Glitz ‘n Kitz is an online jewelry making kit and component shop operated by designer Jamie North in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 

Jamie has been designing jewelry and instructing jewelry-making classes since 2004 with designs published in many leading beading magazines and books.   She was a Swarovski Authorized Instructor from 2015 until the program was discontinued in 2020.  

Jamie’s background includes diverse and extensive experience as a Human Resource professional with particular focus on recruitment, training and administration.  She has developed and delivered many courses on a variety of topics – now happily confining her training to jewelry-making and design. She has one son, daughter-in-law, three adorable grand children, and is a proud western Canadian girl.  She resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with her life partner, Kevin, and their precious ‘fur babies’.  Jamie and Kevin also volunteer and foster dogs through various animal rescues.