Or so I’d like to think so!
A couple of years ago I came up with this design for a bag while I was a student in college (I was an older student). I also worked on campus and many times my attire didn’t allow for me to carry what I needed without carrying my backpack or laptop bag. When I walked to lunch, I didn’t want to carry all of that – just my iPod, a credit card, my ID – then have to carry all that back to my office with my food. It became a game of juggling that I just was getting tired with. But I didn’t want to carry a purse and a backpack and a laptop bag. I wanted something I can drop into a bigger bag, yet not need my hands to carry. Thus, Suspended was born.
My mom made the original prototype from a horrible drawing of mine. I used it for a bit, fine tuned the details and then I had some made by a local seamstress.
I used it while I was in school and still when I was a career woman. Now that I’m a mom, I still use it as a wallet and I can easily put it in the diaper bag or Zack’s backpack or my gigantic purse. When I have been without Zack, it was easy to grab just my Suspended and hit the road.
I used to have them on their own site, but I recently took it down. Now I’m just having it hang out on this site and if you are interested, please send me an email: brandi.strand [at] gmail dot com.
Thank you!
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