I was at a big box toy store with my daughter who was 4 at the time -- always a mistake. She was cranky, and eventually fixated on this really tacky "make your own jewelry" set with tiny beads that were poor quality and could have been made from anything. When her request for purchase was refused, she proceeded to throw the mother of all temper tantrums in the middle of the store. (Complete with "tssk-tssk's" from couples without kids in the store shopping for other's children and thinking "When *I* have a child, he/she will NEVER make a scene like that!" To them I say, "Just you wait!")

Anyway, the eruption of wailing was quelled only after I thought of the bead store. I promised to take her to the bead store so she could pick out beads for her very own necklace the following day. I started making jewelry for her friends' birthdays soon after. I also noticed that there really wasn't any middle ground in kids jewelry between the poor quality plastic $2 necklaces and the fancy pearls that Grandma gives her infant new granddaughter. Enter, the Little Peeps Emporium!

I make everything with high-quality materials, and as safe and durable as I can. (All components and designs are also field-tested by my Little Gremlins, who are VERY hard on toys and clothes... and furniture.... and floors... they're just a bit destructive!) To back up my workmanship, I offer a no questions asked lifetime guarantee. Cute, durable, handmade pieces that won't break the bank.