Sky Dreams Story

It all began in Hawai‘i in 2009 with a love of travel, a sewing machine and an idea for a better way to travel.

Sky Dreams began in July 2009, after founder and designer Angie Higa retired from a 30-year career in banking at age 48. Her daughter was preparing for a military deployment to Afghanistan, and Angie made the decision to become a full-time grandmother and help care for her grandchildren.

Within six months of retiring, Angie rediscovered her love of sewing—and an idea began to take shape.

As a frequent traveler, often traveling with grandchildren in tow, Angie saw a need for a travel blanket and pillow that was easy to carry, comfortable to use and practical to pack. She decided the perfect design needed three things:

COMPACT. CONVENIENT. COMFORTABLE.

Angie called them the“3 C's of Travel.”

After several unsuccessful prototypes—and more than a few yards of fabric sacrificed along the way—Angie found inspiration in an unexpected place: a blanket her mother had made approximately 35 years earlier.

With a few thoughtful design changes, including reworking the pocket, adding a carrying strap and sizing the design so the blanket could fold neatly into its own bag along with a coordinating neck pillow, the originalSky Dreams Travel Blanket was born.

FROM ONE TRAVEL BLANKET TO SO MUCH MORE

The original Sky Dreams Travel Blanket features a 40" × 58" blanket that folds into its own convenient carry bag with a coordinating neck pillow tucked inside.

But Angie soon discovered that her customers were finding uses for it far beyond air travel.

Customers took their blankets on road trips, to movie theaters and on family outings. Moms loved having a compact way to carry a blanket and pillow for their little ones. One particularly meaningful customer shared that her mother used her Sky Dreams Travel Blanket for comfort during chemotherapy treatments.

Those stories helped shape something that remains important to Sky Dreams today:

Design with versatility in mind.

What began with one travel blanket eventually grew into a collection of travel accessories, totes, bags and organizational essentials designed to make traveling easier, more comfortable and, of course, more fashionable.

MADE WITH ALOHA

As Sky Dreams grew, Angie's designs received recognition throughout Hawai‘i and were featured in local magazines and newspaper articles. She was also featured as a local designer in theHawaiian Airlines Duty Free International Catalog for two years, where an exclusive Sky Dreams travel tote was offered.

In 2016, Angie launched theAloha Collection by Sky Dreams, a collection inspired by the islands and the beauty, colors and spirit of Hawai‘i.

That connection to Hawai‘i remains an important part of Sky Dreams today.

GIVING BACK

In March 2020, travel suddenly stopped—but Angie's sewing didn't.

As the pandemic created an urgent need for face coverings, Angie turned her attention from travel products to her community. Using fabric and supplies from her own inventory, she began sewing and giving away masks at no charge.

While many members of the sewing community focused on healthcare professionals and first responders, Angie concentrated her efforts on essential workers, people with compromised immune systems andkupuna—Hawai‘i's elders.

By December 29, 2020, more than2,700 masks had been given away free of charge through the Sky Dreams Giving Back Project.

A NEW CHAPTER — FROM HAWAI‘I TO TEXAS

In April 2025, Angie and her family moved from Hawai‘i to Texas to be closer to their children and grandchildren.

With the move came a new chapter—and a slight evolution of the name:

SKY DREAMS & CO LLC

Today, Angie continues designing and creating fromBoerne, Texas, while the Hawai‘i roots of Sky Dreams remain woven into the heart of the brand.

The collection has evolved, too. Alongside Angie's handmade pieces, Sky Dreams now offers thoughtfully designed and selected travel essentials created around the same idea that started it all in 2009:

Travel should be organized, comfortable and beautiful.

And whether the journey is by air, cruise ship, car or rail, one thing hasn't changed:

TRAVEL THE FASHIONABLE WAY — AND ALWAYS WITH ALOHA.