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Reintroducing The Elm Project 🤎 by @theelmproject_

WHAT A YEAR 😭 I can not say thank you enough for all of the love and support I have been shown for this project 🥹 2024 did not even scratch the surface of what I know is possible when we come together, but man is it a start!

Q4 was chaotic but so rewarding, with our most impactful quarter of the year. We’re so excited to have partnered with @pdxcoffeeroasters to be featured in each of their stores. We sourced, manufactured and distribute 159 second source pieces to people all over the country, totaling in over 400 second source pieces throughout the year. And to close out the year, we launched our first TEP branch off, @tepstudio_ focusing on textile reuse in the fashion industry.

Also, if you are reading these stats and are shocked by our ‘water saved’ metric, trust us we are too. The fashion/textile industry is responsible for 20% of water pollution worldwide. To produce a single cotton tee shirt, 2,700 liters of water is required- from watering the plant, to processing the fiber, to bleaching and then finally dying the fabric. Because we are using reclaimed material, we are eliminating the need for new material to be produced. Please check our website to see exact details on how we calculate these stats!

If you made it this far, thanks again for your love. It means the world to me ❤️ let’s double it all in 2025

Katrese by @theelmproject_

meet TEP STUDIO, a second source design studio born from @theelmproject_

we’re reimagining the fashion industry’s waste impact through the use of 100% reclaimed materials in each of our designs

Drop 001 REWOVEN: second source scarves launches 11.29.24
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#reworkedfashion #reworkedvintage #reclaimed by @theelmproject_

happy earth day 🤎

It’s been a minute.. and man is it so exciting to be back! I have been able to reflect so much on TEP over the last 6 months- what I want it to look like, where I want it to go, and I can’t wait to share with you all :)

As always thanks for following this little journey!
- Katrese by @theelmproject_

August was a huge month of firsts for RH Studios!!! I know these posts are long overdue but giving myself some slack because the month wrapped up with a cross country move from Portland, OR back to NJ.

In early August we launched our first collab with @theelmproject_ for our hand painted bags drop, which was also RH Studios first vendor event!

Cannot thank the lovely ladies at T.E.P. enough, ms. Katrese and Jenny, for bringing me in on this project and being the biggest supporters and celebrators of anything and everything RH Studios is doing. You girls are amazing, TEP is amazing, and I can’t wait to work on something together again so soon <3
🦀🐚🍊🫐🍋🦞

#totes #handmade #handpaintedtotebag #paintmarkers #farmersmarkets #totebag #totebagcustom #design #designstudio #collab #studio #bags #artiststudio #handmadebag #paint #painting #sardines #diy #fyp by @theelmproject_

Portland! Soak up the last bit of summer with us 🌞🌊

The Elm Project x RH Studios is popping up with a limited drop of coastal-inspired second source reworks — painted, embroidered and one of a kind.

📍 NW 13th Ave, Portland
🗓️ 8/7 • 5–9pm
🍋 Part of First Thursday Street Gallery
🐟 Custom embroidery onsite

Come early. Shop slow. Leave salty. by @theelmproject_

The blueberry bag has entered the chat🫐🫐🫐

All our portland people!!! Come check out the @theelmproject_ x @r.h._studios “Farmers Market” booth at the next First Thursday Street Gallery August 7th!!

This bag and a few other gems will be up for grabs!! Can’t wait to see you all there🤗🫐🩵💙

#totebags #tote #totebagcustom #art #artist #painting🎨 #paintpens #posca #poscaoficial #gallery #studio #designart #hobby #collection #custombag #customized #handmadeart #handmadebag #studio #smallartist #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner by @theelmproject_

Got that citrus feeling🍋🍋🍋

Beyond thrilled to collab with The Elm Project and to be painting on their handmade totes for an upcoming drop this August!!! This bag is one of 6 totes in this style that we’re painting on, and each has their own unique designs so no two bags will be exactly the same! What do you guys think of the lemon bag??!

More info/ details coming soon on where you can purchase the lemon bag so stay tuned people and thanks for following the journey 🤗🫶🏼👀🥹🤭

#art #totebags #tote #artist #artcollector #bags #painting #paint #paintedbyhand #paintedbag #customized #designart #design #smallartist #smallbusinesssupportingsmallbusiness #smallbusiness #fyp #hobby #creativity #repurpose by @theelmproject_

totesode part two will be you looking like a gosh dang model all day saturday with this thang on your shoulder.

today we capture @katreseraee, the force behind the pdx based @theelmproject_ nonprofit, during the final stages of this year’s tote bag creation. after fifty somin hours of embroidery asmr but a lifetime worth of gorgeous denim totes, we’re forever in debt to kat for her generosity. cannot wait to support @theelmproject_ in their big vision ahead.

learn more at theelmproject.com ✨

ps - excuse our convo during the filming of this totesode. 😅 by @theelmproject_

Was practicing painting on an old tote bag for an upcoming painted bags collab with @theelmproject_ this August and naturally, somewhere in between the matchbox and crab, I became absolutely obsessed and fell in love with the way it was all coming together!! Needless to say this is going to be THE bag of summer for me hands down🦀🐚🐟🥖🍅

Can’t wait to make more and for some of the exciting things RH Studio has in the works… stay tuned friendss and love you all for being here🫶🏼🤫☺️🤗

#artist #tote #painteveryday #totebag #painting🎨 #painted #paintedbag #designart #art #studio #collab #custom #customisedgifts #customised #artscrowds #fyp #reuse #paintpens #patterndesign #designstudio #artwork #artstudio #bag #bags #customizedbag #customizedbags #totebagcustom #totebags by @theelmproject_

Dare I say the easiest coverup flip for this summer 🌞

Also hope you giggled as much as I did
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#thriftflip #wastereduction #thriftshopping by @theelmproject_

back with TEP Travel Thursday with @hbtourandtravel in beautiful Vienna 📚

Pictured is the beautiful Austrian National Library. Once the imperial court library of the Habsburgs, its baroque State Hall holds over 200,000 historic volumes under frescoed ceilings and marble columns by @theelmproject_