{"id":7596,"date":"2015-11-26T10:51:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=7596"},"modified":"2018-10-01T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T17:23:19","slug":"keri-lyn-butts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/keri-lyn-butts\/","title":{"rendered":"Art, music and travel: the ingredients for a beautiful life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, I will be profiling an extraordinary human being who lives in our community. If you know someone who is doing something interesting with their life, I want to hear about it. Send me an email at <\/strong><\/em>laura.maclean@doppleronline.ca<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I received a Facebook message from a friend of mine suggesting a profile on another one of Huntsville\u2019s extraordinary humans (I\u2019ve quickly learned this small town is full of them!) This is what it said: Keri-Lyn Butts…just moved back from Calgary where she was an assistant store manager at an organic grocery and wellness store. She also worked as a medic way north at the oil patch. She has travelled across Southeast Asia, a year through South America, across Canada and has now moved back home to Huntsville. She is an artist and currently working part-time at The Great Vine.<\/p>\n

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Naturally, my curiosity was piqued. Just from those few words, she sounded interesting. Over the last week, I\u2019ve learned just how extraordinary Butts really is.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be completely honest, this is the first time in my life that I haven\u2019t really got a plan. A huge driving force for me to come back to Muskoka has been to put down some roots\u2026 to kind of slow down from living in the city. I feel like I have lot of opportunity right now\u2026 and there\u2019s a bit of freedom in that. To just be able to coast for a couple of months, not everyone gets to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s pretty much the whole package: beautiful, intelligent, courageous, and creative. She\u2019s travelled all over the world and she\u2019s worked different jobs in a variety of fields.<\/p>\n

Butts is a free bird. A mover and a shaker. She\u2019s 32 years old and she\u2019s done more with her life than some people have who are twice her age. She cares deeply about the environment and knows about the importance of buying locally, whether it\u2019s products or food. Oh, and did I mention she\u2019s a self-taught musician, too? She plays the guitar, writes her own songs, and has a voice that could potentially make a grown man weep. She lives for music. It’s always been part of her life.<\/p>\n

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Music is something Butts can’t live without.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI count my lucky stars every day,\u201d she says of being fortunate to explore different parts of the world.<\/p>\n

And when it comes to her artistic capabilities, \u201cI don\u2019t try to force anything. I put my energy into what feels right at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since she\u2019s returned to her native soil of Allensville from living out west, Butts has been busy channeling her creativity into various art forms. From her quaint studio in her apartment, she makes unique wooden jewelry, which she is currently selling out of The Great Vine. She paints and does her art on wood that\u2019s been recycled from area construction sites or that\u2019s been given to her by friends and family. She’s also starting to make wooden signs for businesses.<\/p>\n\n\t\t