Friendship Bag

Not something I'd heard of before but I received one a couple of days ago from a friend on the imag-e-nation forum. It had me in tears and if you want to find out more about it, what it contained etc then take a trip over to my Ramblings blog and read all about it. It's something I shall remember for a long time ....

Enjoy!!

Piccies ...

... of Kim's Friendship Bag and card! Touched base long enough to take them today so here they are - with the missing candle. Yes, my personal Bermuda Triangle gave it up. It actually came out of the bag with all the other stuff but I certainly didn't put it in there 'cos it was definitely missing! Twilight zone, or what - eh??


Here's the bag (click on images to enlarge) ...

... and here are the contents. Each one of these were individually wrapped in a (largish) piece of paper which had the appropriate sentiment on. (see here)


This is the card and beautiful it is too. I've discovered ('cos I've just got to have it) that it's the Hero Arts Dandelion SB/G4917.
















It's available from the Glitterpot, amongst other places so guess what I'm going to buying next time I'm there - lol!! I just love the way that Kim has highlighted areas of it with irridescent glitter and, what doesn't show in the photo's .... it's stamped in a lovely pearlescent ink so I'm guessing it's Brilliance. Beautiful and this stamp has soooo many possiblities - a true 'jack of all trades' - lol!

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I've received ...

... a brilliant, and touching, gift from one of my imag-e-nationer friends. I had no idea what it was, what it was called and neither did I have any idea who it was from. I didn't find the card until I'd opened the gift and gone through it. It was a really pretty homemade bag which was filled with lots of little gifts, each having a little sentiment. I have to say, it had me in tears by the time I opened the 4th item. My friend had picked up that I'm not having a very good time, personally, at the moment and she sent it to cheer me up. It certainly did that, even if it did make me cry - lol! I was so, so touched that somebody had taken that much thought for ME!!

It was a 'Friendship Bag' and it contained -

Rubber (cute rabbit head eraser) - to erase all the bad and unhappy memories

Thread - friendship ties us together

Candle (little birthday cake candle) - there is a light at the end of the tunnel

Marble - to keep you rolling along

Rubberband - to keep you flexible and bouncing back

Bubbles (tiny champagne bottle bubbles) - to pop all negative thoughts and for sheer fun

Happy face (sucky, popup, bouncy one) - smiling is contagious

Puzzle piece (there's now a puzzle that has a piece missing somewhere!) - you are an important piece of people's lives

Cotton wool balls (3 of) - to cushion any rough roads

Starburst (a tube of) - to give you a burst of energy on days you don't have any

Clip (blue heart shaped) - to help hold things together

Sticky tape (miniature roll on dispenser) - to tape your lips when you have nothing good to say (she knows me better than I thought - lol!)

Chewing gum (one stick of) - a reminder that friends stick

Plaster (one elastoplast type) - to heal hurt feelings

Tissue - to wipe away the tears

Toothpick - to pick out the good qualities in everyone, including yourself and ... the little packet that said, on the outside

Open Last and on the inside ......... and if all else fails - chocolate!! (a bar of Dairy Milk)

It must have taken an age to do the sentiments, wrap & tape each little gift individually, make the bag and the beautiful card so a huge, huge thank you to KIM(bo) for taking the time, the trouble and the thought but, most of all thank you for being so caring and for being you!

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