Anna Meredith Loves...: crafts

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

I've started a craft that I love doing, but LOVING something does not equal being GOOD at something. I'm just not sure how to figure out where I fall on the spectrum. I'm asked people like my parents, friends, husband, other family members; I feel like all of them may feel required to say that I'm a lot better at something than I actually am. But, maybe they're telling the truth -- may I am good at what I love to do.

Who knows. The more I do it, the better I am anyway, so at least I'll get in some good practice, haha.

These aren't the best photos of some of the cards I've made, but use your imagination. Creating these bring me so much joy, and isn't that what your life should be about: finding what brings you joy and doing it?! Obviously there are other things I like to do more like travel and work events, but my health doesn't always cooperate. (Hopefully I WILL get to travel in a few weeks, so yay for that. Astana is gorgeous, and the people and arts are beautiful there. I can't wait to hear those magical words "Yes, you're healthy enough to leave the country!") Please, please, please. Making these are something that's calming and pretty unaffected by my health.

I'm a great collector of quotes, which means I don't give many worth much myself. Anyway, I always feel like signing off with a quote, so I'm going to seize the day.

"The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them."
-John Berger

I love what this power of art says about not art, but people. We WANT, we NEED to be brought together and what we choose to help us do just that is art a lot of times. A beautiful thing.

xoxo,
A

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Happy Holiday Hostess

I cannot express enough how much I *LOVE* Christmas and the entire Winter holiday season! It brings out the creative side in me (okay, that's already there, but it brings it out even more, if that's possible) and gives me a chance to see all of my favorite people and wear pretty clothes. Hosting a party is a great excuse to try out new recipes, decorate your house with holiday 'tablescapes' and DIY projects and last, but certainly not least, you get to buy and wear clothes that you can only wear to a holiday party! No, I'm not talking about sweaters with snowmen on them or sweatshirts equipped with battery packs and twinkling fronts; I'm talking the sparkly, the lacy, the red and green plaid, the outfits that look silly except during the holidays.

It's also time to get rid of coats you don't need or don't fit anymore, so as you're buying your new 'hostess with the mostess' outfit, make sure to give away one older/gently worn item for each new one purchased :). It may just make another person's holiday warm and bright! Here are some places that take donations close to me: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Our House's 'My Favorite Thrift Store,' and to look through a compiled list of more places, visit Donation Drop Off. What can you find near you?