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LIFE & INNOVATION THE ONTARION
1 7 | RE M E M B RA NCE DAY
1 8 | MAKE L ESS WASTE
d.i.y. business
Aisa Sah o What’s for sale: Bath bombs and
incense
Ni ght Shi ft Ce rami cs
Night Market vendors share their advice
Creator: Aisa Saho
Mi l k Thi s tl e Pape r Co . What’s for sale: Ceramic jewelry
Fiona Cashell: How did you decide to start your business? Aisa Saho: I decided to start
my business around things I personally use. I thought it would be important to have some natural alternatives versus what you can find in some big box stores.
FIONA CASHELL
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@ t h e ont ar i o n
n Saturday, Nov. 4, the Guelph Fall Night Market took place at the Brothers Brewing Company. Despite the rainy weather, customers lined up around the block to get a chance to buy some one-of-a-kind and vintage items. I approached a few of the vendors to get a better understanding of what led them to their businesses, their greatest rewards, and the challenges they face when working as vendors.
FC: What has been your greatest challenge? AS: Learning what people like and
learning to fit my products to that. It’s not necessarily a challenge, but explaining what things are and their benefits can become repetitive. FC: What is the greatest reward? AS: I think it’s important to
incorporate these kinds of items into your daily life to improve mental and physical health. Self care is so important, and I like to think my products can be an aspect of that.
and home decor
What’s for sale: Greeting cards
and posters
Creator: Robyn Molnar
Creator: Lisa Harrison
Fiona Cashell: How did you decide to start your business? Robyn Molnar: The decision was
very random, I took a workshop on ceramics and found it exciting and decided to keep practicing.
FC: What has been the greatest challenge? RM: I started my business with
very little money, so that was a challenge. I was also between an intermediate and novice skill set for a clay worker, and had to keep practicing.
FC: What is the greatest reward? RM: I love it when people pick
up my stuff and really like it. It’s great when they enjoy my style and colours.
Fiona Cashell: How did you decide to start your business? Lisa Harrison: I just did it! I
only began in June when I had just moved to Guelph, and had always done creative work and had gone to art school.
FC: What has been your greatest challenge? LH: I love focussing on the cre-
ative aspect of the business, but the business side is a large aspect of my work that always needs attention. FC: What has been your greatest reward? LH: Being able to work for
myself and following my own path has been extremely rewarding.
O N DATI N G
My worst Tinder dates SIERRA MCEWEN
ACCORDING TO GLOBAL NEWS ,
53 per cent of Tinder’s users are between the ages of 18 and 24. It is evident that this is an online world inhabited by millennials. So naturally, I was curious to see what all the hype was about. I decided after a couple glasses of wine with my girlfriends on a hot summer’s night that it was a great idea to join. I kept the app for a solid two months, which ended up being a great source of entertainment for me and my friends. By the end of my experiment — after enduring horrid pick-up lines and vulgar sexual innuendos — I feel confident in saying that I should win an award for the number of terrible dates that I’ve been on.
we had enough things in common to hold a conversation — like a love for debating politics — so we decided to meet up for dessert. Little did I know, I would become this man’s life coach. Over dessert he began to explain how his last relationship ended — she just fell out of love with him and left. He continued to share with me that he didn’t know if true love even exists. This situation was awkward, and I saw tears form in his eyes. I panicked and threw multiple Oprah quotes at him. I referenced the book What I Know For Sure, and told him he should read it. A week later, after this therapy-session-of-a-date, he began messaging me pages from the Oprah book he purchased.
“...boys are evidently just as weird as you are”
swiped right on was not the same man in front of me. I’m five feet four inches tall, so it’s pretty hard to find a guy shorter than me. Height really isn’t an issue, nor does it determine the quality of a person; but, when you openly share your height to be six-footone, and end up being shorter than me, we have a problem. Not only was the height a blatant lie, but the photo was clearly not of him either. So much so that when I walked into the coffee shop I couldn’t even find the guy. When he came up to me, I talked to him for a good 10 minutes. I was very uneasy about it all and blurted out: “My work called me in early, I have to go, bye!”
THE CATFISH THE BROKEN HEART
Let’s start off with the broken heart I met:
I never thought in my lifetime that I would be catfished. Even with the luck I have, it was to my surprise that the photo I
THE SIBLING
Along with being catfished and becoming
an Oprah expert, I can now add to my credentials being sisterly. This is by far the icing on the Tinder cake. After spending time at an antique store and having a great time (to my knowledge), the date ended with him punching my shoulder and saying, “Wow, you’re like a sister to me.” Being 19 and going out with a 25-year-old may result in being classified as a sister. I just couldn’t stop laughing when I got in my car to drive home. Tinder is a learning experience and leads to many stories to tell your friends in the future. However, always be safe and let people know where you are (you never know what could happen). The app has taught me that life isn’t that serious, and boys are evidently just as weird as you are. It’s influenced me in many ways. I have learned a lesson or two about being more outgoing and taking chances. When all is said and done, I think the two months of having Tinder was all that I needed. I wouldn’t use it again, but am thankful for the funny stories I have to share.