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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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5:53p - mini bows and pale pink matches - went to the lovely miss emma over cupcakes on sunday
Each week, a decorated matchbox with a tiny present hidden inside is left by a girl (and sometimes willing friends) somewhere in her travels. It's a random act of semi-artistic kindness aimed at disrupting someone's day in a tiny but positive way. That's if they dare to pick it up...
From a crumpled red and white candy striped paper bag came two very good looking matchboxes, all the way from Scotland. From a gallery in Edinburgh to be exact and individually decorated by an artist called Laurie Hastings. I kept the cuter one and it's now in good company with other souvenir boxes given to me from France and India.
I especially love that the fire/friction part of the matchbox was not the usual burgundy cross-hatch but grains of sand and the matches inside had pale pink tips. And that they were apparently carried through customs in one pocket, with a tube of superglue in the other and no one was arrested/frisked. So much for uber terrorist safety laws, not that I’m complaining.
So we’re taking a break from the lovely diversion that was guest-boxes for a while! Apologies for the general delay – a combination of flu and an avalanche of uni essays makes matchbox making and dropping largely impossible.
And so we have little bows! On safety pins! Because why buy a one inch badge pin with a picture of a bow on it when you can have your very own mini bow. For your coat as the days get colder or just to make your bag happier.
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