The prices of everything are going up and third places are going down. When you are being sold constantly on the next whimsy product and the friction of purchase becomes more reduced it is easier for us to buy our personality. True whimsy can not be found on tiktok shops or on amazon. Instead of looking for whimsy online I encourage all of us to instead step outside and look for it in our local community.
BUT CAS WHERE IS THE WHIMSY WHEN I HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON EVERYTHING!?!?
Great question dear reader! Let’s first talk about what makes something whimsical. According to the marian dictionary whimsy is a fanciful or fantastic device, object, or creation especially in writing or art. Often the whimsy we see portrayed online has a homemade feel and that is the root of whimsy and why it can not be bought. When you make purchases it releases a small amount of dopamine which businesses have spent 100000000 of dollars on to get you to spend the most to feel the most. However you may not feel strongly about those objects months after they have been sitting on your self. You will however still feel strong about a trinket tray you made with your friends during a girls night.
SO HOW CAN I FIND MY WHIMSY!?!?!
Where is the magic in life hiding? Well reader it’s in you of course! One of the best ways to cultivate that wonderful warm whimsy feeling is by making and curating your space with momentos from your travels, flowers picked from a local garden, trinkets made with friends.
Some low cost crafts you could do are:
- Make friendship bracelets
- Paint pavers to set outside your home
- Paper chains to decorate your home
- Air dry clay trinket trays
Whimsy is not how aesthetic or on trend the item is, it’s about how it makes you feel when you look at it. If you fill your space with happy memories and slightly misshapen clay figures made with friends your face will feel whimsical in no time!
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