Goodies tray! Anyone?

What do you think makes a better gift? Cash, goodies, or practical items? Let's keep it realistic.

_{we're not exactly swimming in Ambani-level wealth here. I'm still in awe after those IG reels which showed his son's pre-wedding. You are free to Google the details or use whatever search engine you prefer.}

Let's talk small-scale surprises.

_{something like this}

We had a birthday coming up for a mutual friend of mine and @event-horizon's, and we thought of putting together a small gift along with a cake. No, I'm not making the cake myself. The cake-man is back in action.

I received help from Hira in choosing this tray. She is such a sweetheart. She video called me from our small gift shop here.

_{isn't it lovely! @event-horizon helped pick this up}

When I got the tray, I murmured, 'It kind of looks empty. I should add something to it.' So, as an afterthought, I decided, 'Let's add goodies to it and make it a gift hamper kind of thing.' You know I'm an idea generator.

_{Once again, my call of cry for @event-horizon. She was visiting her hometown, so she brought back these goodies.}

I think these assorted goodies make a good hamper. There's a nice variety. Personally, it makes me very happy to receive something like this. Cash prize or even an item for personal use may not get this amount of endorphins and dopamines out of me.

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Now, I could finally proceed to gather these assorted goodies and arrange them beautifully in the tray to create a charming gift hamper!

_{I tied a bow like this earlier}

Nah! Didn't like it this arrangement of net...

So I did it in another way...

👆 A little demo how I used net for packing it.
Made a knot, and secured it with a rubber band.

Made a bun and secured it with an other rubber band. Tie a ribbon on it. Voilà it's done. Easy peasy.

It looks so pretty 😍

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The cake man did a wonderful job. And together, a clan of us three ladies went to surprise our mutual friend. A little elf told her about our plans, and we were greeted with a look of surprise and a lovely tea:

I'm in love with this blue teapot and tea cups. This is our traditional blue pottery from the city of Multan. The hostess has really good taste in crockery.

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Our friend loved everything from the tray to the cake. It's moments like these that remind us of the importance of cherishing simple pleasures and spreading joy. Here's to celebrating life's little joys now and then!

Take care and keep celebrating life's beautiful moments!

Signing off,
Yours,
@soulfuldreamer