Oprah has great taste, doesn’t she?  Well her staff does anway…hee hee.  I love Oprah! and right now I could just kiss her square on the lips; and then after I get out of prison I would like to send her an anonymous thank you note for choosing Maximal Art as one of her TOP gift picks for under $100 in the December issue of “O” magazine, Yay!  KatieKay.com has been offering Maximal Art Jewelry for over a year now, because we fell in love with this line of jewelry in our favorite city, New York, New York! And this bracelet is a fabulous favorite.  Beautiful, wearable and priced at under $100, WHAT? you say, under a $100? Heck yes, sister!  Take a closer look at this stunning gold braided chain and pearl strand bracelet with the initial coin medallion.  Give it as a gift, get one for yourself, and do it before they sell out, YIKES!  And while you’re there, browsing Katie Kay’s accessories and such, take a look at all of our other beautiful pieces from Maximal Art; we have necklaces to go with that Oprah bracelet, simple and gorgeous initial necklaces, chunky charm necklaces and extra charms for your existing chains.  And all that with Free Shipping for the Holidays!  Why? because we love you that’s why…and OH! shoppers, we have gift certificates, tell the fella’s, tell your Mom, and tell your totally dense friends who keep insisting that you need another absolutely adorable frog figurine for your collection. ”Aaaaaa, did I once say I liked frogs? Maybe in 1992!” GEEZ Louise, and Mary, and Stephanie and to all of you,  Happy Holidays!  

  Happy Holiday’s! 

Yes, It’s that time again, time to start browsing around the shopping sites, gettin’ ideas, contemplating how much to spend on all those loved ones, and the not so much loved ones in your life.  But hey! Here’s a little help…KatieKay.com wants to make it all just a tad bit easier on you and the ol’ wallet, so Free Shipping for all! Yay, hurrah, and yippee, congrat’s, that’s flippin’ fantastic, and all that hoopla!  AND…we now have gift certificates. Just forward this page or our website address to that guy or girl that just doesn’t have a clue who you really are, and tell them to get ya a big fat gift certificate from KatieKay.com, now slip that in yer stockin’! 

Hey! Enjoy the Holiday’s my friends; decorate, spike the punch, pinch your hot brother in law on his tush (don’t let your sister see ya) and have a Very Merry Merry Happy Happy Holiday Season from all of us at KatieKay.com (hee hee).

Cody Foster, for those of you who do not know what the heck or who the heck that is.  Cody Foster is a crafter of beautiful works of art.  He grew up learning to craft under the watchful eye of his creative Grandmother.  Cody designs beautiful, nostalgic vintage reproduction Christmas and Home Decor. His bottle brush trees, reminiscent of the 1950’s, are accented with real glass balls and tinsel garland, cottages are glittered and encrusted with sparkling snow with woodland animals in the front yard and bottle brush trees delicately decorated and surrounding each house.  If you love to decorate for Christmas, as I do, a vintage reproduction Cody Foster village of cottages, churches, trees and reindeer will add nostalgic sparkling beauty to your holiday decor.  Visit katiekay.com to see Cody’s collection and other designers of beautiful lines of vintage reproduction Holiday decor.  Hurry these limited collections sell out fast every year.

       No knockoff purses here, ladies!  That’s how I roll.  Just cool, fashionable, affordable, great looking bags.  How much fun is it to get together with the girls and sip a little wine (or a martuni) gossip a little about the girl who didn’t come, complain about our men, AND…browse through a bunch of cool purses, YAH!  Everybody can afford one of these bags!  My prices range from $50 - $150 and of course you get leather for over $100, Duh! I have every size, every color, every texture, you name it I got it.  No obligation to buy, but many perks for coming or hosting.  Take a look at my website www.katiekay.com under the category across the bottom “Handbags at Home”and get all the juicy details.  Don’t want to muck up all your fabulous plastic slip covered furniture?  Have a party at the office, invite the boss, or the bosses wife, that’ll surely get ya a thumbs up.  Or have a petite party at your favorite watering hole, invite your gal pal that owns the joint or the cool chick behind the bar slinging lemon drops and MGD64’s.  But seriously folks, if I have to watch one more debate and hear that freakin’ “reach across the aisle” statement one more night, I may resort to making crank calls.  So , shoot me an email, ring me up, put a purse party on yer “To Do” list, your friends will thank you, I will really thank you (with some great swag)and you’ll get a new handbag for Fall, YAH! 

Just back from my favorite place on earth.  Yes, favorite place on earth, don’t question me!  Ruby Montana has set herself up pretty sweet, in a cozy little pink bungalow resort called “The Coral Sands“.  You must go there, NOW! Git, git to yer phone, ring her up, book yourself the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Suite or the Liberace Suite.  Grab yer gal pal’s (or the fam, men like it too!)and fly down to PS for a little R & R with the Ruby Girl, and her trusty companions Ms Lola Falana & Ms Dusty Springfield (poolside pups for your petting pleasure). Why I never, I mean never, have I felt so happy, so warm, and had such an overall feeling of contentment while away from home, as I do poolside at The Coral Sands Resort in lil Ol’ Palm Springs, California.

If you read my 1st Social Networking blog it was focused on an amazing new networking group I have discovered in my area called The Heartlink Network.  Well, I feel I must give due props to my other favorite & fabulous networking group; Executive Women International.  Established in 1938 as Executives’ Secretaries, Inc in California by a woman name Lucille Perkins.  Her vision was to form an organization where working women and their executives could promote their firms and improve their communties.  I  was introduced to this group by my best gal pal Linda, and I am so happy she did.  EWI Seattle is an organization that brings together individuals from diverse business’ in their area to promote their firm, enhance personal and professional development, & encourage community involvement.  This really does spell it out very well, BUT, of course I have to my quirky little spin on it.  Why else would you read Katie Kay’s Blog, Duh! OK so here’s my spiel;  Do you love other brilliant, hard working, fascinating, funny, diverse, beautiful, heartwarming women?  How about a nice sit down dinner once a month with these fabulous women, high atop Seattle’s Columbia Tower?  How about fabulous field trips to members firms? Walk for cancer with your buddies?  Baseball games and Casino nights?  Sound fun?  What about quality speakers and other business professionals to encourage and motivate you in your business? We all need a little of that these days!  EWI is a classy and professional networking group that has a fun, easy and enriching atmosphere. I look forward to my monthly meetings so much that I agreed to be on the EWI Seattle board, Yikes!  Take a look at the EWI national website and check out the chapter in your area, you will be pleasantly surprised by this nationally beloved women’s organization.

Social networking, hmmmm…I never even knew what social networking was up until a year ago.  Now I am becoming a networking snob.  Oh! don’t get me wrong, I was networking years ago, if you consider meeting my girls for drinks or attending a fabulous girl party,and of course, Facebook and Myspace, and they are all very cool.  But seriously face to face networking, for women, is the most effective and meaningful form of  networking.  Lately I have been attending all different kinds of networking groups, BNI’s (Business Networking International), Chamber of Commerce, CRAVE Party, Executive Women’s International, launch parties, blogging and whew, I am exhausted!  Some of the events were really fabulous, and some of these gatherings were just not for me.  I definitely get a better connection in the women’s groups.  But here is the clincher, it all brought me to The Heartlink Network, well actually my workout buddy Kim did, “Thanks Kim!”.  The Heartlink Network is a very unique networking concept.  Women meet in the privacy of a hostess’ home, enjoy a meal together, mingle a little, awkwardly make greetings to strangers, and then IT’S TIME! you have 3 minutes to stand up and tell us about yourself, and you will be timed, literally! Yes, it was scary at 1st, but then the laughter rolled in, the tears ran down our faces, sad and happy. It was a fabulous experience.  Some women talked about their families, their careers, their struggles, their path to where they are now, their current business venture.  In the end you have just made 25 new friends and business contacts, that you really feel like you  know and can trust, and genuinely feel good about recommending to your closest friends and family.  The Heartlink Network is popping up in your neighborhood soon, check their website for your area and take a chance, take a look, open your mind and heart.  You too will become a Networking snob, in the best way possible.

*A social network service focuses on building communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Some social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services and blogging*

 Young Fashion Icons of Today

My favorite fashion blog , FashionFindsUK, written by the super cute girl from across the pond (Laura Corley’s) has ever so sweetly mentioned KatieKay.com in her fabulous blog.  Seriously ladies check it out, she has amazing taste and clearly hand picks her spotlighted items. She is spot on! Hee hee… Let’s all give a shout out to our british girlfriends and say “What up, girls?” because afterall we may think each others accents are a bit funny, but not a sole sister is laughing at our universal fabulousity.

Just when you thought KatieKay.com couldn’t get any cheaper, HUH!  A sale comes along and Voila! you get to buy that little something you’ve been craving all year…Check it out; slashed prices on really great jewelry, expensive handbags at 50% off, and even some Cody Foster home decor marked way down.  Gotta make room for all the cool new Fall stuff!  Take a look, have fun some browsing.  Happy Summer!

Look for new leather handbag lines coming soon to katiekay.com,  I am off on a buying trip to find fabulous new handbags for YOU!  I have already received HOBO, BIG BUDDHA, & TUTELA WALLETS (my prices are much lower than you see on their sites, PLUS free shipping, Woo Hoo!) I will get all these beautiful bags and wallets photographed and uploaded on my site within the next 15 days (when I return from my trip).  So stay tuned, all you fabulous “BAG HAG” sisters of mine, some sizzling new purse relief is on the way!