 | Artist: Anderson Leather Braiding
Purses and handbags, vests and many other items made in a western style by an artist craftsman designer since 1972. This unique style of leather braiding is quite rare making most every item a one of a kind - made in the USA with American made leathers.
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 | Artist: Claudia Rae Designs
Designer, Melissa is the sole owner, designer and purveyor of Claudia Rae Designs. After leaving a successful career in sales, in 2004, she entered into the 'world' of designing. She has always loved designing in areas such as interior design, art and painting. However, she decided to take her experience and turn it into a business of handmade handbags. With the ability to work with all types of designs, colors and textures, you will find many different styles in her shop: with a wide variety of sizes, shapes textiles and colors choices.
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Artist: Inleaf Design
Intricate, complex, fragile, resilient, coarse, smooth, bold and delicate leaves are the true inspiration for my creations here at Inleaf.
My name is Lotta Helleberg, and I am a Swedish native and graphic designer with a passionate interest in botany, gardening and sewing, who founded Inleaf in 2003. My endeavor is truly a labor of love, from the first inspirational idea through the many steps that are attentively completed before the finished product is presented.
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 | Artist: Kathleen Dustin - Exquisite Evening Bags
Acknowledged as one of the world's leading polymer clay artists, Kathleen Dustin has been a pioneer, an educator, and source of inspiration for those interested in this emerging medium. Her exquisite evening bags are celebrated for their emotional images of women, translucent depth of surface, and vibrant colors.
I am often also asked, "Why purses? Why donīt you make figurines or sculptures?" The reason is because a figurine or sculpture just sits there collecting dust. You arenīt supposed to touch it. But because these purses are functional, you are supposed to touch them, caress them and examine them. Your life is enhanced because itīs wonderful to carry beautiful things around with you and use them. And that is what I want my creations to do.
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Artist: Loribeads
I took a lampworking class after becoming hopelessly addicted to glass beads. I started off small with seed beads, which I wove into little amulet purses, earrings and bracelets. Pretty soon, my addiction escalated to Czech and furnace glass beads. At that point my voracious appetite for beads had outgrown the selection available at my local bead store and I had no choice but to turn to the internet.
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Artist: The Pewter Shop
Rebecca creates functional art using unleaded pewter. Considering the softness of the material, its sheen and smoothness, she experimented with surface texture by acid etching and engraving; added color by using gem stones and foil and complimented its metallic nature with wood, bone, glass, and cloth.
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Artist: Two Busy Bees
I create and design all the handbags showcased at Two Busy Bees. I love to create things with a with
a nostalgic flair. Two Busy Bees lets me share my work with others who share the same joys of indie
crafting and contemporary vintage style.
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