Michaels

Dear Friend,

What brings you joy? Perhaps it's going on an early morning run, or long conversations with someone who really understands you, or sitting in front of a computer typing out a story that you've been working on forever. Many things bring us joy, but one that we would like to focus on today is taking a trip to a store called Michaels.

You have probably hear of/been tho Michaels. If you have not, you are missing out. Michaels is a huge arts and crafts store. When the two of us are hanging out and we find ourselves with nothing to do, our go-to outing is a trip to Michaels. We are absolutly in love with this entire store. You can find everything from sequined cat masks to tiger figurines to hands mini boxes to our latest obsession: Modge Podge. We recently completed a DIY for a friend that we were actually quite proud of, and Modge Podge is what make the whole thing come together. Another thing we love about Michaels is that it allows for so much creativity. You can walk into the store at a total loss for creative ideas, and walk out with exciting project plans.

Our most recent trip to Michaels was another success. We bought three things that we can't tell you about since they are a gift for someone, various paints, 49 cent sponge brushes, and two little boxes. The boxes are for an idea we got off of pinterest. Basically it is a daily note card calendar that gets reused every year. Each card is formatted in the following way:

January 1
2013: Thought + something we learned
2014: 
2015: 

And so on. So each card is a date, and each date has different years so 5 years from now if someone asks what we did May 6th 2014, we will be able to tell them. The boxes are quite artsy and they look adorable. They are also great things for us in college to be able to look back on all our crazy adventures. Should be fun.

And Michaels made it all possible.

We hope that you have had the opportunity to spend a few hours in this amazing store. If you are looking for something specific it can sometimes be stressful, but if you go in calm and relaxed and just let yourself go, you'll see why this store brings us such joy.

"It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life." -Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Yours truly,
Kylie and Catherine