Holiday Hmmmmmm

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Holiday Ho No

Holiday season is upon us and we elves are busy fretting……………churning, turning, twisting, mixing and matching.
 Not stopping to think, "Why"! Why the bleep am I doing what I'm doing!
The hours suck……..the pay not so great……….no health benefits….dental? No Way!

 But the rewards?………Plenty!!! This is the key reason d'etre! The reason why we all do what we craft people do. It's the complete and utter satisfaction of people telling you later how happy they were to receive something that you had made as a  present. Especially when someone you hardly know makes their way across a crowded street, just to tell you how thrilled they were to receive one of your wares! How the piece you made goes perfectly with their new coveted top and that they had already received many compliments. How each time they wear your piece they feel great!

Well,……… I would like to say that that didn't really matter…………..that I do what I do because I can't help it……….because I know nothing else is as fulfilling………… (other than rearing my kids of course.)
But when I have made something that has altered someone else's life even if it only lasts a day, I feel success! Now, I gotta say that feels pretty good!

I keep thinking it seems so trival to spend my days finding the right beads, the right colour, size and shape. So much time and thought making sure each bend and turn enhances each item I choose to be apart of the collage I create. But I still love it after all these years…..17 of  them. Holy!
In this Holiday Craze of making……….I am grateful………I am thrilled and feel proud to be able to offer something in this crazy world of consumerism that is made by my arthritic hands, my sore shoulders, my neck aches, my failing eyes and my full heart and soul.

Cheers to all this fine season!

Michelle Miller

Heluva Good Time Sale
Fri. Nov. 27th 6-10pm
Sat. Nov. 28th 11am-5pm
137&139 Arthur St. N, Guelph, On

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History of the wind

tracing the wages of the wind

spent here and ended up there

secretly working in the day and night

unrooted kites take to the air and disappear from time and place

investments like these in air

like those made anywhere – only time stands still for time

Michelle is using the internet.

This blog should become Michelle’s blog which is what it’s original intent was. She has just started using Etsy and Facebook so is on her way in the web 2.0 world. Woot!

Spring is in the air

With spring finally upon us in the warm weather variety I feel the urge to share the flowering cult.