Building Joy a Stitch at a Time

When the road you walk is rough going and it seems like everything is ganging up on you, why do we set our crafts aside and stare at them unfocused? I know I do it. I’ve recently done it. Having received some rather sad news last month, I really have not touched my crafts since then until this weekend. The joy/focus/mojo just hasn’t been there. The desire missing.

Somehow this weekend, something caused me to think about finding the joy of it again and I realized the joy is in each completed stitch that I do in my projects. Each stitch becomes a piece of joy building together to a larger cache of joy that will be either used in my home (yeah right! Don’t ask how many things I’ve kept I’ve made.) or in someone else’s life. If you don’t believe that, just watch the face of someone who’s just received something you made for them. It starts with the eyes and as the eyes get bigger the mouth joins in with a smile or an ‘oh’ as they appreciate what they have just received.

This is the joy that must be found again, unearthed once again if you will. So one stitch at a time, I have spent the past couple of days coming out of a funk and finding that joy. It’s been slow, but it has been good as well. So I return to my WIP’s and creating more joy.

Crafty Witch Mary