Who says that you have to wait to be a designer "when you grow up"? FunnyPeopleCo is the collaboration of two young sisters based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sophie, 22, and Louie Touassa, 18, create quirky jewelry and accessories for fun-loving teens.

How did you get started as designers? We have been designing our whole life, from fashion to accessories to just anything you can think of! We even designed clothes for our Barbies!

What inspires your work? Anything, it can be colors, or nature, something on the street or even a jar of cookies! Artists see inspiration everywhere.

Who are your favorite designers? Our fave designer is Luella! She is the Queen of Youthful Chic, we just love her style!

What are your top fashion & beauty must-haves? We really don't have must-haves, anything comfortable that flatters our body and compliments our style sticks with us, we experiment al lot!

Any advice you would give to aspiring designers? As we are aspiring designers ourselves, we want young designers out there to know that it is possible to make it! Be true to what you love, study and work hard and don't let people and critiques let you down.

Where can people find your work? You can find our shop at FunnyPeopleCo.etsy.com, our blog: diaryofayoungdesigner.blogspot.com and our Myspace page: myspace.com/funnypeopleco

Anything else? We are both 22 and 18 yrs old, young people that really want to make a difference in the world and want to share our love for fashion and style to everyone!

We love all of the amazing independent designers out there and we wanted to find out more about what makes these creative types tick. If you do too, check out more of our Indie Designer Interviews.