perfect isn’t real.

Mental Health is.

and creating arts & crafting helps

“neuroaesthetics is proving that art, art-making, and sensory-rich environments can generate chemical and physical responses that help us feel better, learn quicker, and live life more fully”

— Joann Greco | The Healing Powers of a Brain on Art

IT’S SCIENCE!

⋆what is even happening here⋆

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host an event & make some magic that you can keep forever!

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it’s craft night! get out and try a new skill - no experience required

CRAFT NIGHTS

⋆Who even am I⋆

I am Tracey, and I own/operate/dilly dally around Whichcraft Art Bar. I’m serving up a healthy* amount of arts & crafts, so pop in and say !

thinking back through what memories I have access to, arts & crafts have definitely always been my thing. One time I put a cast - A PLASTER CAST - on my arm to go beyond for a science fair. In ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. it was later cut off with some crazy tool my dad had. There was another period of life where I drew mandalas. Like, constantly. So much so, I have one TATTOOED on my shoulder. I have sewn my children gym shorts, and made every invitation that they’ve sent out.

I NEED TO DO ARTS & CRAFTS

Matrescence and my non-negosh need to create is driving me face-first into this adventure, along with my support system, therapy, and medication is allowing me to run face first into what I truly believe I am meant to do earthside. Use art as a connection to myself and my community. accepting that perfect isn’t real, and art is an expression of emotion whether intentional or not. Learning to express those emotions is challenging, but so worth the reward. It calms me down.

MATRESCENCE?

In very unscientific terms, Matrescence is similar to adolescence. The difference being the timing in life. Matrescence encompasses the psychological, social, and existential changes that occur during and after becoming a mother.

A dramatic display of this is how I went from being a Sr. Manager of Sales Strategy & Analytics to an arts & crafts studio owner 🧙🏼‍♀️