The Happy Day Project {Day 1: Treats to a Neighbor}

Our first task of The Happy Day Project is to take a treat to a neighbor.

Why?

Because wouldn’t you love to get a random package of goodness on your doorstep out of the blue?

Exactly.

I decided to make some banana nut bread since I had a bunch of bananas that had seen better days, but you can decide to take whatever you like.  In fact, it doesn’t have to be homemade…store bought cupcakes, a package of oreos or even a tube of Pringles works too!  This isn’t an exercise in showing off…just a simple gesture to brighten someone’s day.

I baked my bread in one of those disposable loaf pans…and of course, I managed to make what may qualify as the ugliest loaf of banana bread in the history of banana bread.  It spilled over onto its sides and was this lumpy bumpy beast of a thing.

I was tempted to keep the hideous loaf for us and make something new…but I had to remind myself of the reason behind Happy Day.  Trying to play Martha Stewart wasn’t it.

So I wrapped my ugly little loaf in wax paper, tied it with twine, and attached the ridiculously cute printable that Mique of 30 Handmade Days made special for our week of sunshine.  (P.S. if you pop over to her blog today, she has a second free printable!)

See?

My bread is all happy and pretty now!

A quick note scrawled on the back so that my neighbors had some idea of what it was, and where on earth it came from.

I enlisted the help of a sleepy delivery boy.

Who deposited it giddily on the neighbor’s doorstep and walked away smiling.

“That was really nice Mom.  They’re gonna love it.”

*You can read Julie’s Day 1 post too.  It’s the same task, but it might be fun to see different takes on the same instructions.*

{The cuteness that is today’s printable can be downloaded HERE.}

Online Way to Play:  Live out in the country and don’t have any neighbors within earshot?  Have a crazy busy day and you know that you just won’t be able to pull this task off today?  Took a yummy to your neighbor but want to do more? Never fear!

Another way you can brighten someone’s day today is to visit Shop for Sharlie.  Sharlie is a mama with cystic fibrosis and in need of a heart AND double lung transplant.  As you can imagine, costs for this type of procedure are insane…but her sweet friends Jess of Allora Handmade and Mique of Thirty Handmade Days (yes, the same Mique who made today’s printable) rallied their crafty friends for a fun twist on a fundraiser.

At Shop for Sharlie you can buy printables or tutorials for $5…all proceeds go directly to the Sharlie’s Angels fund.  And hey, maybe some of those tutorials would make great, inexpensive Christmas gifts?!

Take a peek around and see if there is anything you can gift, use or otherwise enjoy and help offset some of Sharlie’s medical expenses.  $5 may not seem like much, but the Shop has raised over $5,000!!!  Don’t underestimate the power of lots of little bits all added up!

**Don’t forget to take some pics of your day!  We’d love to see summary posts at the end of the week!**

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I'm a mom to four. A wife to one. I believe in story. I love telling you about mine and would love to hear yours. There's really no sense in wasting our suffering and not sharing in each other's joy. We're all in this together...even if it doesn't always feel like it.

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