Design IT by Diana

Specialties

I design jewelry for models, photoshoots and beauty pageants. I repair broken jewelry. I restore and redesign vintage pieces. I mentor new students and beginners in American Jewelry Design. I have referrals for charity work and resources for beads and supplies.

History

Established in 2001.

«Diane’s Jewelry Creations» DBA/​DESIGN IT BY «DIANA» was created reflectively in September of 2001. I, Diane Kay Kafka, was shown a bead stitch from a Ojibwa American Indian at our annual vacation spot when I was curious about beaded jewelry design in my adolescent years. I learned what I thought was a pattern and I taught friends my new-​found talent, in turn gave hand-​made bracelets as gifts. I rekindled jewelry design in late 2001 when a loved one was diagnosed with cancer. During his intensive cancer treatments and chemotherapy, I creatively strung up hand-​made bracelets from my vintage collection of beads. I received personal requests from the patients and nurses in the cancer center for designs which conclusively led to a business of hand-​made bracelets, necklaces and bracelets.

Meet the Business Owner

Diane Kay K.

Business Owner

Born in Elmhurst, IL May 1957.

Graduated York High 1975.

Page at Elmhurst Public Library 1971 — 1975

Designer Jewelry Featured in Live Out Loud Charity’s 1^st annual fundraiser 2010, Model 2013, 2014, Featured in Tiara Mag 2013, 2014.

Design IT by Diana, Sept 2001 — Present, Small Business Jewelry Designer and Repair Specialist.

I’m enrolled New York Institute of Art & Design online studies.

John Casablanca’s agency, Oak Brook, IL June 2015.

Experience: Designer Jewelry — Fashion — Cultural Awareness — Small Business Sales Tax — Handmade Jewelry — Professional Mentoring — Retail Category Management — Beading — Project Manager Mentoring — Self-​confidence — Peer Mentoring — Mentoring Of Staff — Mentoring New Hires — English grammar — Hospitality Service — Charity Work — Accounting — Social Security Disability — Community Mental Health.