One thing that sorority girls everywhere are known for is their remarkable crafting ability. Meeting fellow sorority girls in the wooden letter aisle at Michael’s and bonding over your love of crafting and sisterhood is not uncommon. But it would be unfair to assume that every single sorority girl is a pro crafter... I say this because I am one of them – one of the few sorority girls whose crafts unfortunately look like they were done by a nine-year-old kid at summer camp.
Despite my best intentions and my high hopes for my crafting projects, it just never seems to go as planned. Pinterest boards full of cute ideas inspire you to give the crafting thing another shot, but you are soon reminded of your lack of crafting skills. Once again, you’re left only with frustration and an ugly canvas you have no use for.
It’s even worse when your close friends are top-notch crafters. Craft nights turn into craft competitions, and you always lose (even if she tries to assure you your project doesn’t look like crap – you know it does).
The weeks (months, really) leading up to Big-Little Reveal are a struggle. Having to make multiple baskets full of cute crafts to give to your new Little proves to be a challenge if you suck at crafting. You don’t want to give her a bunch of ugly crafts that not even you would want to hang up, but you have to come up with something to give her. You can cheat and buy crafts from Etsy or other places, but this can get expensive. Crafting ability would really be more convenient.
But look at the bright side. Just because you suck at crafting doesn’t mean you should stop having fun craft nights with your friends. Even with my significant lack of crafting ability, I have still made great memories of crafting with my sisters. In fact, some of the best memories are from when the projects turned out horribly.
So if you're like me and accidentally burning yourself with a hot glue gun is no longer a rare occasion in your endeavors to create a perfect set of letters, don’t worry. You are not a failure of a sorority girl. By asking friends for help or by buying pre-made crafts, no one else has to know of your lack of crafting skills.
