This year has been, well less than ideal. My mental health has never been worse and that's something I didn't even think was possible. I feel like most people who care at all are just so burned out and exhausted from all the horrible bullshit worldwide this year has churned out.
My therapist has been telling me to think about what I want to do and most of what I truly, desperately want is just not possible with my health and the way things are. However one thing that I have always loved is surprising people and seeing a genuine smile. I just love to see people happy.
For the past few years @howlingwolf23 and I have bought chocolate fundraising boxes from Sam's club and printed out positive/motivational messages on just regular printer paper and taped them onto the wrappers for his coworkers as an end of the year pick me up. They have always loved it.
A few times we have offered/given candy bars to the drive through workers at some restaurants and most of them were both shocked and giddy about it.
So this year we bought a larger variety and amount of candy and decided to make them look a bit fancier/more festive. We typed up a file with 22 different positive adjectives. Each one says You are and the adjectives we chose are: awesome! fabulous! terrific! valuable!stupendous! incredible! outstanding! splendid! spectacular!remarkable! stellar! stunning! resplendent! wondrous! enough! magnificent! marvelous! valuable! amazing! dazzling! captivating!fantastic! appreciated! a Rock Star! (yes we ran out of adjectives I was comfortable using because most of the rest we thought up or found were things that I have no way of knowing about people like kind, determined, lucky, jolly, personable, friendly, you get the point). Also if anyone has any suggestions for other positive/nice things that are short enough to fit on candy bars please let me know so I can save them for next time we do this.
We then printed four copies on silver card-stock we had and I finally decided to use a roll of ribbon that my uncle found and gave me 21 (shit that's so long) years ago and I've never used because it says I love you and has hearts on it and I have always just thought well I don't know if I love this person or even if I do if they will take it wrong or think it's tacky or any number of negative things (yeah I way over think things because I have been misunderstood so many times over the years, turns out I'm autistic so that at least explains why I've struggled with social situations and conversations). But I decided who cares, this years been awful, why not use the I love you ribbon and don't think about it, even though I'm very obviously still thinking about it. So I tied the individual candies up like a package, the soft packages are actually my favorite because the squish in the middle and look like a bow, added the sentiments and curled the ribbons. Just got done with them and I'm hoping that they make at least some people have a bit of a better day when we start offering them.
I think it's a pretty simple/easy idea that perhaps others would like to try but wouldn't have thought about so I wanted to share it. Of course it could just be the candy or a small candy with no ribbon or words and definitely doesn't have to be the quite large scale that we have decided on for this year, I mean I think 88 is a pretty large scale. I mean you could also do flowers but they can't really be tucked in a pocket and need to stay moist and not crushed, also they are pretty expensive at the store, though everything feels like that now.
This is probably kinda rambly, it's 1 am and I'm really tired but can't sleep.
TLDR: cute gift idea for strangers or coworkers to possibly brighten their day.
the urge to make Eos a badass swordswoman w a big badass rapier vs having her be an expert w small knives and daggers because i want her to say 'wow that sure is a big sword are you compensating for something~?' to Astraeus and promptly destroy him
My life's goal is to be as comfy as the Brambly Hedge mice.
Dearest Bookhos,
I’ve been enchanted by the adorable world of Brambly Hedge since I was a kid and I’m starting to draw inspiration from them for my own craft projects. Please enjoy, and make sure to have a fresh cup of tea ready for this tea cosy.
Best, Bianca
Supplies:
Scrapsquilt pattern piecepaper to make a patterna cup (or three) of hot tea)
Links:
The Four Seasons of Brambly Hedge:…
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