Today I'm grateful for still having the capacity to act like a kid. Kids are honest, they ask questions, they like color, they play loudly and horse around all day. When did we get so boring or afraid to ask questions? Sure, a kids ONLY job is to learn and to grow and as adults we SHOULD act like responsible and productive members of society. But, that shouldn't ever mean that we can't play with abandon at times or skip down the street. (I used to walk into the city for work and when no one was looking I'd skip across the 59th Street Bridge. True Story. No shame.)
Saturday was a big, fabbity-fab day for me. I met THREE awesome-sauce gals from the DIY world on Saturday. I was like a kid in the candy shop! One of them writes this great sewing blog. "Gertie" or Gretchen Hirsch lives in my neighborhood and I've seen her out and about but I didn't want to talk to her out of fear the I would be that
craft-nutter that you meet at events who is a bit of a lunatic, stalks other crafters and who won't. stop. talking. (You've seen them). But, I finally just said 'fork it' and mustered all my courage and walked over to her in Starbucks and told her how much I loved her blog. I'm not totally convinced I spoke clearly or made eye contact and I can see why ladies lost their cool when meeting Elvis but I threw caution to the wind. And you know what? She's very nice :) Le Sigh.
Then it was off to the beautiful New York Public Library for a crafternoon hosted by BUST magazine founders Debbie Stoller and Laurie Henzel. Double Le Sigh! If you don't read BUST ask Santa for a subscription. It's amazing. It's a magazine for grown women (def not for the young girls) that does NOT focus on all things that make us feel like crap about ourselves like other lady mags can. What a concept! Stoller and Henzel spoke a little bit about the early days of the magazine and how their new book came to be and crafting & feminism etc. Then we got to the business of making old school friendship bracelets. We got to chat one-on-one with the gals and they are so down to earth and personable. Really. Plus, they signed my book. You felt like you could talk to them for hours and I genuinely think they appreciated our comments about how much we loved their magazine.
So what's the take-away today? 1. Go skip down the street. 2. Just talk to your 'idols' already. 3. Crafternoon=The Ticket. 4. Friendship bracelets are trickier than you might imagine...specially when trying to talk at the same time. 5. We all have moments of insecurity. Henzel said she worries if anyone is out there actually reading the magazine. What? Really!? YES! But if you talk about it and put yourself out there you might be surprised at the positive response. And if you talk about it on a crafternoon? Even better.
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| Laurie Henzel giving a bracelet tutorial |
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| Debbie Stoller at our table. |
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| The beginnings of friendship bracelet goodness! |
Now you have to work on skipping across the 59th Street Bridge when people are looking.
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