A look inside an old-school fortune cookie factory; Lilly Pulitzer-designed animal cracker boxes

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A look inside an oldschool fortune cookie factory Lilly Pulitzerdesigned animal cracker boxes

Lilly Pulitzer has brought her pastel prep to animal crackers--for a good cause, of course. Money from the specially-designed boxes will be donated to Operation Smile, which pays for surgery for children with facial deformities. [Christina Rowley via Laughing Squid]

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