What is it with our intrinsically human desire to create things? Whether it’s with beads, boards, a hot glue gun, or a hammer, there’s something that just feels good about creating a finished product. Unfortunately, I’ve never considered myself too crafty; I just don’t have the skills. The closest I get to crafting is shopping at Anthropologie.
When I was 19, my then boyfriend (now husband) and I decided to exchange homemade presents at Christmas since we were starving students at the time. With the help of his mom and her super expensive embroidery machine, he monogrammed a few hand towels and a bath robe with my initials on them; they looked totally professional! I, on the other hand, made him a bejeweled mosaic flowerpot that your little sister could have made. (I don’t think I was ever intended to work with grout.) He literally laughed when he opened it. I know - mean, huh? I’ve never quite lived that one down (and neither has he).
See...it looked cool in the magazine.
If you are unlike me and actually able to make cool things, let me know what your specialty is and then go to Etsy.com. For a small fee, you can sell your handmade wares online. So come on, don’t hide your talents under a bushel - sell them! Besides, it’s a better way to make a buck than babysitting, right?
