Here is my future daughter-in-law, Paula, with my son, Harlan. This was taken a few weeks ago when we were all on vacation in Puerto Vallarta. Let me tell you alittle about Paula, who will receive this first bag of my Bag of the Month Project. Paula is a southern girl, born and raised in Atlanta. Sheis a very easy going person, warm, social, bright and articulate. She is a very enjoyable person to be with. She is also passionate about many things, including environmental issues, green businesses, fair trade and organic products, and feminist causes. She loves to listen to NPR, she sings and plays drums (formerly in the DC Band the Sprogs), and loves chocolate. She will be a wonderful life companion to our son, and we could not be happier to welcome her into our family. Right now she is getting her MBA at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she will specialize in helping businesses to become sustainable. In addition to being a top student, she enjoys art, and has recently enrolle din a pottery class. She has made many beautiful silk screen prints which decorate the townhouse where they currently live, near Chapel Hill. Paula's favorite color is purple, and she will wear a purple wedding dress this June. Harlan's favorite color is orange, so I have made them a purple and orange wedding canopy (Chuppah) for the ceremony, that can be used as a bed quilt or wall hanging after the wedding. The bag I am giving Paula is made from leftover scraps from this quilt.
I have selected a few carefully chosen gifts to go in this bag I have made for Paula. Here they are:
1. A piece I wrote about cooking for Harlan that contains some recipes of his favorite foods.
2. An environmentally friendly travel bag from Aveda that contains refillable plastic containers. I know Paula will be traveling a lot in the year to come: for her honeymoon to Ireland, to Minneapolis and Atlanta for family celebrations, to Costa Rica for winter break, and to California as part of her summer internship.
3. Two bars of organic, fair trade chocolate! For her sweet tooth with a conscience.
Here is the bag, filled with presents, and ready to give to Paula when she comes to visit in ealry March. I hope she likes it!
1 comment:
I love your concept of filling the bags with perfect items for the recipient! Adds a whole other dimension to bag-giving
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