie Bracelets in brown... These are adorable and they are a BIG seller...

Nestie Bracelets in black... "How many eggs are in your nest, Mama bird?"




This was a recent custom order. Sorry that the quality of the picture is HORRIBLE. You get the idea... It is for a grandmother and is says, "Precious Angles" and there are 6 hand wrapped creme pearls hanging from it. This is definitely our most unique piece so far. We hope she loves it!

This is where we get crafty... I love making these buckets, I made one for a friends shower gift, the gift went inside and it looked adorable. I figured that it would look cute with dolls or books in it!

We also made a smaller one that would make a great bow holder.... Speaking of bows, we made some of those too.... We will be posting some of those later in the week...

Crafting and making jewelry is just way to much fun... How did I ever get so lucky?

.:Lele:.

New Designs... Feeling Organic...

{My Garden Necklace} $32.00 Up to 4 flowers will fit on the "My Garden Necklace"



{Bloom Where You Are Planted} $28.00

{Little Birdy} $26.00

Featured Design For November

$24.00

{New Stuff}

This has been such a very busy weekend, but so productive... I have some new designs that I am dying to show you, so here goes! I hope you like...

{Family Tree} $42.00

This necklace is adorable. The large tag is oval shaped and hammered for texture. It also has polka dots around the edge. Each small tag is hung by a fresh-water hand-wrapped pearl. Mine symbolizes my family, a large "P" for our last name and small first initials for each first name. The more you have the more adorable it looks... This necklace is a very "Charmie" piece and would look good with any outfit!

Just one more for the books!

{$28}

This happened on accident. I am waiting on a piece to complete an order, so I hung all of the pearls together on a chunky chain and I must say, "I might have to have one for myself..." I really love it. Very simple, but very FUN!

{$44}

This is my most favorite of the weekend. A double strand, cable chain with a toggle clasp and lots of fun beads to accentuate... Who would not love this?

{$32}

Here it is with out all of the charms hanging on it...

Have a fun week. We will try and get in from time-to-time to share some stuff about Kacey (Kiki) & Leslee (Lele)... Check back with us and see what has been going on in our crazy lives lately!

{Spooktacular Day}

I think I can speak for both Leslee & I that we had a super fun Halloween. We'll have pictures to share of all of our dumplins next week. We just wanted to pop in and say, BOO!

Check out the last post to see pictures of new pieces!

Sneaky, Peaky...

We just completed our first few orders from Bell Buckle... I thought those of you who ordered might like a sneak peak to see what your orders look like... As always, we would love it if you sent us pictures of you wearing your jewelry that you bought... Hint, hint!

{$28}

{$32}

{$36}

Making jewelry is the best job ever. I do not even think of it as a job. I can sit at my desk and loose hours of time to just making jewelry! It is especially fun when it is personalized like we make it... Each piece has a story behind it. Some customers buy them for themselves, some buy them for other people, some are put up for Christmas and Birthdays, some are bought as mementos to remind someone of a great time in life or a great person... I love that Kiki & Lele jewelry means so many different things to {our customers}... It makes it what we do that much more worth it!

Thank you for being our customers...

Just a reminder, Christmas is just around the corner. DECEMBER 10th is going to be your last day to make a purchase to promise to get your gift to you on time!

{Etsy Fabulous}

As most of you know, in addition to placing orders through our blog/website, you can also make purchases at our Etsy shop. If you've never explored Etsy now is the time to do it! It is a wonderful website dedicated to featuring handmade artists. Etsy is also very user friendly offering different ways to navigate their site - you can shop by doing general searches or by category which I really enjoy.

So while your gathering together your Christmas lists be sure to keep Etsy in mind. Not only will you be able to give a unique gift but you will be supporting a handmade artist! Only 58 more shopping days left until Christmas so it is closer than you think! Kiki & Lele's deadline to guarantee orders by Christmas is December 10th.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. We'll be popping in throughout the week.


.:Kiki:.

{Keeping Things Busy}

Now that all of our supplies are in from all of the custom orders that were placed in Bell Buckle, Kacey and I are getting busy. So do not forget to come back around to see what we have whipped up... Especially if you ordered something- you never know when you might get a sneak peek!

On another random note, Mason got a hair cut this week and he got his hair styled for the very first time. He looks so adorable... I just have to share...



Everyday this little kiddo looks more and more like his Daddy! He is so cute, I just want to pinch him {sometimes I do- just because he is mine, LOL}



I hope you are having a great weekend, and we will see you back here next week with some exciting stuff to share... You won't forget us, right?

.:Lele:.

{Keeping Things Simple}

Our event this weekend was such a hit and between Leslee & I we have several highlights. I thought I would share one of my favorites with you....

Leslee and I were (happily) slammed trying to talk to all of our customers all the while trying to complete orders. In the hustle and bustle of everything I turn around and this sweet little girl was standing with her brother at our table playing with the necklaces. I greeted her and asked if she was having fun. I made some comment about how sparkly everything was in the sun and she agreed not really making eye contact. I kept working for a few seconds and she looks up at me with these huge eyes and says "How much are your necklaces?" And I reply "Well, depending on the piece it varies. The one you're looking at right now is 36." And without missing a beat she tilts her little head to the side and says "is that cents or dollars?" She really made me chuckle and smile and I explained that it was in fact dollars. She skipped away with her brother probably off to find the face painting lady which I am sure was the highlight of their day. Whoever that was did an EXCELLENT job!

At any rate, it was really a highlight of my day talking to her. She reminded me to keep things simple, enjoy the simple pleasures that are offered to me every day and take great pride in those. Don't complicate things. She also reminded me to be sure to clarify...the next time Brian says he "took a 20 out" I better check to make sure if it was .20 cents, $20.00, or even $20,000.00 - okay I'm dreaming but still... Ha! :o)

Fancy Me

As we said before, "We are back from Bell Buckle, and we have new stuff!" I am so loving these ear rings that we made this weekend... They were the very last purchase for the day on Sunday and they were a special request from someone who is "not really a necklace person!" They are so cute, fresh and adorable! Who could not love these babies? They are on sterling silver hooks and hung from a fresh water creme pearl! Of course, as always, if you want to change them up you can...

{We have not named them yet} ear rings $24.00

This is a picture of Kacey {on the left} and Leslee {on the right} on Sunday morning after the set up! We were cold, and I mean to the bone... It is super hard to work with your hands in the 34 degree weather... But we weren't complaining, we were loving it! The craft festival was a HIT!

If you have any questions on how to navigate our web site, please read the post below this one welcoming new readers!

{New?}

Hello there....

Kiki & Lele met so many new people this weekend, so we wanted to make sure that all of those new people knew how to navigate our blog and ETSY shop.

New designs to come early on this week- keep checking back...

Information on Holly Market to come this week!

{BLOG}
If you want to look at our line through this web-site, look to your right at the side bar. Almost at the top is {2 links}. If you click on "necklaces" you will see some of the necklaces we have designed so far. If you click on bracelets, you will be able to see the bracelets.

{ETSY}
Some people are not familiar with ETSY. ETSY is a wonderful website that you can find all things hand-made... Kind of like e-bay, but waaaaay more fabulous and the prices are set! There is a link for that shop as well on the side bar.

{E-Mail}
As always if you see something that you love and you feel like you would like to tweak it or give it your own personal touch, just e-mail us at kikiandlele@yahoo.com. We love a challenge, that is one of the best parts of making personalized jewelry. There is always a challenge in store. When you get *SuPeR CrEaTiVe* that makes us get very excited!

Have a great week and check in on us to see the new designs that we made this weekend... I just know you are going to love them....

.:Lele:.

Back in the Spring we set up a booth at the "Moon Pie Festival" in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. It was a lovely art & crafts show and we did great. Our jewelry was a hit. Mostly, people around this area had not really seen anything like we had to offer. Of course this made Kacey and I super excited. Even though we did not invent or come up with the type of jewelry we make, it was nice to feel like we are bringing it to this area.

After the Moon Pie Festival was such a big success, we decided to enter into the Webb Craft show in Bell Buckle. We are SUPER excited and cannot wait to see the turn out. They are expecting over 80,000 people. Can you say nervous???

The projected weather this weekend is BeAuTiFuL! Saturday the high is going to be 68 and mostly sunny... Sunday the high is going to be 72 and sunny! Do not miss an opportunity to get out of the house with the family and head over to Bell Buckle! It is a wonderful little historic town with lots to do this weekend. There will be fried food of all kinds and all kinds of arts and crafts.


The 32nd annual Bell Buckle Craft Fair will be held on the Webb School campus in Bell Buckle from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 18 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 19.

Kiki & Lele booth will be located in the downtown section of the festival. Do not forget to come by and say "hello!" We would love to see you!


Click here for directions

Creating.

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings in the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. Everyone can create. You do not need money position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty." (President Dieter F. Uchtdorf)

What do you think of this quote? I found it on a friend of a friends blog. I love how it is so true that we all can create- no matter who we are or our circumstances!

Have a great day & create something!

.:Lele:.

{Hope & Faith}

Have A Little Faith $32

Don't we all need this? I think this necklace is a great reminder to always have both. We've used two 1/2 inch sterling silver discs that are connected by a cream freshwater pearl. The pendant is strung through an 18" sterling silver ball chain. We hope you enjoy!