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Kylie Earlene Grater of Early Jewelry draws upon her rural upbringing on the great plains of Kansas as meditations for her natural style and the utilization of materials such as feathers, bone, wood, and leather. Early Jewelry established itself in 2004 as an independently owned and operated design company that is committed to the use and/or reuse of natural, sustainable and recyclable materials; all of which are incorporated into classic, everyday wear and one of a kind jewelry items. The simplicity of rural life, the changing of the weather, and the cycles of planting, and harvesting have all influenced Grater’s approach to creating jewelry. Her close contact with these organic influences, in part, determines her materials. Click here to read more about Kylie Earlene Grater and Early Jewelry at the LOLA Giant Holiday Sale Event

Jane Leek began crafting in March 2010 after an apprenticeship in Tuscany with the Italian Leather Smith, Stefano Parrini. Her fledgling company, Leek's Leather, specializes in handmade leather bags, wallets, sandals, belts, pouches, necklaces, and custom-made items such as, leather bras and marsupial packs. "Everything I make is designed, cut, assembled, and sewed by hand. The labor and attention I put into this work repays me in multiple ways," Leek said. "It allows me to be creative and to grow through that creativity, to engage in an ongoing dialogue between myself and the world." Click here to learn more about Jane Leek of Leek's Leathers, another hot vendor at the LOLA Giant holiday gift sale. Buy Indie, Buy Local, Buy Handmade.

Roelofs is the creator of Feather Springs Arts, a fledgling business which incorporates stones, shells, leather and other natural elements into wearable art. She also offers two dimensional pieces through her illustrations, some of which are incredibly detailed studies of those same elements. click to read more about LOLA Giant vendor Megan E. Roelofs