Joe Brand

Designer/ Singer-Songwriter Kelleigh Carlyle Bannen knows she's got one of the finest gigs around. She spends her days at the design table, and her nights playing local hot spots and music venues. She launched her jewelry firm, Kelleigh Carlyle, in 2003 as her day job and the line was an immediate regional success. After 5 years of full time designing under her belt she believes that her two careers actually nurture each other: there's something about a creative lifestyle that invites more and more creativity, she says.