I am sure you have all seen Handmade Ryan Gosling images floating around the interwebs by now. If you haven’t, go check out the link. Go on, I’ll wait… *twiddles thumbs*
Hey, you’re back, awesome! Right, so, the premise of this is that he is the perfect man for the crafty lady. Part of the humour comes from the fact that those of us in the ‘crafty scene’ totally get all of the statements – they speak our truth, man.
Sadly, I think part of the humour also comes from us laughing away with our girls, saying ‘yeah right, like we’d ever find a guy like that’. I think that’s a bit sad though, don’t you? I mean, why shouldn’t we expect our guys to help and support us in our dreams and crafty endeavours?
I’m lucky enough to have such a guy (who does take the international orders to the post office, regularly!) and I and immensely thankful for that every single day.
I think this whole trying to make a living from your craft thing is really, really hard. And having someone – whether it’s your husband, boyfriend, mum, dad, bestie, sister etc who really ‘gets’ you and what you do is so, so important.
We love what we do, sure – but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t get hard, or tedious, or tiring. It does – just like any job or business, it has its good and bad.
Working for yourself is the hardest job you’ll ever have.
But the satisfaction you get from making a living with your own two hands is beyond amazing.
And having someone who plays the role of cheerleader in your life is an immense gift!
So – who plays the role of Handmade Ryan Gosling in your life?
My same guy is my cat guy and my handmade guy 🙂
Laughing at those bits on Tumblr, too funny!
My boyfriend is pretty good about being my Handmade Ryan Gosling. Although he doesn’t really understand–but he tries!
MY HMRG gives great business advice and supports me as best he can, even if he does think I am a little crazy from time to time!
I’m lucky enough to have one too. Super supportive and has been doing the postal run daily for a long time for me. Actually, this weekend he even went with the little one to stay at my parents place at the coast to give me quiet working time 🙂
I showed my husband the Handmade Ryan Goslings and he cracked up laughing. He could see so much of what he does in them. He’s now taken to saying “Hey Girl…” before offering to do things. He is my perfect husband to a crafter man!
Haha, that’s brilliant! 😀