Reclaim . Reimagine . Redo ~ whether it’s an idea or a treasure of yesterday waiting to become a treasure of today and tomorrow.

Hi, my name is Cindy. Together with my SO, John, we are Chippewa Creek.

We live on the banks of Chippewa Creek, a meandering little creek, in a tiny little town. Looking out at the creek there is a simple, natural, constant flow. No matter what the environment brings it’s way, it keeps meandering.  This is how we view our life today.

My career has always been as an office manager/bookkeeper. After being laid off from the corporate world in the auto industry in 2008, my values have changed regarding materialism and what I need in my life to make me happy. I decided to step back, get off the corporate bandwagon, and live my life a little more simply. Making and banking money wasn’t making me happy.

We are learning more skills, more about the earth, more about each of us individually.  We love the simple life.

We have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. They are our life. What we are learning today will go forward for them.

The discovery of ourselves has led to many more interests, hobbies and things in every day living.  Mostly it has led us back to doing things with what you have and doing it how many would consider old-fashioned — cooking from scratch, growing and preserving our own food, creating useful unique decor from what many would consider “junk”, enjoying family on a much more intense level, using everyday life as a canvas in my photography hobby, and using the already love of creating from wood.  This site was created to share all of these new interests, hobbies, and skills.

John and I are living a dream of making our own living with our talents. We create with our thoughts from wood, from special pieces, from pieces that need to be recycled back into the “living”.  We also make handmade soap using the hot process method of years gone by.  Please take a minute to visit C & J Creations, our online store!