Designer's Biography

Carole Keller is an Artist, Designer and Specialty Gift Shop owner, based out of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, just north of Milwaukee.  Originally from Michigan (a Midwestern girl at heart) Carole has always been creative.  She has been creating and selling unique home decor items since 1987.  Although her design line has changed and grown over the years, she has always enjoyed creating unique, trendy and fun home decor and entertaining items and she has now for over 20 years now!   Carole has been a successful corporate sales person for several Fortune 500 companies in her career, however, she longed to work fulltime designing and creating functional art for a living.  A life-altering health concern actually helped to propel Carole into starting her Beaded PizZazz!™  business and she left the corporate world behind.  Always striving to go to the next level, an opportunity presented itself to open a specialty gift shop of her own in historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin in 2005 and she went for it!  She opened her unique store, "All That Pizzazz!" selling not only her artwork but also the original handcrafted artwork of hundreds of other American artists, some European and Canadian artists, and a wide array of unique commerical products as well.  Stop in and visit Carole and her friendly staff at "All That Pizzazz!" in Cedarburg to find that perfect gift for someone special or something unique for you and your home! 

All Beaded PizZazz!™ designs are handmade by Carole herself in Wisconsin.  She is a true artisan and takes great pride in creating high-quality artistic serving pieces out of the most ordinary items.  Her artful flair enables something ordinary to truly become extraordinary!   Carole travels the country and abroad for unusual shaped or unique items to add her creative touch to.  Carole embellishes high-quality crystal, hand-blown glassware, durable kitchenware items, aluminum and pewterware serving ware, stainless steel flatware, serving utensils, various drinking glasses & stemware, assorted wireware items and baskets, pet products, metal and glass picture frames, unique shaped vases and much-much-more!  Each of her creations are adorned with pizzazz by adding colorful glass beading, radiant glass gems, and decorative wirework designs.   All of Carole's original creations are readily available, however, some designs are one-of-a-kind originals.  She uses delicate and natural materials such as fire-polished Austrian and Swarovski crystals, Czech glass beads, fresh water pearls, bali silver, various metal wires and gorgeous cut glass and radiant glass gems.  All silverware and flatware is high quality 18/8 or 18/10 stainless steel and all wires used are food safe and non-tarnishing. 

Who has time to "polish the silver" anyway?

Carole grew up in Michigan, in the suburbs of the metropolitan Detroit area, with her parents Roger and Phyllis, her older brother Gary (who is also a business owner in the home construction business).  She has a huge extended family that she is very close to and loves dearly.  Carole went to college in her beloved home state of Michigan at Oakland University in Rochester majoring in Business Management.  In her Corporate life, she had been a successful Corporate Sales Account Executive and District Sales Manager for such companies as SBC/Ameritech, Xerox, and ADP.  Carole also is a devoted mother of two beautiful daughters, Alyssa (20) and Lindsay (16). They, too, are involved in helping with the business.  It's a family affair!  Carole hopes to inspire her own daughters to go after their dreams and do what they love! 

                                                                 Caricature of Carole and her two daughters!

With Carole's diverse background in Business, Sales, Management, Advertising and Marketing, she is using those skills to market her products to select retail locations and her wholesale business has expanded greatly.  Through creative and direct marketing, her products can be found in Gift shops, Art galleries, museum stores and hospital gift shops across the country from coast to coast as well as right on Michigan Avenue in the heart of Chicago's magnificent mile!  Her artwork has also been featured at various charity events throughout the country.  Her products were even featured at the Golden Palm Awards for Cable Television and her Beaded PizZazz!™  was chosen especially for the celebrity judges!  Beaded PizZazz!™ is known for high quality and has been sought after by fine specialty stores, art galleries and boutiques everywhere!  Wholesale inquiries are always welcome. 

Carole is a member of the The Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council Inc., The Wisconsin Alliance of Artists & Craftspeople Inc., American Craft Council, American Style Preferred Gallery, Cedarburg Merchants Organization member and Marketing co-chair and a volunteer for The Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Carole's store, All That Pizzazz! also donates to numerous charitable organizations and events throughout the year to give back to the community. 

We hope you enjoyed learning a little more about the Artist and Designer behind Beaded PizZazz!™   Carole's wish is that you enjoy all of her Beaded PizZazz!™ designs as much as she enjoys making them for you!  Check back often to see our products grow with the many new designs of Beaded PizZazz!™ to help add a little more sparkle and colorful fun to your next party, get-together or celebration!  

Beaded PizZazz!™.......it's like jewelry for the home!™

Enjoy!

                                   Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life - Picasso