Joy in a box

[evacatherder]

Historically, craft exchanges have been primarily about the crafting to me. It is always a fun challenge for me to have to come up with an idea for someone that I don’t know well. There is always a small sense of risk. When it comes to fandoms, does this other person have the same take on this ‘verse as I do? Will I upset their sense of how things work?

Little did I know that this year, having a gift magically appear in my mailbox made me happier than I could have ever expected. And what a gift it was!
There we two beautifully wrapped packages.

First I opened the smaller one. And inside I found this. A cross-stitch of Zoe from Firefly.
Now, a brief aside, last year my brother gave me a framed collage that included Carrie Fisher’s autograph. And I used it as the Centerpiece of what I call my Wall of Rebellious Women (my deep apologies for the crooked pictures, but I wanted to finish this post and didn’t take the time to straighten them)

I have a much smaller collection of fan art of Okoye and Zoe Alleyne Washburn to add to the wall, it I haven’t gotten them up yet. But now is obviously the time to do so so that I can have Zoe keep me company while I sew masks.

Truly, that would have been a wonderful gift. But wait, there’s more...

There was also this!

It is kind of a hybrid between a scrapbook and a journal.

And it even has a little portable notebook in a pocket in the back.

Thank you so much to akamarykate for making a gift that wildly exceeded my expectations and for bringing some much needed light to an otherwise dark time.