My dream bag was a super organized art supply carrying case for my nine year old. It would be a portfolio style bag with a 'flap' on the side that would open like a book to reveal cool storage. I envisioned all these custom pockets for her favorite gel pens, good pencils/erasers, fancy markers, clear vinyl with zippers so you could see what was in each pocket, fun hardware to close the 'flap' against the pocket/portfolio part, etc etc etc.
In the end she got a box tote, no cool flap, a regular pocket on one side and a subdivided pocket on the other. I even topped it off by mis-measuring so the proportions are a bit off, the straps are too far apart, and it barely holds the sketchbook I bought for inside it. Oh well. You can't win them all. Thankfully, I hadn't told her anything and she doesn't know about the dream bag inside my head so she was happy as a clam to receive this bag on her birthday. I even made it in garish purple and yellow with owls - her current favorite motif.
Maybe someday I'll make the real dream bag. For now I'll enjoy the fact that she loves this one and I won't shed any tears when this one gets dragged around outside and gets all dirty. :)
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