Kij has sent back the Friendship Ball!

[pegkerr]

See what I received in the mail yesterday!

(For those not familiar with this custom between kijjohnson and me, read the entries tagged "Friendship Ball.")

Usually, we just send things back and forth in the ball itself, but knowing that I've been feeling kinda low lately, Kij included other little gifties in the box itself, turning my surprise package into a lovely early Easter basket.

Friendship Ball April 2007 Kij sent me a mini Easter basket when she sent back the Friendship ball! In the foreground, a silly refrigerator magnet (is your best friend a psycho?) Second row, a chocolate bunny, jelly beans, "bunny candy corn" and a tissue paper flower. In the back, three wee pamphlet/books, one called "These Blooming Herbs: A Book of Aromatic Gossip" and one called "On Gardens and Gardening" and one a handmade book that Kij has filled with affirmations.

The Friendship Ball, opened Opened, the Friendship ball reveals a wee lamb and two Pascal coins.

(Do I not have a cool best friend or what?)

Edited to add: Since people have asked: I got our friendship ball at a gift shop which has since gone out of business, but you can find them easily on the Internet. Here's one, and here's another. This second one looks like the one Kij and I have. Here's a heart-shaped one. Here's another, and another.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I would love to send one of my best friends a magnet that said, "Is Your Best Friend a Psycho?"! Unfortunately, her other best friend is being...um...rather psycho. So her laugh would almost certainly be rather weary.

[jbru.livejournal.com]

I wuv the the wittle wamb! Hurrah for best friends!

[phoenixsong]

You indeed have a very cool best friend. s:)

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

That is so cool. I still want to do that with my sister...but she's coming home in June.

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

what a wonderful friendship the two of you have.

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Well, I like it. :)

[la-belledame.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful! You do have one of the coolest best friends I've ever seen!

My bestest friend and I exchange tokens under the mantra "You NEED this" but I love the idea of the Friendship Ball.

Actually, I think I'd like to do this with my younger sister. Hmm...

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

What a grand idea! What a cool format to show how the other thinks of their friend. Where in the world did you actually find the 'ball?'

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I got mine at a gift shop which has since gone out of business, but you can find them easily on the Internet. Here's one, and here's another. This second one looks like the one Kij and I have.

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

You have an awesome best friend!

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it! Actually, I had every plan of stuffing it all in the ball somehow, but the only way to do that would have involved a hammer. Classic case of the eyes being bigger than the friendship ball.

Love you--