The older I have gotten, the more often I am reminded of the hard lesson: real friends are hard to come by. So, the good friends I have, the true friends, I do my best to really cherish. Good friends know you well enough to see right through a 'Susie Happy Pants' Facebook status and call you anyway because they know everything is not cool, no matter how cheery your profile picture is. A true friend will email you immediately to discuss something only you will find rip-roaring hysterical, like an epic breach of etiquette. A true friend will cheer your successes and help you through your failures. A true friend will see something that is not traditionally a gift-y thing, like a wacky gourd or a fabric remnant and know that you will LOVE it and just simply must have it.

Such is the case with my good friend Rachael from Lovely.Crafty.Home. Just in case you missed the last 20 or so posts, Rachael is my regular craft partner in crime and all around swell gal. Last week she was rummaging through a fabric remnant bin and purchased the MOST lovely fabric for yours truly. A liberty-of-london-ish vintage-y florally flourish all lime green and ocean-y blue and taupe to perfectly match basically everything that I own-so thoughtful. I am truly blessed to have such amazing friends in my life.

And now that I am done gushing (well almost)-check out the AMAZING pillows that Rachael and I made together out of the fabric she gifted me. Yeah, the back of the pillows are made of drop cloth {hard to believe, I know}





If I loved them more I would run away with them on a romantic get-away in Paris.

So today, dear readers, take time to thank the true friends in your life, just simply for being their amazing selves. Cherish them, because good friends are hard to come by!