Sending a Big Hug Blanket for Your Best Friend

Sending a Big Hug Blanket shows a bold title across the top, followed by a cluster of soft watercolor bubbles. Each bubble names one role a best friend plays, and together they say that you are never truly alone when she is around. Read the lines and you will likely laugh, then nod, then reach for your phone to send it to her.

What the print says

The design leads with the words Sending a Big Hug, set in heavy black lettering across the top of the blanket. Below it sits a ring of pastel bubbles in purple, orange, teal, yellow, green, pink and peach. Each one holds a short phrase, such as shoulder to cry on, partner in crime, advice giver, dream sharer and free therapist. Smaller bubbles name sidekick, soul sister, sunshine, secrets keeper, memory maker and kindred spirit. In the center, To My Best Friend curves around a pair of small pink hearts. A pink sprig sits below the lettering, and the whole layout feels hand painted and friendly. The bubbles are written in mixed case, with a few words in capitals for emphasis.

Who sees themselves in it

This print is for the friend who answers your calls at midnight and still shows up with snacks. You will spot her right away in the phrase shoulder to cry on, then smile at partner in crime, which reminds you of the trouble you got into together. Sending a Big Hug suits a friend who has held your hand through breakups, job changes and long road trips. It also fits a bestie who makes you laugh until you cannot breathe, the one who knows every chapter of your story. Use it on the couch during a movie night, or drape it over a friend recovering from a cold.

Meant as a gift

Give this blanket for a birthday, when the bubbles can name every reason you are grateful she was born. It also works for Mother's Day or Valentine's Day, especially for a friend who has been like family. You can pair it with a handwritten note that tells her which bubble fits her best. It is a warm choice for a farewell, a move across the country or a sleepover you have been planning for months. Wrap it up, tie a ribbon, and let her find the words that say what you have been trying to tell her.