2022 Year In Review: Work and Family Time
2022 was full of surprises, mainly due to the changing state of the pandemic, in it’s 3rd year. We went from masking and Covid vaccine checks in the beginning of the year to re-openings in the summer and somewhat of a business as usual (with caution) scenario after.
When summer came along, I received an influx of orders from mainly US customers who told us they were going back to work part of the time or full-time. A lot of them were ordering mechanical keyboard sleeves and something else to go along with it, such as a pouch or a numeric keypad case.
This set is for Martin in Lost Angeles. A 65% (large bezel) sleeve with a Flatpack Pouch. Both in custom colours: olive green and brown and with personalization.
A set ordered by Pacal in Zurich, Switzerland. All in the stock colours offered: TKL carry case in charcoal grey, 60% (large bezel) sleeve in midnight blue with personalization, 60% (standard bezel) in brown with personalization
As you know, the last 2.5 years has affected anything travel related. In the summer, I started slowly getting more orders from customers who were needing a new travel bag. It was nice to work on bags again.
This is a fully customized Large Utility Tote for Cayenne in Seattle, Washington. If you would like to know about all of it’s features, please see here.
We also had the opportunity to go to Montreal a few times when the boys were off school. It’s a 2 hour VIA train ride from Ottawa. I like taking short 2 or 3 day trips. I find it to be just enough time to have fun together, but I don’t like to leave my work for long.
Other than that, we enjoy bike riding together. Ottawa closes roads to cars in the summer so people can walk and bike. We all have folding bikes now. Christian modified 2 Dahon Vybes to fit the boys and we have our new Brompton.
I also launched a small collection of Brompton bags. These are not new designs, but I made them compatible with the Brompton front carrier rack.
That’s a year compacted into a few photos. If you find this small blog, thank you for being here. I’ll be writing a lot more next year about a wider range of subjects, so please check back. My best wishes for 2023. -Cat
