Article: Business in the bag

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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