We were lucky to catch up with Lia Key recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Lia thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. How did you find your key vendor or vendors? Maybe you can share the backstory and share some context and the relevant details to help us understand why you chose them, why they chose you, etc.

To find my manufacturers I initially head no clue. I hand sketched drawings and I created Without any knowledge of how to make them. So I googled ,I tried typing and words on what you find a search. These searches led me to a manufacture. I learned that if you are custom creating, every manufacture has MOQ minimum quantity orders which are large and a big risk for small company. I finally saved up enough money to agree to the moq so I could have my hand sketch designs I created manufactured, I only started with 1 design first. I went with this manufacture because they communicated with lots of detail and was able to put my sketches into a 3d cad design which would allow them to manufacture. Ive learned that detailed communication about every part of your design is so VERY important every Milimeter matters

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

Ive created VALENCIA KEY which is wearable JOY wearable Light VALENCIA KEY Jewelry is Jewelry that transcends you to your Greatness💛. Inspirational Inclusive Luxury Jewelry

Bravely created to unlock Your Joy, Light, Love, Purpose & Possibilities in your Life.

each beautiful bracelet , necklace , ring and earrings start as a hand sketch.

jewelry designer Lia Valencia Key’s mother always said

“never dim your Light, your predicament does not determine your destiny”.

She Encouraged Lia to never leave the house without wearing sparkling earrings, because they would serve as reminders of the light within.
From homeless to 100million homes. Raised in very humble beginnings in a super-impoverished neighborhood of Philadelphia, Lia Valencia Key lived in a homeless shelter with her mother, sister, and brother. Even in such dark times her mom told her, “Your predicament Does Not determine your destiny.” She encouraged Lia to never leave the house without wearing her sparkling earrings, because they would serve as reminders of the light within.
Shattering Glass Ceilings obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Master’s Degree in Education, a Cosmetology Instructor’s License, becoming a Global Hair & Makeup Artist, and receiving a United States Patent. Lia Continued to Listen to the Light within creating VALENCIA KEY JEWELRY company. “Wearable JOY” that symbolizes ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, If You Can BELIEVE IT, You Can Achieve It! Created to inspire and unlock the bravery and light within. Lia’s VALENCIA KEY JEWELRY, launched on QVC, one of the largest television shopping networks in the World. With the Power of Believing Lia went From homelessness to inspiring through jewelry in over 100 Million homes.
Big Dreams continue to come true; VALENCIA KEY Jewelry has been featured in OPRAH Magazine 2020 Favorite Things Issue, A Keynote speaker to over 216k attendees at Jamie Kern Lima’s BECOMING UNSTOPPABLE “BELIEVE IT” event- sharing the stage with life changing GREATS such as Robin Roberts, Ed Mylett, Brendon Burchard, Dean Graziosi, and Tony Robbins, & VALENCIA KEY featured PBS national network show Startup episode .
Lia reaches back to where she comes from donating & educating women in homeless shelters on the Keys to Light, how to rise up out of ruff environments. Lia is a living example that all things are possible by rooting into the power of Choosing Joy, Believing and Radiating Light. In Lia’s Loving words “If I Can, YOU Definitely Can”!

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

When building you social audience, it important to have a very defined message. Your will audience connect will you because of the clear message they want from you. Every post should shared different ways how your infusing that message. Consistency of who you are is just important as consistency of what you post Im building my social audience by making sure my social platform always radiates light. I get messages from people that come to my page letting me know how light filled my social makes them feel

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

When looking for manufactures, so many didnt want to work with my because i am small so i got lots of NOs. I didnt lets those Nos stop me, I start to rethink what could be the barrier and figured maybe its the challenge of communicating via email, so I jumped on a plane and traveled across country to go in person and met manufacters, I even went to manufacture trades shows in different country’s.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.valenciakey.com
• Instagram: @valenciakeydesigns & @liavalenciakey
• Facebook: VALENCIA KEY

Image Credits
Sues Studio Creative Photography