Katie Design….A Powerhouse Who Strives to be the Best at Wearing Many Creative Hats!

Katie Scott, designer extraordinaire wears many hats as you will see from this post. She started in Interior Design, the “Mother Ship” as she calls it and has evolved through her life changes into an inspirational jewelry collection

I first met Katie Scott in the Neiman Marcus Galleria Jewelry Dept. where she was doing a personal appearance for her jewelry collection during the week of Fashion Houston last November.  I was in the store to interview another designer in town for that event.  The week was hectic, time was very limited. However,  after spending just a few minutes chatting with this enthusiastic very well-accessorized, fashion gal who quickly gave me the rundown of her life and her jewelry and how they intertwined to create something quite unique,  I knew we needed to re-visit when we both had more time.  I had the feeling that there was a very interesting story to be told and I wanted Katie to sit and chat and tell me all about it….and that is exactly what we did, finally, a couple of weeks ago.  This is the result of quite a chatty, lengthy visit that was both enlightening and inspiring.

So, who is Katie Design:  Katie Scott is a native NOLA gal who has called Houston her home base now for the last 18 years.  She has loved fashion and design from an early age, knowing always that the creative forces within her would be her life. Her design life began in the interiors world back as a student at Ole Miss when she began designing rooms and homes for friends. However, it was in Houston that she designed a home for a friend,  Paper City recognized that work, photographed it and began her career in the design world.  The KATIE Design brand launched in 2005. Her accomplishments in Home Design was her mainstay until she expanded her talents to Jewelry Design in late 2013.

About KATIE Design Jewelry Collection:  Katie’s life took a major change when after dealing with the stresses of daily life, she began her pursuit of a greater purpose and reached out for spiritual guidance.  She learned to meditate and through this process gained great inner peace that she is totally passionate about today.  It drives all that she does. She longed for a way to express this new inner peace and spirituality. She took to writing and wrote a documentary and then a book, Let It Be, inspired by many occurrences  surrounding this Beatles classic and her life. She longed for a way to wear more meaningful and symbolic jewelry with a modern, high-end fashion edge.  It was through Katie’s ingenuity, spiritual life and design world colliding that Katie Design Jewelry was born in October of 2013. It filled a void in the jewelry market place and within eight months could be found in Neiman Marcus and other fine fashion boutiques such as    Sloan-Hall in Houston. And guess what? We’ve teamed up with Katie to give away a fabulous piece of jewelry to one lucky MRG reader, so be sure to tune into our Instagram later today for your chance to enter and WIN!

The Thorn Collection…newest collection for Spring 2015

Bottom left: Thorn Choker starting at $732.00; Top down: Thorn Branch Earrings starting at $125.00, Trinity Thorn Ring starting at $162.00, and the Trinity Thorn Cuff starting at $616.00

The Basics…great chains, stacked charms, metals designed to be mixed, signature alligator cuffs, all with a spiritual feel

Bottom left: Katie Choker starting at $258.00; Top down: Katie Medium Chain starting at $88.00, Katie Cuff starting at $177.00, and the Katie Band starting at $141.00

From top down: Saintly Studs Alligator Wrap starting at $716.00, Custom Charm Necklace (pricing upon request), and Body Armor Cuff starting at $334.00. 

The Full Moon…inspired by the moon itself

Bottom left: Full Moon Wish Choker with Pave Diamonds starting at $3,230.00, Top down: Full Moon Wish Charm with Pave Diamonds starting at $4,632.00, Full Moon Wish Cuff With Pave Diamonds starting at $3,142.00, and the Full Moon Wish Ring starting at $1,505.00

The Rosary Collection…all pieces show a modern interpretation of the 10 prayer beads

 From top down: Rosary Bar Charm with Diamonds starting at $685.00, Rosary Ring with Black Diamonds stack starting at $674.00 for one, and the Rosary Bar Ring with Diamonds starting at $724.00

Shop some of our favorite pieces below!

Interior Design…Where it all started

She actually launched her KATIE Design brand in 2005. Within three short years, domino magazine named Katie “one of the nation’s top ten up and coming designers”, and her designs could be found in such home decor magazines as Elle Decor, Modern Luxury Interiors, Southern Living, and many more.  This aspect of her work, is the “Mother Ship” as Katie described it, and  is the area of design that she has been most known for and her mainstay for the longest time. She exhibited a desire for this creative expression from the time she was a small girl rearranging not just her room at home but that of her brothers and many of the main rooms of their home. She began doing projects for her friends and for her own homes for pleasure until she became in demand to do for others.

Below are some of the examples of her published work. Her website quotes that “katie optimizes on creating interiors that resonate a sense of peace, yet are energized by spontaneous jolts of color and eclectic art and accessories.” You will see great examples of this detailing in the images below.

The KATIE Design collection of Jewelry is extremely widely assorted and represents every aspect of inspiration/spiritual jewelry in most metal colors, sizes and shapes.  You should visit her site, click on Katiebydesign.com to explore her many options.

 Images courtesy of Katie Design