Darcy Jean-Andrews

Finding the Calm

Somehow my life has always been a whirlwind of craziness. I'm not sure if I create it myself or if it just finds me because I have a way of making something of all that craziness life throws at me. As a young girl I learned my first craft - cross stitching. My mom gave me my first cross stitch ornament for Christmas - I still have it to this day. You can see all the little mistakes I made and how it isn't nearly perfect, but it was perfect to me back then. Now it takes me back to the beginning; a beginning of learning a craft that taught me so many lessons. The very first lesson is that it takes patience and practice to create something beautiful. Over the years, I evolved into many different crafts, some I love, some not so much. The next lesson is that crafting is calming - if it's not, put it down and walk away.