Dear Creative Diary,
The tourists are coming.
Thousands of them. Flip-flops. Floaties. Family-sized SUVs.
Pouring into Lake George like glitter spilled across a map.
And some of them?
They’re gonna wander into The Creative Jam—sunburned, curious, holding iced lattes and vague expectations.
They’ll look around and immediately start second-guessing themselves.
“Is this a store?”
“Do I have to sign up for something?”
“Wait… am I even creative?”
Bless their sunscreen-slicked hearts.
And that’s why I created The Jam Stand.
There is no registration, no judgment, an no one hovering with a clipboard.
Just a shelf (fine, a bookcase) filled with little creative projects that whisper,
“Hey… you wanna try something?”
Anybody can grab a kit for as little as $3 and take it with them—
to the beach, the cabin, the porch, the hotel room with mystery carpet and questionable lighting.
Or, for $10 more, they can stay. In the air-conditioned, cabin-core, mildly mystical magic of Creative Jam and make something right here.
The stand has great projects such as kits to paint a birdhouse, or a unicorn, or a picture frame.
You can get kits to stick tiny flowers to things or you can even use tiny shiny things to create ‘diamond art’.
If you want, you could even make a pressed flower bookmark and pretend it’s for a friend (it’s not—it’s for them, and we both know it).
Will people take advantage of this? Who knows.
But the stand is full, the space is waiting, and the invitation is always open. and honestly, I hope they say yes.
Say yes to the project.
Yes to the moment and to their own messy, wonderful creative weirdness.
In any event, come check out the DIY projects available for purchase on The Jam Stand right here at The Creative Jam!
In the meantime, I’ll be here with glue on my hands and glitter in my hair. I will be watching it all unfold, hoping to see you soon,
Creative Jam
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