Kay is known for her innovative spirit and her incredible sense of
harmony and balance in design. Design Inspiration and Innovation are
Kay’s strength – coupled with her outgoing, bubbly, approachable nature –
which makes it easy for her to share and teach others to perfect their talents.

Signs of Kay’s natural creativity began very young. At the age of 5, Kay was
creating, cutting, and hand stitching tiny little clothes for her Barbie dolls. A continued
interest in garment design and construction lead to a line of garments Kay developed
and sold in 80’s and 90’s. Kay’s young years of sewing lead to her own upholstery
shop business with the help of her entrepreneur father, who was a very talented metal
fabricator. Kay learned about many types of metals very young and helped, at times,
with the inventions of many metal projects her father created.

Kay’s love for metalworking evolved through this opportunity in life as well as a
love for all types of machinery and equipment. Kay loves to joke that “A girl’s
best friend is not diamonds and furs, it’s machines and equipment.”

Kay is a very industrious person and lives to create!! Some of Kay’s favorite mediums
to work with are metals, fabric, and gemstones. Give Kay any forms of material, and
Zoom!, an object is being created before your eyes. Kay is known for her incredible sense
of harmony and balance in her designs. She has been called a designer’s designer and indeed
teaches others to improve their skills and designs through design ideas, patterns, books, videos,
and in person.

Kay met her wonderful hubby John in the seventies through music. They played together in a
band – Kay wrote songs, played guitar, and sang vocal while John sang and played harmonies
and has years of experience playing the drums. John has a degree in business as well as
many talents, including building construction and stone cutting to book and video
publishing. Together, John and Kay have started many businesses while raising
their 4 talented, beautiful, and successful children.

One of the many businesses formed and started is Pizazz Works TM, which was
founded in 1989 by John and Kay Jacobs. In the early years, John and Kay built their
business with innovative new products for the craft industry. Their products included
Pizazz Paper, Pizazz Copper, Pizazz Suede, and Pizazz Dazzlers. They manufactured
and sold these products through major chain craft stores in the United States. To
supplement their innovative line of products, they wrote and produced four instructional
“how to” booklets which also sold through national chain stores in the early 1990s.

The creativity of the Pizazz line, earned Kay an invitation, twice, to the “Easy Does It”
television show on the Discovery Channel. The two segments that they recorded were
aired periodically for the next three years. In the following years, Kay’s jewelry and
innovations led to numerous press releases and articles in craft and jewelry magazines.

Kay, a seasoned, world renowned jewelry designer; and John, CEO and Video Producer of Designer Kay, are
presently working on bringing you the most innovative line of instructional beading and jewelry making DVDs ever
produced. The Designer Kay instructional jewelry making videos have lots of inspirational ideas with tips and tricks
from a pro. Professional projects, gemstone information, and innovative designs never offered before except directly from
Kay’s studio – from fresh new concepts and methods in jewelry designs to professional workmanship – are what you will
gain when Kay teaches you from her experience and heart.

Join Kay as a student on video for a rewarding and professional experience in exciting and innovative jewelry making
techniques. You will have the opportunity to learn new jewelry making skills and expand your knowledge in design with Kay –
a bubbly, enthusiastic teacher – bringing you years of experience from the professional jewelry industry.

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