Alyice Edrich
Posted By Craft Corps on March 19, 2009
Alyice Edrich
Name: Alyice Edrich
Age: 40
Location: Beresford, SD
Profession: Freelance Writer and Artist
Craft(s) of Choice:
When I’m watching television or on long drives, I love to crochet blankets.
When I’m feeling nostalgic, I love to scrapbook and make mixed media canvases using photographs.
When I want to de-stress, I must put paint to brush and create vases out of old jars and bottles.
Blog: http://alyiceedrich.com
When I was a young child my honorary aunt used to whisk me away for a weekend of crafting. Those moments with her, painting statuary—and later t-shirts—helped me cope with the pains of my childhood in a productive, healthy way. Creating beautiful things took my mind off the ugly things in my life. But more importantly, it bonded us. Those weekends together were therapeutic on so many levels and my time with her showed me what a good, loving relationship was truly about.
When I became a mother myself, I knew I had to continue that tradition with my own children so we took up crafting. We made Christmas ornaments, painted walls, and did whatever their little hearts desires. The joy on their faces, after having accomplished something they could be proud of, along with the relationships we were building, were priceless—something money could never buy.
But then one day I lost all hope, due to a death in the family, and I quit crafting altogether. But that need to create kept lingering and tugging on my soul until a few years ago when I picked up a skeen of yarn and created my first blanket. The excitement in my children’s faces, having received a gift that took so much patience and time to create reminded me of a joy that can only come from creating and giving of that creation.
Since then, I’ve been a crafting maniac!
Yay Alyice! Lovely story…
Good for you! Crafting and freeing our creativity is a WONDERFUL blessing and a powerful healer!