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Check out our interview with Fancy at Cactus Creek Daily discussing our new site devoted to the designs of Harriette Allison
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The National Day of the Cowboy – and Cowgirl!

Howdy Southern California!

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We’re excited to be part of the wonderful celebration for The National Day of the Cowboy with The Autry National Center and Museum of the American West! See all of the offerings and goings on, then plan to join us in beautiful Griffith Park, Los Angeles this July 24th. Hope to see you there!

http://theautry.org/programs/music-festivals/national-day-of-the-cowboy-and-cowgirl

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Pieces of the past, one-of-a-kind art for the future: the creative process and methods of Designer Harriette Allison

Harriette Allison’s design work is inspired by western styles of yesterday and the furnishings of yesterday, as well.

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Harriette’s sense of vision is remarkable, as a seasoned treasure seeker and antiques collector, she has a knack for finding diamonds in the rough.

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Depression era American made furnishings stock her 3500 square foot warehouse, waiting for their transformation, for their new life opportunity.

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These antiques pieces have solid wood frames and their quality in craftsmanship and construction is a testament to their existence today.

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The attention to detail that Harriette gives to every one of her designs is a testament to a love and passion for her work. Because Harriette starts with antique furniture, each and every one of her designs is a one-of-a-kind functional art piece.

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The use of fine, richly colored leathers that are supple and soft to the touch are used in all of Harriette’s designs. Master inlay and overlay designs, handcut fringing, tailored nailheads, beautifully finished woods and extreme comfort are standard features in every piece.

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Working with antique furniture is second nature to Harriette, who has been collecting and decorating with American antiques for over 40 years. The act of “recycling” these pieces and giving them new life has been part of Harriette’s mission to save vintage handcrafted American furnishings.

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For more information on any of these pieces, or questions about custom orders contact us with inquiries: customerservice@luckystargallery.com

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Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival 2010

The wonderful Gene Autry Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio is the setting for too numerous to mention western movies and shows, including most recently, HBO’s raw historical account of the frontier, Deadwood.

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The Melody Ranch

We were excited to be at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival at The Melody Ranch and all set up with our lines of personal leather accessories and vintage Americana.

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Lucky Star Gallery

The Cowboy Festival is primarily a music festival, wonderful bands were playing stages all over the ranch! The country, cowboy, western swing and bluegrass could be heard from any corner, day and night.

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We debuted our “Players” line of guitar straps at the festival and had a wonderful reception from musicians and enthusiasts, alike. Musicians Dave Stamey and Juni Fisher admired our straps while in the booth together.

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Dave Stamey and Juni Fisher

Dave chose our ergonomic strap with tooled ends, while Juni selected the iconic “Bluebird”.

Dave Stamey with his Harriette Allison "Players" guitar strap

Dave Stamey with his new guitar strap

Juni Fisher with her new guitar strap

Juni Fisher with her new guitar strap

Photographer/writer, Mark Bedor did an impromptu photo shoot using our straps, and our girls!

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Mark Bedor captures, Taylor modeling a custom strap

Missy models the "Rambling Rose" strap

Missy models the “Rambling Rose” strap

Mark gave the straps a whirl, and ended up with one of his own!

Mark Bedor with his new guitar strap

Mark Bedor with his new guitar strap

A lovely time was had by all! See you next year, happy trails.

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Teton Home and Living features the artist profile of designer Harriette Allison!!

http://www.lifeinthetetons.com/Teton-Home-and-Living/Spring-2010/WESTERN-DESIGN-CONFERENCE-best-of-show-2009/

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Our BIG interview with Cactus Creek Daily.com

http://cactuscreekdaily.com/accessories/interview-lucky-star-gallery

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"Players" – the new line of instrument straps by Harriette Allison

Inspired by our favorite guitar players; these straps are designed with the attention to detail Harriette’s work is known for.

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These versatile and customizable pieces are American made, completely handcrafted, all leather products with inlay and overlay designs that mimic traditional western styles.

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Whether you play guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo – even brass and percussive instrument straps. Whatever you’re looking for, we’re ready to ROCK!

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“Players” line straps available by custom order now, or online SOON!

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NEW Sassy Belts, are just that!

Harriette Allison has teamed up with Nancy Anderson of Sweetbird Studios to create a line that is Sassy, indeed! Sweetbird Studios has the buckles that inspired the line, and we have the belts that complete the look.belts for Sweetbird (Large)One thing is for sure, you’ll make a statement whether you’re coming, or going! Find the Sassy line with all of our belts at:

http://www.luckystargallery.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_16

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**These classic accessories are all made in the USA by grownups.

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Players: the new line for musicians, by Harriette Allison

House designer for The Lucky Star Gallery, Harriette Allison designs custom leather goods of all kinds. Her line of classic and handsome guitar straps are all-American-made of excellent leathers in our Reno, Nevada shop. The customizable options including custom tooling,  inlay/overlay and/or sterling accents, a variety of styles and sizes are available.

For information about Harriette Allison’s Players line, and custom work contact us:

customerservice@luckystargallery.com

** This western-style custom strap belongs to musician, Artie Bechtel

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Harriette Allison design, guitar strap

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Cowgirl Artist, Shawna June Lee: Cheesecake for The Lucky Star Gallery!

It’s no wonder that cowgirl artist, Shawna June Lee, paints a world of fair skinned, red lip engenues of yesterday… she see’s one in the mirror everyday! Here Shawna graced us with a photo shoot for The Lucky Star Gallery, thanks to photographer, Chris Carnel.

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See Shawna’s vintage clothing, accessories and jewelry within our inventory.

Shawna is wearing a mixture of vintage and new, as styled by Missy and is modeling a number of our artists work, including:

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Kerry Stansfield

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See Shawna June Lee’s artwork in contemporary art, and her artists bio in artists.

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