Eastern Shore Lifestyle News | Shore Bread Magazine - Local Artisans Month: Kristie Maxa, the Creative Force Behind Kiki Burleigh

Shore Bread was kind enough to feature Kiki Burleigh during thier month of artisans. Thank you Andrea for such a great article! If you haven't caught onto Shore Bread, now is the time. It is full of awesome localness.

Still plenty of goods up at the Globe Gallery, if you still have shopping to do. Also, Gentlemen....Mens shopping night is this Wednesday from 5-8pm. Come shop, drink beer, eat pizza and we will wrap it all up for you!

Click the link below to read the feature.

Eastern Shore Lifestyle News | Shore Bread Magazine - Local Artisans Month: Kristie Maxa, the Creative Force Behind Kiki Burleigh

New Bag Candy

Here are some new bags for your viewing pleasure! Black white and color! Love it!

Check out the large gathered flower on this floral patterned purse.

I just love this combination!

Vintage table cloth turned adorable frame purse.

My personal favorite!

Super purple!

Spring Pom Flowers and Tutorial

Perfect little instant gratification project to brighten up your day!

Simple flower pom poms made out of yarn and hot glued to twigs from the back yard and placed in a few assorted glasses salvaged from a recent refrigerater clean out.

And you have beautiful spring blooms that won't wilt away and die! Or early blooms for those of you still with snow.


I can't take complete credit for this, my mom showed me something similar in a magazine (can't remember which one, she must read a million of them). They were advertising a kit to make the pom poms.

But, they are so simple to make there is no need for a kit. It's also a great stash buster. I just used yarn I had. I would have loved to make them out of all shades of blue and green.

Here's how to make these super simple pom poms. You begin by wrapping the yarn around your fingers. You can make them smaller or bigger by adding more or less fingers. You could also just wrap it around a tablet of paper as well.

Keep wrapping until the yarn is thick and about two inches wide. The more times you wrap around, the rounder your pom will be.

When you have wrapped it around enough slip it off your fingers. Be careful to not let it fold in on itself. Cut off another piece of yarn about five inches or so wide.

Lay the wrapped yarn on top of that and tie it really tight around the middle. Knot it.

Next you will cut all the loops on the top and the bottom.

Once you have cut all the loops flatten it out so that cut ends lay out flat and the knotted string is in between. Hard to explain, just look at the picture.

Next trim around the pom
to make all the yarn even and more full.

When you have trimmed off enough your pom should be nice and round and full.

Now, simply hot glue the pom to the end of a twig and slip into a glass jar and you are ready to go!

So springy fresh!

Sweater Refashion Tutorial

My absolute favorite sewing projects right now are taking something out of my closet that I don't wear anymore and resizing it or remaking it into something for M!



Introducing, three quarter sleeve short cardigan for Mommy refashioned into a grandpa cardi for M.



Start with your cardigan inside out. I used one of her shirts for the pattern. Make sure the sweater is lined up correctly. And...

CUT! Once you have the body of the cardigan cut out, I just used the armholes as a guide for cutting the sleeves (sorry no picture). Go ahead and cut off all the ribbing too. Since the top seam of the cardigan will still be in use, go ahead and pin the sleeves to the body.

Sew the sleeves onto the body of the cardigan, lifting the pressure foot to relieve tension as needed. Sweaters love to bunch up and stretch on you.

Once the sleeves are attached, use the actual sweater as a guide to cut your ribbing.

Pin all your ribbing in place and attach it. Sew fairly close to the edge.

Now, for the final seam. Lay sweater flat and pin sides from bottom of sweater all the way to the wrist holes. Sew up the side seams and you are done!

A super cute more stylish sweater for the wee one out of something literally just sitting in my closet!

Love these projects!

Little bit of vintage, whole lotta awesome!

Spring has sprung over here at Kiki Burleigh! This seasons bags are constructed of almost entirely repurosed material and vintage fabric. They feature a chain strap in just the perfect length for hanging on your arm. Don't want a strap, you say...it's your lucky day. Not only do the straps detach, they can be folded inside so you can sport a clutch. These little bags are just perfect for completeing an outfit and making it completely you!

The bags are one of a kind, adorned with fun ruffles, rolled flowers, buttons, and pleats. Can't you see Betty Draper rockin out the velvet bag above?

This bag lived it's first life as a bridesmaid dress!

I love the oversized knit bow adorning this bag made from a fabulously colorful vintage sheet!

This bag is made froma super sexy silk dress, and is now adorned with three rolled flowers and a rick rack leaf motif.

This springy fresh bag is made out of another vintage sheet and adorned with a crochet flower upcycled from an item of clothing, and a knit rolled flower. Cute!

Bags are arriving daily in Kiki Burleigh retail locations. Stayed tuned for a brand new Kiki Burleigh website this spring.

Ultimate Beach Bag

July is upon us, and to me that officially means summer! Long days, lemonade, fireflys, swimming, the beach! I love summer (as do most), especially because I am lucky enough to live within a few miles of the beach. Kiki Burleigh's newest bag is perfect for long days at the beach. The Ultimate Beach Bag is a stylish and very functional bag with loads of pockets and details that make it ideal for packing to the beach, pool, gym or even a diaper bag.

The sides of the bag are outfitted with two large pockets, perfect for suncreens, lunch, or whatever you need to stash.

The pockets are nice and deep, so you don't have to worry about anything falling out.

Inside the bag, on each side are two zippered pockets. Stash your wallet and cell phone, along with anything else your don't want getting sandy or lost. Zip it up and forget it!

Attached inside on either side of the bag are elastic holders for your water bottles. Keeps the interior of the bag organized and your water in the shade and cool!

Lastly, but most important is a nickle key fob clip. Clip your keys inside your bag, so they won't get lost. Ever had to find your keys in the sand?...IMPOSSIBLE!

Did I mention the bag is machine washable? It is, just wash it on the cold/delicate setting and hang to dry, use a warm iron as needed. The Ultimate Beach Bag is in stores now, check http://www.kikiburleigh.com/ for store locations.