Just a little back story for those of you that follow my little up and coming business, Bright Side Up Crafts and Tees, I actually came to making custom t shirts in a roundabout way.

I used to love writing short little novels, novellas if you will, but after I was diagnosed with Bipolar it made it harder for me to think in such an in-depth way. So for a couple of years I did nothing creative with my time. I just came to work and went to sleep.

This continued until I started dealing with some personal issues that hit a little close to home and I was afraid that would push me further towards being depressed than I wanted to be.

Anyone that has ever fought depression knows that it’s a slippery slope and like a tar pit to get out of so I knew I had to make some changes to keep my mental health safe.

As luck would have it, my mom, Lesa Burrow Burt Is the queen of crafts and showed me how to use her cricut. After much trial and error I was able to start making my own shirts.

Since then, I have tried to use every free second I have working on either these t shirts or customized wood work that I do with my Mom so that I can keep those depression demons at bay.

Last nite I was sitting at work and could feel that voice in my head. That voice of depression that wanted to pull me down. It always makes me

Have an existential crisis where I struggle to see the point in doing anything in life. A whole lack of meaning of life thing going on.

As luck would have it, I had a t shirt order to do for a friend this morning and I used that to keep me from becoming depressed. I guess I just want everyone to know that I really appreciate the business and that it truly does help me see the bright side of life when I keep my head and hands busy!

Love y’all!