Party Break

I took a party break to visit a crafty friend of mine who moved to Florence, Montana. You may know my friend's work, she runs Bubble Off Plumb on Etsy and has a fun blog about a city girls adventures of moving to the wilds of Montana, Suddenly Surrounded by Taxidermy. It's a fun little blog and I can't wait to hear more of her adventures.

Multnomah Falls on my way out of Oregon.  This is a great hike if you ever visit Oregon.  The Multnomah Falls Lodge has a great blackberry cocktail in the summer.

On the road.  Just me and my friends china in the back there.  While I was there she busted the china out of their box's and we had Okonomiyaki on it.  It's a Japanese dish and her china was made in Japan. We thought it was fitting.

We took a short hike out their backyard which butts up against the forest. At the end of the hike we were greeted with the sounds of Sweeny Creek.

This is UNHEARD of in Portland which I live near.  Not even 45 degrees and all I'm wearing is a long sleeve tech shirt.  And I'm NOT freezing!!! Was it chilly, sure. But I could have stood out there all day with no coat and no gloves.  You've all heard of dry heat, well there's dry cold too.  And I'm proof of it.

Living the dream. My friends yard. Look at that view. After visiting my friend I am even more invigorated to pursue my man and I's dream.

Hope you enjoyed the mini vacation. Back to parties on Wednesday!!

Woo Hoo!! Wednesday

I'm so excited to finally be able to share this with you.

It's been hard keeping it a secret. I've been SO excited.

My friend TheMistressT  recently moved to Montana.  Boo because I miss her, but yeah because, ROAD TRIP!

You can read all about her (mis)adventures on her blog, Suddenly Surrounded by Taxidermy . Don't you just love that name!

Moving across town is stressful enough. But moving to another state with 2 dogs, 2 U-Hauls, and towing cars can be more stressful.

                                                 Picture courtesy of TheMistressT

I hatched a plan and sent messages to all her friends I could from her Facebook page. I had to be sneaky about it. I couldn't just come out and ask her for her friends email addresses.

One of her friends, Ellen, was fab! She immediately responded to my plan and said she would contact the embroidery group for me.  Yeah! Thank you Ellen :)

Here's my plan, sent via email:
I asked everyone to send a card, postcard or goodies to the post office in Montana. So when my friend and her man went to set everything up they would be surprised by FUN mail! I knew she'd only be expecting boring bills and junk mail.

My plan worked beautifully.

They were THRILLED! All those cards made them feel so loved :)

I'm hoping this idea spreads like wild fire.

Wouldn't you love it if someone did this for you ? I can tell you it gives you a wonderful feeling knowing you brightened someones day.

Text, email, Facbook it's all good. But there's something about receiving  a card.

If you like this idea, do it for someone you know or share this idea let me know. I would LOVE to hear about it. Fizzy Party on Facebook and Twitter 


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