Michigan Makerspace

 March 6, 2024


Ok, lets be clear.  You don't need an Etsy shop to have a creative space.

A sewing room, back bedroom, studio, craft area is not a by product of some lucrative, business venture.  It is whatever you like and find solace and peace and a place of your own, reflecting you and your interesting crafting life.  There will be photos of Michigan makers and their spaces of creative ideas, reflections of their personalities and storage of many different types of craft supplies and work tables and nostalgia.

I will begin with my own space that I have curated and organized, sort of,  and its not perfect which works for me. Its an old house with crumbling basement walls, occasional spiders, old cabinets, and my stuff. Some artists/creators just like their dining room table.  Very cool.  

For me, I need a space that can remain a mess until I enter again and pick up where I left off.  Not need to iron, vacuum, put away the pieces and parts of what I'm creating.  What if you don't have a space like this?

What if you only have a closet?  What if there is a child sleeping in every small room in your home?

Not to worry, there is a space for you.  Just think about it.  Maybe you are making lip gloss in your kitchen or painting in your garage?  All legit maker spaces.

Wherever a creative idea hits you, find the space for it.  My husband loves his garage spaces.  Finds comfort and peace in their organization of gardening tools, jars of nails and screws, old rags, car stuff, no other place is quite right without the garage.  Living in Michigan, there is likely to be puddles on the floor from car slush in the winter, unfinished walls with hooks and shelves built from scraps of wood from other projects, you get the drift.

This is a call to action to all makers.  Locate a space, and make.  Just make. Just do. Create.


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