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Article: Business in the bag
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- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- August 5, 2005
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IT ALL STARTED WITH Claudia Burchstead's brand new bag.On a
vacation in the spring of 2003, she bought it from a boutique, then
upon close inspection realized that it wasn't that complicated to
make. "I brought it home and thought, I could (make) this,"
Burchstead says.So she did.That first homemade bag soon
spawned a full-time business for the 36-year-old former insurance
saleswoman. Burchstead now designs and makes her bags for her Sassy
Satchels line out of her East Hempfield Township home."I provide
a quality, fun, funky, functional product," says Burchstead "And it
is stuff you can't find anywhere else."In July 2003, Burchstead
held her first "purse party," ...
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