One of the crowd

Some single people feel out of place in a family ward, particularly as they look around and see so many married people with children.  I too sometimes feel out of place in my family ward, but it has nothing to do with my marital status and everything to do with my creative abilities.  Seriously, have you ever noticed the high degree of creative crafting among LDS women?  It seems like half of them have their own photography business, and the other half (admittedly there is lots of overlap here) scrapbook, quilt, do vinyl lettering or make fancy knickknacks for their homes.  Or to sell and supplement their husband's income.

Sadly for me, art class was never my forte.  My homemade cards always look homemade, and I don't actually like knickknacks, so I try to avoid those.  I've been in charge of RS weekday meetings for two years now in my current ward, and have managed to completely avoid having any sort of super Saturday or other type of craft night.  There is no need for me to broadcast my differences to the rest of the ward.

But as I was visiting my aunt last month, she showed me the crafts she had been working on, and one of them jumped out at me and said "you can do this!"  So I tried.  Here is the result - my effort is on the left, the sample is on the right.

Although the shine in the picture suggests a strong possibility of failure as a professional photographer, just looking at the craft makes me think I might be able to fit in to a family ward after all ! (It's a napkin in case you are wondering.  And if any of you reading this happen to get some Christmas tree napkins from me for Christmas, try to act surprised.)