Welcome to ROONIE! We're happy you're here.
If you've read the snippets in the About section of this site, then you may have an idea of what ROONIE is already. If you have not read those snippets, check them out here.
The Namesake
My husband and I moved to Tennessee from Florida in July of 2021 chasing career opportunities in the wake of COVID. We lived with family for a brief while and moved into our own apartment in January of the following year. It didn't take long for us to realize that our apartment was missing something - a set of four paws!
We didn't waste any time and rode out to Young-Williams Animal Center. After a couple play sessions, we had not found a pup that we truly felt would adapt well to the lifestyle we had to offer. Determined to leave with a new addition to our little famiy, we set out on one more trip through the kennels. In a sea of adoptable pets barking and jumping up on their kennel doors, there was one whose calm demeanor and level look stood out to us.
Roscoe's bio explained that he was food motivated and loved to lounge around on the couch (honestly, same). A mere five minutes of interacting with Roscoe is all it took to know that he was coming home with us. He quickly adapted to life with us and has been putting smiles on our faces every day since with his goofball personality.
You're probably still wondering how I came up with ROONIE from the name Roscoe. Well, we don't always refer to him by his actual name. He's a man of many aliases ranging from Roscy to Bosco and sometimes a simple one like Bubs. However, one of my personal favorites to use is Roscoeroonie. Yes, it's a mouth full, but something about it just makes me happy. And so I dropped the Roscoe portion of the nickname and used ROONIE as the name of this site.
The Inspiration
I've always been the kind of person who has too many hobbies. I do believe it's important to have creative outlets and ways to effectively decompress from the stresses of every day life. However, I'm realizing that having too many of them can cause more stress than they alleviate. I find myself feeling overwhelmed by the number of options I have when I want to engage in a hobby activity: reading, watching a show, sewing, photography, digital design, making earrings, and the list goes on. I'm at a point where I want to really focus on just a few of those hobbies and applying more of my effort into reaching a higher level of satisfaction with them.
The activities that pique my interest most often are reading, digital design, and making earrings. These will be the primary focus of the products and blogs I share with you through ROONIE.
The Products
My affinity for digital design naturally makes me want to put my creations on tshirts, bags, bookmarks, etc. and I expect my love for reading will heavily influence my designing processes. My goal is to curate a storefront that will call to readers of all genres and even include some merchandise relevant to other nerdy things I find myself interested in, such as tabletop games, superheroes, tv shows, movies, and much more.
If you're the kind of shopper who appreciates the time and effort crafters put into products that are strictly handmade, keep an eye out for when I stock the earring section of the ROONIE store. Each set of earrings is utterly unique, as I do not repeat any patterns, and are bound to make a statement any time they're worn!
I expect to always be coming up with new ideas and adding products on a regular basis. Be sure to follow ROONIE on Instagram to keep up with the latest updates.
Thank you for making it this far in my very first blog post!
Launching ROONIE is something I've marinated on for a while and I am excited to finally start this journey. I hope you stick around for the ride.
Samantha H.
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