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The Leftovers: Two days, 10 zero-waste products

Lightweight Companion: The Amélie

Easy Essentials: Our Limited-Edition Crossbody Bags

Learning to Unplan: A Rainy Photoshoot in New York City

Join our birthday club!

We are cutting and glueing and sending new swatch cards to our top...

Our new valet wallets are a sunny splash of cheer

Fine-tuning the velvet fabrics for our Holiday Handbag collection.

Prototype Monday: Drape, Measure, Cut, Sew, Test, Curse, Repeat

Using the lovely English morning light to pair zipper tape with...

So much potential…I want to rescue all the leather!

Always on the hunt for awesome vintage prints and fabrics

the first-ever Crystalyn Kae bag

No, that isn't snow....leather skiving is messy!

a field trip to New York Binding. . .

downsizing to the BIG Apple

custom fabric flowers with layers of love

incubate, marinate and meditate

putting new ideas into action

A lost art kept alive – leather working in Chicago
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