Big Day Chains founder Kristin Adams Litke has been making paper chains since the day she was given her first pair of round-tip scissors.

Over the years, so great was her desire to create the next-big-chain, the designs kept coming—progressing from the simple to the custom as she helped friends celebrate occasions big and small.

And so it came to be that Kristin (now a grown-up graphic designer and the force behind Adams Litke Design in Seattle, Washington) would make the chain available to all. Or—as Kristin likes to say—"if there's a way to make fun, I'm there."

Kristin can be reached at kristin@bigdaychains.com.