Fortune Cookies: A Sweet Paper Treat

Although I do not eat Chinese or Japanese food frequently, every time I do, I cherish the moment I get to open my fortune cookies. I have always been fascinated with the idea of enjoying a sweet crunchy treat, with the added bonus of having a life lesson embedded inside. We always hope it is going to be a fortune worth smiling about and keeping. But even if the fortune is ominous, I tend to keep the little slip of paper. Because, more often than not, I find my fortunes are appropriate and represent the events in my life.

I have had this idea to create some sort of art/craft project based around all the little fortunes I have collected over the years. For the time being, I will list some of the fortunes my husband and I have acquired over the last year or two.

You will be fortunate in the opportunities presented to you.

Customer service is like taking a bath, you have to keep doing it!

Measure your cloth ten times, you can only cut but once.

Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he is working for someone else.

You are headed in the right direction.

You will always be surrounded by comfort.

Reading these always makes me smile. No matter how simple the message, I can always find some sort of humor or inspiration in the little slips of paper.


To find more information about the history of fortune cookies please visit the following websites:

http://www.chinese-fortune-cookie.com/fortune-cookie-history.html

http://www.fortunecookie.demon.co.uk/fhistory.html

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fortunecookies.html

To purchase custom fortune cookies check out the following websites:

Fancy Fortune Cookies
(features giant fortune cookies that are "bigger than a baby's head")

Expressive Fortunes

Good Fortunes

Check out this online database of Chinese takeout fortune cookie messages!
http://www.fortunecookiemessage.com/