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Amazon Handmade's Dave Clark surprise visit to the CK studio!

Take a Creative class with Crystalyn at Sew Expo

Visit Crystalyn Kae's handbag workshop in Seattle

a colorful way to organize my patterns

Can barely carry this stack of orders! The new cross body pouch...

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

Giddy with excitement: today the custom dies for the Métier Tote were completed.

Doing the garment district hustle: design, schlep, repeat.

The road to New York Fashion week is not glamorous

No rest for the wicked/weary/entrepreneur.

I love this print so much, I could just swim in it. #handbag...

When you get a text at 9pm on a Friday night that you can squeeze...

Have you ever done something out of sheer desperation that...

custom leather troubadour in progress

Leather thong-making on Flickr.from a circle of leather, to one...

vintage rhinestones and reclaimed leather jewelry in the making

Hugo and Pablo are absolutely no help whatsoever. #sewingallnight...

custom fabric flowers with layers of love

A lost art kept alive – leather working in Chicago

dresses that weren’t asked to the prom, reinvented as handbags!
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