Care Packages

The visit with my best friend Dawn was wonderful...but far too short. We only had about four hours to spend together but I think we made the most of it. As planned, we ate trifle, watched Twilight, and read some Twilight related literature. (i.e. Life and Style magazine) When it was time for her to leave, I really hated to see her go....I felt like we were just getting started.

Something Dawn and I have been doing for a while now is exchanging care packages. Over the course of a few months, we collect various items for the other person to borrow or keep, as the case may be. Then when the box gets full (but not so full that it becomes costly to ship), we pop it in the mail. Yesterday we were able to exchange our packages in person, which we both thought felt a little weird.

Among some of the items in her box to me were:

Magazines she knows I love, yet rarely buy:

Giant stack of vampire books:

(There was definitely a vampire theme to our visit.)

Awesome beauty cast offs and samples:There is a reason I refer to her as The Beauty Guru.

Dawn was also kind enough to throw in some prunes, because we had a prune discussion a few weeks back. Yep, that's the kind of friendship we have.

Aside from the books and magazines I shared with Dawn, there was also:

Cloth napkins:

I know there are napkin tutorials everywhere but I actually used Crystal's tutorial for Food Protectors to make these. Very simple and very fun to make. (Plus, Crystal's whole post about them is hilarious.)

This bag, which is the Drawstring Travel Bag from Weekend Sewing:I made the medium size bag, which is perfect for holding food protectors and a box of Edward candy.

I can't believe Dawn is gone already. But I'm excited to read all the vampire books I now have in my possession. Maybe one day soon we'll be able to discuss them in person.