Sunshine.

We could all use a little sunshine in our lives, right?

I've found, for me, one of the best pick-me-ups is to love on others.

Gifts, packages, notes, voicemails, and long hugs for others bring a lot of sunshine into my heart.

And those things have never more important to me as they have in the last weeks. 

I was finishing up a birthday package for one of my heart friends, Lauren. 

{Who recently moved to Denver for this amazing venture!}

And I wanted to a bit of sunshine.

So I looked through my cupboards and decided to make a cookie mix in a jar for her.

Sunshine cookies, to be exact!

Have you had those?

Ohemgee. They're so good. 

Just so we're keeping it real here, I want to point out how unperfect this little project was. 

I'm sure by now you know for certain I am anything but perfect,

but I think I need to make sure I work on telling the whole story.

Even just when it comes to a simple little cookie mix in a jar.

So, I used what I had for this. I didn't want to go scouring for a perfect jar. I also thought of putting another cookie mix in there, but I didn't want to have to go spend more money on ingredients than I needed to.

{Lauren, my cheapness doesn't reflect my love for you! :D}

So I used a jar I'd been saving. It was cute, but definitely too small.

I used chalkboard paint I had on hand to create the 'label'. 

And, as you can see, my chalk writing definitely needs some work.

I like to think it adds character. No? :)

Next, I piled in the ingredients.

And PACKED them all down. 

Only too find out...

Right. My jar was WAY too small. So I improvised. I included the M&M's in a packet tied to the jar and labeled them 'bits of sunshine'. Cute, but unplanned. And then I really just put the sugar in a baggie with that tag. Classy, I know. I think Lauren loves me still. 
All this to say, I'm not perfect. I'm far from a craft genius. But I love my friends. And I'm pretty sure they love me through my imperfectness.  You know, just as Jesus does. 

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{linking up with Christina for 20 Below!}