Number of bag, boxes and containers full of flair for craft fair on Saturday: two dozen.
Number of items still wishing to make: hundreds! (but realistically 10)
Number of trips to Hobby Lobby: 4 (this week alone!)
I’m busy preparing for my craft fair, Gifts of Grace, this Saturday!
I love creating things. I get so excited to assemble, craft, and create jewelry and hair flair! It gives me an outlet unlike anything else. I love coming home putting on a movie and working with my hands. I love seeing my creations bedecking the necks, wrists, ears, and locks of my friends.
Crafting helps me share one of my life philosophies: celebrate every day. I believe in celebrating small victories and little goals. One of the most important skills I learned in six years of occupational therapy schooling was how to break down items into their smallest component parts. I once wrote a ten page paper on the skills necessary to change the batteries in a remote. Fine motor skills, pincer grasp, visual perceptual skills, and the cognitive ability to realize the dead batteries are the culprit in the first place. When we don’t breakdown tasks into their component parts, we have more difficulty seeing progress, which causes us not to celebrate enough.
Creating flair lets me have a tiny celebration every day.
I wear royal blue scrubs everyday. And while this allows me to mindlessly get dressed in the dark without fear of mismatching, it doesn’t create much opportunity for individuality or excitement. So I started making Flair. Everyday I get to celebrate in two small ways: I get to choose a flower for my hair and dress-code approved earrings (which often match my funky socks).
Life is pretty amazing. Creating Flair is one way I celebrate.
How do you celebrate the everyday?