• Double J Saddlery

    Double J Saddlery has been in operation since 1991. Our family represents 3 generations of handmade excellence in Yoakum, Texas. We build custom saddles and some great looking tack, belts, and personal accessories in our factory in Yoakum, Texas. We are blessed to be associated with many skilled craftsmen and women. Their strong work ethic, and a shared commitment to quality, enable us to produce a superior product. We use only the best raw materials available in everything we build. We even build our saddle trees in our factory. We’ve developed a state of the art saddle tree manufacturing system. Each saddle tree is individually made to rigid specifications for…

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  • Wooden Element

    In 2015, we founded Wooden Element in Wicker Park, Chicago, IL. Our hope was to create a brand with a balanced focus on environmental conservation, old fashioned customer service, social responsibility, creativity, ingenuity, sustainable materials, community relationships, and unique fashion. We began our journey as a tiny artisan booth at Randolph Street Market in Chicago’s West Loop, and have evolved into an artisan business based in Peoria, IL (Central, IL). Our journey has allowed us to collaborate with fair trade artisans in Portugal, Thailand, Israel, Panama, Vietnam, Italy, India, Indiana, California, and Peoria. Wooden Element is a Green America certified business that crafts accessories, jewelry, and gifts from ethically sourced…

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