Have I discussed this with you before?
I don’t do crafts. I don’t make them, I don’t understand them… and yet I’m handy with a needle and thread and I love art+craft supplies.
In my eyes there seems to have been some kind of craft resurgence that’s been fueled by blogs and Etsy and…Michaels craft stores? (or is that a different crowd?) and I feel left out. I very much want to frolic amidst crafters and feel like I know thousands of kindred spirits are out there crafting just like me. But I’m like an impostor–I have craft skills but no will to craft. I see a craft and I wonder how long I’d need to keep it before it becomes just another thing to dust.
I like handmade things that have utility. If it serves a purpose, I’m all for it. I say nix the decorative crafts, and lets see more handmade things that help get a job done. No more table decorations or repurposed things that [let's be honest] don’t really serve a purpose. How about more checkbook covers and gloves and quilts and things that work.
By the way, this is a problem that happens to plague me when it comes time to decorate my house. I’m so super sensitive to clutter that I am loathe to hang pictures on the walls. I have a good number of art prints that I adore. When I think of hanging them I seize up with conflict– I feel like I’m cheapening them if I choose which ones to hang based on my room decor, so I end up not hanging anything. Guess I’d feel better if I designed my rooms around the artwork, but it’s a little too late for that now. Should have considered it over a year ago when we moved in.
I accept your pity for me, I sure do overthink things. Yes I do. Or you could be generous and just call me quirky.
