Do you remember that messenger bag I made for my teenage son? (It looked like this.)
Maybe because he offered up suggestions when I was designing it, Joey still really likes it and uses it every day. I consider that a major achievement -- it's not impossible to make things for teenage boys, but one is less likely to hit the sweet spot between functional and cool.
I decided to make one of these for the blog -- and that's coming as a free tutorial as soon as I can get the photos organized -- but for me. Why not? I appreciate a roomy bag as much as any teenage boy does. (And I certainly seem to carry a lot of junk around with me everywhere.) But I wanted the same bag in something a little more spring-y, a little lighter, and brighter, and robin's-egg bluer.
Thanks to Joey who posed for scale and said (unprompted!) that he thinks the blue version looks cool. I think he looks pretty cool.
And I'll see you guys soon with the free tutorial!
