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Start Something Beautiful

2/16/2016

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For Christmas my friend gave me a pretty box. Inscribed on the lid are the words "start something beautiful." She told me "you are always making things, this made me think of you." As I get ready for spring craft shows I am inspired to make "something beautiful."

But what makes something beautiful? Is it shape or color? Is it a pleasure to look at and touch? Does it evoke a memory or make us smile? In the end beauty is a very personal thing. So when you create and craft you can't worry if people will think what you do is beautiful. Or clever. Or perfect. If you make only what you think people will buy you have really missed the point. You've made it. And that is enough to make it beautiful.

So at the end of the day, when I store my needles and thread in my box I never worry anymore. I have spent the day following that intangible thing called creativity and I know that I have "started something beautiful."
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