Cercle De La Croix is a small business owned by me, Mellinda "Mel" Hansen-Holloway. It was created after numerous requests by friends, family, and other interested parties continued to pester me about having some central place to order and purchase the period and modern equestrian supplies, fine arts, jewelry and craft items that I created. Apparently my previous use of word of mouth advertising, coupled with my humble personal website, was not meeting the demands of my requesting public. So, I separated the art and horse stuff from my personal website, added the opportunity to pay for stuff via Pay Pal and I started listing individual items on ebay.
I also figured that if I needed something like this, there were probably other artist and artisans in North Carolina who would be interested in something similar for their own wares. It just made sense to use this site for consignment work as well. Hence the business in its current manifestation.
Since part of what I offer, ready made medieval barding, really can't be found anywhere else, I tend to concentrate my personal efforts on providing that service. The rest of the items offered here, the Arabian tack, the sidesaddle attire, etc., are generally offered as custom orders or whenever I get the yen to make one. The same goes for the jewelry, arts and craft that are created by me. Other artist and artisans pieces are offered as they come in to me.
I've also discovered that there is not a whole lot of information available on the web located in one location about the specifics of the types of period barding, period sidesaddle attire, etc., so I've included such information as I've found here on this site. Hopefully, this will be beneficial to you.
I am always looking for ways to improve upon the site. If you have a suggestion, please let me know. I will not guarantee I'll use it, but I will consider it.
Thanks for your business and your support. |
