If you've been following my stream lately, you know that Steve and I went to an Emu farm about a month ago and were given a wonderful tour of the facilities to show us their operation. It was so much fun and very fascinating!

High Cascade Emu Ranch raises their emus as an exotic livestock. They breed and sell emus and their eggs, but there's much more that goes on. Emus are an important healthy meat bird, but their skin is also made into some of the most wonderful leather in the world! The leather from Emus is very durable, supple, beautiful and breathable and can be made into anything you can think of where you've seen other leathers used. Here I have a picture showing the detail from a emu leather-bound jounal, and below are two dyed pieces of emu leather. Isn't it beautiful? I have always loved the way ostrich leather looks...well, emu leather is just as lovely and useful! :)