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Customer Testimonial: Our Small Side Entry Backpack Purse B967

One of Seymour's all-time best designs is our Side entry backpack purse. The small size #B967 is very popular: check out this testimonial from the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair in July. https://youtu.b...

Grandma Terry's Healthiest Carrot Cake Ever

 Grandma Terry’s Healthiest Carrot Cake Ever  This recipe was gradually tweaked over a 50 year period by Seymour Mondshein’s mother, Terry, to become healthier and tastier. You were a very lucky p...

A Great Pumpkin Cake for the Holidays

These are a Few of Our Favorite Things... We love a cake that is moist and flavorful but not too sweet. This week we share with you Mrs Raymond Schenk's Pumpkin Cake Recipe. We never met Mrs. Sche...

Check this out for dessert: Israeli Chocolate Cookie Truffles

I first heard about these Truffle cookies on the Milk Street Radio podcast just before Thanksgiving. They have a call-in part of the show where Sara Moulton and Christopher Kimball answer question...

Happy Thanksgiving 2021 from GreatBags

Our Favorite Recipes for ThanksgivingThanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays of the year and we really enjoy getting together with family and friends.  At our house, Seymour is in charge of ...

Gray For Spring and Summer: Lightweight and Light in Color

The days are getting longer and warmer weather is just around the corner despite a cold and snowy winter in many parts of the USA.  Our lightweight organizer backpacks, purses, and totes are all av...

Our Easiest Recipe for Risotto Yet, with Fennel and Pear

Risotto has a reputation of being time-consuming and requiring lots of stirring, but this recipe is the opposite. It was given to us by our friend Roz who is 100% Italian in heritage, so give it a ...

It's Fall and we are getting back into Leather!

When the nights get colder and we start looking around for warm jackets and leather boots, a leather bag feels just right.We have been adding lots of new bags to the Leather Bag department at Great...

Make a Maple Mojito with Seymour

It's been a crazy past few weeks, hasn't it? We at GreatBags and Maple Leather have been sequestered at home in rural New Jersey since the Atlanta American Crafts Cou...