Picture this: 25 adults gathered in a room.
A Spotify playlist called y2k middle school dance except youre in therapy this time blasts in the background.
Occasionally the hive mind shakes off their laser focus to join the Spice Girls for a chorus of Wannabe.
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I know what youre thinking, and the answer is nothis is not heaven.
This isShitty Craft Club.
I startedShitty Craft Clubin 2019 when I was creativelyburnt outby my 9-to-5 gig.
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Instantly, I knew I had to make my own pair.
It was an instant hit.
Now, Shitty Craft Club is afully published bookthat I feel like I birthed from my own body.
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Craft #1: The Chaotique Headband
As a kid, accessories were my thing.
I was obsessed with my older cousins impressive stack of jangly bangles.
I bought 25-cent slap bracelets at every grocery store.
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They lacked any glimmer of joy or pizzazz!
Any anxieties and fears about being perceived were still 20 years in the future.
Skip over to your local craft or dollar store for some beads and pom-poms.
Cover that headband until its stacked high with glitzy, puffy, colorful chaos.
Jellies, velcro sneakers, HeelysI had them all.
I dont know if light-up sneakers have made a comeback for adults, but they should.
), and Adidas sneakers with the most unique stripe colors available.
And they didnotsmell good.
Sandals a little boring?
Boots a little bland?
That white pair of sneakers too bright?
No shoe is safe from my crafty vision.
All current and future shoes must bring me joy.
No more neutrals, you guys!
And I am 100000000% certain kid Sam would prefer it that way.
My big plan was to become a show choir girl who had never heard of cleats or free throws.
I said No, but Ill sing the national anthem at your next game?
Smash cut to 2023.
Im standing in Dicks Sporting Goods, ready to purchase a basketballanda soccer ball.
How did I get here?
I would love to tell you.
Remember me, self?
Yeah, were bringing all of that back with a regulation-size beaded basketball that will definitelynotbe able to bounce.
Am I making this sound fun?
Because when were dealing with shitty crafts, its not important that its perfectits important that you made it.
That, my friends, is aSam dunk.
