NC Rooted
A hand-burned NC Rooted cowboy hat on a barnwood bench beside a smoking burn pen, with Heather standing in the dusk field beyond, holding the brim of her own suede hat

Custom Hand‑burned Designs in the NC Mountains

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Woman in a suede rancher hat sitting on a porch bench with a lasso The shop

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Hats, bags, vests and shoes, priced and ready for a design of your own.

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Sage green suede hat hand-burned with a horse, a sunflower, and the name Sawyer Made for you

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Send a photo or an idea. Heather draws it, prices it, then burns it by hand.

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Hats, bags, vests and shoes in a wall of colors. Wear them as they are, or add a hand-burned design.

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One of a kind designs

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Tan suede wide-brim hat with a hand-burned ring of wildflowers around the brim Full-brim wildflowers Wide brim · tan Pink suede hat hand-burned with a portrait of Dolly Parton holding a guitar Jolene Portrait work · pink Skull hand-burned into a distressed leather hat crown Skull Leather crown · oak Blush suede hat hand-burned with a horse, wildflowers, and the name Olive Olive Name and horse · blush
Heather in a hand-burned hat, holding a lasso in front of the Love Valley welcome sign
Heather Houser hand-burning a design at her NC Rooted market booth

Made in the North Carolina mountains

NC Rooted is Heather Houser. It started with a wood-burning pen and the ridgelines that gave the shop its name. Every piece is drawn and burned by hand, so yours is the only one of it.

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Got a design in your head? Let's burn it in.

Tell Heather what you are picturing, pick your hat and band, and she will make it one of a kind. Local pickup in the mountains, or shipped to you anywhere.

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