My Story
My journey began when the lack of quality cinches started effecting my job. Our store bought cinches weren’t cutting it and after trying a few different things I decided to invest in the knowledge and education it was going to take to build a cinch to my standards. My horses well being and comfort were well worth the investment.
In loving memory of “The One Eyed Wonder” Dolly
I guess here is where you meet the maker.
Hi my names Tia Watson and I am the sole creative peon here at Cross N Cinches and now Old Soul Silver Company. I started making cinches due to lack of a quality product coming from the stores and having to high of standards to trust anyone else to build exactly what I needed and wanted. I picked up silversmithing solely because of a gut feeling and following my heart. I love beautifully engraved jewelry, bits and spurs and I have a serious addiction to turquoise and pretty rocks. So August of 2021, after talking about picking up silversmithing for 2 years I finally jumped cause it was either pull the trigger or just keep talking about it. And here we are a year deep and running wide open! I hope to add bits and spurs to my portfolio in the near future. God has sure blessed me with some great talents and I am truly thankful for it!
I was born and raised in northern Nevada, oldest of three girls. If you love leather and bead gear check out my sister Lexi Reiva on facebook or insta: Desert Chaos Design. The baby-ist sister occasionally does crafty stuff but she’s much more into mechanican. We grew up on horses, Lexi and I were those horse crazed kids, riding every day we could after school, racing our horses out across the desert. Dreams of a pro rodeo career after high school and owning a training business were my lifes goal at that point. But lets be honest, I was a terrible barrel racer and if I could ever find a consistent partner in the team roping we might have maybe done ok in the team roping. So colt starting and cowboying it was after high school and college. I went to college for Equine Science and Ranch management. I drifted a lot from the time I was 18 to 25. Like a lot. I got to see a lot of cool country, work for some good ranches, and the best part ride and rope off of some great horses. I met my best friend and now husband while managing a ranch in a very remote area in Montana in 2014, and we got hitched in 2016. Bought a house, made some nice horses, started our own businesses and had our son in 2020. Lifes been a whirlwind but I wouldn’t trade the experiences and lessons I’ve learned along the way for anything.