In 1998 when I started making purses, I was searching for a way to use the piles of scrap leather we had from our chap production. (I share my shop with my husband and his K Bar J Leather Company.) At the time, my only design was a large gear bag. Now I'm making all sizes and shapes of bags and totes and purses and accessories.

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I combine unique designs with high-quality leather, hair-on cowhide, elk and bison hides, calf skins, stone, spots, crystals, and horsehair. I love finding new ways to embellish a bag or attach a strap or even use unique pieces of scrap leather.

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We live outside of Newell, South Dakota with several horses, cows, and dogs. I am a cowhorse/reiner junkie and have enjoyed competing with my mares for the last 15+ years.