Useful Things
The article below was featured in my June 13, 2022, e‑mail newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, please use my contact form.
Dear Reader,
Making stuff is high on my list of things to do. Sometimes I make things that are intricate and refined, but what I’ve made lately has mostly been ordinary, useful objects. The fun comes in making them just a little different—specifically designed for a particular person. Not as fancy as bespoke, but definitely made with someone special in mind.
This weekend, I made a pair of oven mitts for my daughter. I could have bought oven mitts. They’re not expensive or hard to find. But, I had recently found a Rubik’s cubes fabric. This particular daughter has been playing with Rubik’s cubes since forever. So, when I found the fabric, it made sense to make something for her. And it was fun to create something useful, just for her, with a detail that made it obvious that I was thinking of her.
Little things, y’all, can make a big difference. A moment to make something fancy—or fun—for someone you love. A moment to create an ordinary object, but make it a bit more than ordinary. A moment to acknowledge how you feel about a particular someone.
I hope you’re finding some moments to do some little something, make something, have some fun, move a little.
I’m attending a family reunion next week, so no classes or private session from June 27 through July 4.
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