original roma poster

This is a poster I made my junior year of college when I first started making roma bags. I printed off the photos I took of my roommates (what good sports they were!) wearing my bags. I drew on tracing paper, and sewed them all onto a piece of vinyl. Sort of messy but fun! It's neat to look back and reflect on roma, where it's been and where it's going.

salvaged headboard

Check out Dana's, from her blog House tweakin,  DIY headboard made out of salvage fence boards. I love taking materials that most people would like are trash and turning them into something beautiful. It's a fun challenge as well as a great exercise in practicing being sustainable. Someday, when we have a place of our own, we are definitely going to make something like this.

roma video from college

Here is a video that was made about my roma bags while I was in college. I was so nervous to be interviewed! Watch it to learn more about Roma and my design process.

colors, details and packaging

After posting about brown paper bags, I totally got lost in the blog world of packaging and couldn't resist posting these images of packaging with colors. I love the unique shapes and patterns. Above is from Lisa at A Creative Mint. She also post on Decor8 in a category called Color Me Pretty. Check it out for more themed colored packaging,

Another fun idea from mint, spray paint newspaper!

Stamps and stitching details from oh, hello friend.

What to do with thoes color cards?

I've always wondered what you can do with those fun color cards that you can get in the paint section at your local hardware. They just have so much potential, all of those colors in perfect square shapes. One of these days I'm definitely going to have to play with them and see what I can come up with.

This morning I stumbled upon Jen at The Haystack Needle. She took these cards and made house warming invites. What a great idea!