care package

remember this post?  since revealing my pinterest project list i have had a chance to complete some of the projects.  i started with an easy one and made my friend jessica a pink care package.

jessica and i met our sophomore year of college.  we were dorm mates both paired with freshman roommates.  we met around october/november and were acquaintances.  at the end of first semester my roommate was moving out of the dorms leaving me without a dorm fridge or warm carpet to cover the cold tile floor.  it just so happened that jessica had everything i didn't and vice versa.  so, she moved into my dorm and we quickly became best of friends.

               

                                 

jessica gives me the excuse and support to continually watch disney movies, eat endless amounts of goldfish crackers, and introduced me to the concept of wearing sweatpants to classes.  yes - i do confess i never, ever, ever, ever would have been caught in public wearing sweatpants until jessica.  anyone who is around me today knows that is quite the opposite. :)

                                               

ok, so i bet you're dying to see the details of the care package, right?

i started by making my own envelope with leftover scrapbook paper.  i just took apart an envelope and traced around it.  another helpful hint is when you are folding the new envelope, place the old envelope on top and fold one section of the old part and then that same section on the new envelope.  it helped my lines stay straight and even.

for the actual care basket, i just searched for fun pink items.  jessica is also a teacher so this is more of a teacher basket.  here's the breakdown.

1. pink basket

2. pink dispenser of white out tape

3. pink chap stick

4. pink erasers

5. pink life water

6. pink sticky notes

7. pink nail polish

8. pink gum

9. pink pencil sharpener

in case you're counting, that would be TWO of the projects i hoped to make!  anyway, this is well on its way to jessica.  i hope she enjoys it.  if you were to make or receive a color themed care package, what color would it be?  what items would you put in it?  i would love to hear your thoughts.