Partay!

So, my post-thesis party was pretty much a slam dunk. Great food was eaten, great conversation was had, there were glow in the dark games, and the night ended in dancing. That's pretty much the textbook definition of a successful grown up party, right? Honestly, once in awhile something comes along that is just so wonderful and meaningful that over-explaining it seems a little sacrilegious. My best peeps were there--enough said. Here's some pics, graciously taken by one of our family friends (filters added by me, because I'm a sucker and I just can't help myself!).  

This is the bff that I'm always talking about. 

My folks, who pretty much made it all happen. 

Sisterly Love in Metric Tonnes

My brother's birthday was last month. He was vacationing in Ontario, so I held off on mailing his gift (packed with delicious perishables). But now he's back in BC (I think), so I packaged up his gift and sent it off to what I hope was the right address . . .

I made this pretty awesome card for him.

I really did.

Actually, it's an envelope made of cardstock stuffed with pics from the Mumford & Sons concert in Holland Park that he took me to for my birthday. I can't really compete with Mumford & Sons tix, so I made it all sentimental and home-made this year.

The card is even more awesome if you know the story behind it. (Which I am about to tell you)

It all started a couple Christmases ago, when Darren's gift tag to me looked like this:

For his birthday that year, I made him the little embroidery on the wall in this pic:

Then last Christmas he got me this super awesome fabric (which I haven't been able to cut into yet, due to its sentimental value!).

Awwww, what a lovely story. Right?

This year's card was made by photocopying the original whale image from that first Christmas and making a stencil, then filling the stencil with my thumb prints in black ink. Easy peasy, and pretty darn fantastic. Welcome to awesome-town.