I believe that the economy is bad.  What I also believe is that the media helps perpetuate the negative attitude about the economy, therefore increasing the problem.  Last week on St. Patrick’s day I turned on the TV to hear one of the morning show anchors say, “Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s economy is the worst it has been in years.”  The host who shall remain nameless basically made this statement in the same breath.  For heaven’s sake we can’t say enough about the US economy being awful, but now we have to pick a related holiday to go after the doom and gloom of another country.  Could we not wake up to Happy St. Patrick’s day, have our green beverage, celebrate a little luck o the Irish and then go into the rotten economy after we have our morning coffee.

Well yesterday was a reasonablly good day economically speaking and another morning show did give props to the good things that are happening.  Are we out of the woods economy wise, probably not.  Is a big fat smile everyone’s face going to pull us out the depths of recession no, but it certainly can’t hurt to spread a little sunshine from time to time.

As crafters I believe we are a happy lot for the most part.  I believe our creativity spreads and breeds goodwill.  When I was looking for a little scrapbooking news today I came across this article that shows that crafters are forging on and thriving in our tough economy.  It states that craft sales have proven to be very positive as more people are staying home and finding more and more ways to stretch that dollar.  Crafts sales may see a bit of a decline in future months but the creative spirit of the crafter will not be thwarted.  A crafter will find a way to make something out of nothing or anything they find laying around.

Here’s to you crafters drive our economy by buying supplies that drive your creativity.  Drive the goodwill of the economy with your spirits.  We a little luck and a lot of praying we will be talking about this economic downturn as history and not our future.

If you would like to read more of the article about the Crafting:  A Silver Lining in a Tough Economy

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