favorites swap

so, my three best friends and i started this thing called favorites swap back in december.  we originally started swapping favorites when one of us quit working at the same place.  it allowed us to see each other every month and keep in touch.

basically what favorites swap is the four of us getting together and each of us bringing a favorite item ($10 or less) to swap with each other.  it could be something as simple as your favorite lip gloss for the month or your favorite food.  we mostly swap beauty products but we have swapped food, clothes and crafts.

this month was september which is my birthday month.  we decided instead of going out and celebrating on the town we would have a slumber party themed craft night.  envision wine, burlap and sweatpants.  heaven.  my one friend, jen recently learned how to make wreaths and wanted to teach us how to make our own.  her swap was the wreath base and the burlap.  the rest of us were responsible for our letters and our ribbon. my friend, ashley, brought us scarves and christi brought us foot massage lotion.  after getting engaged, i wanted to do something special to ask the girls to be my bridesmaids so i made a small box of favs to ask them.

the following are the favs that i received from the girls (plus a wifey shirt for my birthday)

 

this is my wreath i made and my favorite from jen (go bucks):

here is us making our wreaths..  most everyone made marshall wreaths.. but i had to stay a buckeye!:

below is my favorite that i made asking the girls to be my bridesmaids.  i will have six girls standing next to me.  including these three - my cousin, my friend pieper and my lifelong friend megan.  my box included a small bottle of wine with a paper straw attached with string, a magnet picture frame with pictures of me and that particular bridesmaid and a ring pop:

we try to meet monthly and have dinner either at a restaurant or someone's house and exchange our favorite item of the month.  it is so much fun!  i have tried products i would have never tried or was willing to buy and developed some new favorites based off of their choices.  it's always interesting to see what each other comes up with every month.  and sometimes difficult to choose just one thing to share with your friends.  i highly recommend making this a 'thing' with your bffs!