Alpaca Box For You! (‘I’ll pack a’ box for you...get it?)
First of all, this isn’t one of those unboxing videos or product reviews because the Alpaca Box isn’t a real subscription box service. It’s simply a thing I created to make sending college care-packages to my little sister more fun and special.
I LOVE receiving presents through snail mail but no one ever sends me anything (sad!), so I’ve resorted to sending gifts instead. I left for school when my sister was only 7 so I would send her letters, cards and fun things throughout the school year. Now that she’s in college and I have an income, I am going to start sending her small monthly care-packages.
...so like an idiot, I made up a brand, Awkward Alpaca, represented by one very uncomfortable looking alpaca named Jerry, and a subscription box, Alpaca Box For You (or Alpaca Box for short). To make it more legit, I even set up a newsletter via MailChimp to send updates to my clients (well, 1 client - my sister), just like how a real subscription box service would:
As you can tell from above, the “Alpaca Fun Fact” is very creative. I’m fantastic at making up shit.
I think the subscription box craze has been getting out of hand. Though I understand the desire for monthly surprises delivered to your doorsteps, most of these boxes are just full of things you don’t need but feel guilty tossing because you’ve already spent money on it. But my Alpaca box is awesome, handmade and full of sarcasm!
October Alpaca Box content
1 somewhat fancy hand-crafted item: 1 birthday item: I made a necklace from the stone my sister found by the ocean when we visited Maine in August, and a non-wacky colored Essie gel nail polish!
1 holiday (Halloween) item: I designed and made a Book of Life dead Manolo paper doll!
1 snack item: Japanese peach gummy! Enough said!
1 bonus item: “Woodlands” playing card that I designed, so that she can gamble at school, obviously!
I’m hoping to keep this up but we shall see...
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