The Little Things That Travel With Us

Travel has a way of revealing the small things we rely on.

Not the obvious things like luggage or a passport. Those are easy to remember. It is the smaller items that tend to scatter themselves throughout a bag.

A charging cable.

A few band aids.

Collar stays.

Maybe a couple of Tylenol tucked away just in case.

Individually, they are insignificant. Together, they are the things you find yourself searching for when you need them most.

Anyone who travels regularly knows the moment. Standing somewhere unfamiliar, digging through a backpack or carry on, trying to find one small thing among many.

Sometimes the solution is not complicated. It is simply giving those small things a place of their own.

This week I made a small leather utility pouch with that exact idea in mind. Soft pebbled leather, a clean zipper closure, and just enough room to hold the small items that tend to follow us from place to place.

Nothing elaborate. Just thoughtful.

In many ways, that is the spirit behind most things I make for Twenty-one Astor. Small pieces that help organize the everyday. Objects that simplify rather than complicate.

A little thing for the little things that travel with you.