My perennial favorite: German chocolate. (Marc is getting to be quite the expert!)First of all, I just have to gripe a little bit about it taking me two days to put together a post about my birthday -- 1. because my life has been too hectic, and 2. because Blogger kept booting me off. argh. It just doesn't seem right that I finally got my computer back and then haven't had the chance to get caught up!
OK, on to the good stuff.
Marc stayed home on my birthday so I could have a break and do whatever I wanted. That was the best gift in itself! Jill and I went out to see Music & Lyrics (so cute) and had lunch at La Dolce Vita (so good). We also went clothes and shoe shopping. (Please remind me never to go try on clothes on my birthday again.) Always thoroughly enjoyable to have one of our girls' days out.
can you believe we had to school Marc in the necessity of a head-and-shoulders shot?!
For his other gift, Marc got me this excellent camera lens! I'm using it on his Canon 10D, which is now his backup camera. (He will need to use it for wedding shoots, which are pretty rare.) I haven't had too much time to play with it yet, but I'm very excited about experimenting with a digital SLR.
Marc's parents gave me all of these fun, springy, bird-themed items, plus gift cards to Borders & Pebbles in my Pocket!
The decadent triple chocolate cake that my sister-in-law Michelle brought to our family celebration. She also gave me a gift card to Old Navy. More shopping -- oh yeah!
My mom has such a way with beautiful, color-coordinated gift wrapping (not to mention generous gift-giving!).
The loot: orange tea towels, way cute fabric fat quarters, ribbon, white jewelry, the cutest hot pink shoes, new sunglasses, a box of labels, and $$ to buy some more new shoes. She knows me so well!
Woohoo! I got one of Jill's famous good mail kits! Two sets of her signature style cards, in mix-n-match blue and green goodness, tiny matching good mail labels (I had let slip that I didn't like to "waste" my good mail labels on cards), stamps, smooth-writing black pens, a printout of the blogger addresses, and Cadbury mini eggs -- all wrapped up in the cutest little green suitcase known to man. The combination of having all these cool items corralled in one place and having that place be so visually pleasing (the polka dots! come on...) -- well, you can see why I was excited about this gift!
Kristi sent me these adorable monogrammed napkins!!! She wrote in her card that she thinks of me when preparing dinner, so she sent me something to remind me of her at dinnertime as well. The monograms! The polka dot ribbons! And they match my black & white toile plates! I could not be more excited about these, Kristi!
Hooray! I got one of Amy M.'s framed quotes! The lighting here is terrible, you can't tell what a pretty green the background is. And I absolutely love the quote.
Amie took my birthday present to Jill before leaving for her California trip. That foresight and planning blew me away, as I seem to be always flying by the seat of my pants... Love the toile notecards and pad, and I can't even express how yummy these sage/citrus melts are -- I've been burning them every day since! (Amie, I hope you know I was planning to pay you for these when I put in my order!)
Jenn completely surprised me by giving this set of alphabet stamps that I have been pining after for quite some time. (for unknown reasons, I am unable to flip the photo!) When I unwrapped it, I actually said, "oh no she didn't!". But being Jenn, she actually did.
Jessie tracked down this photo corner punch that I have been coveting for about a year now, as well as the Bookworks word stickers that we have both been hunting for everywhere. What a treat!
A horrible photo of the handyman day that Timm gave me! Now I have to start making a list of projects he could work on... oh the joy.
Jana brought by this cool box of stackable trays. Will I ever tire of the simple appeal of label plates? I think not.
My visiting teachers remembered that almond croissants are my favorite! Soon I'll be able to have one of these every day if I want to. Oh dear...
Kelly sent me the tiniest hand mirror ever, with a reminder of my word of the year -- thanks, I needed that!
Melinda sent me this card with Roberts $$ inside (a great craft store for you non-locals). What a very pleasant surprise!
Amanda sent cute post-its, and a giant wooden clothespin that she covered in cute paper and embellishments. I've always wanted one of those!
Crystalyn sent me this pretty embellished "m" with a "free" reminder on it. I just love that several blogging friends have sent me tangible reminders of my little word for the year -- I keep meaning to making something for myself and never getting around to it.
Stefanie sent me these adorable labels: some with my address, some with good mail postmarks! Also the cutest little luggage tag -- why didn't I think of that? She's got skills.
Pam sent me another of her whimsical packages! Tea towels, Paper Source cards, bath goodies, scrumptious mint lip gloss, chocolate, Big Hunks, and Silly Putty! I'm convinced that she's much more fun and young at heart than I am. (Oh, and Lucas thinks the Silly Putty is the best thing ever.)
Carlo sent some recipes, an assortment of teas, and milk & dark chocolate.If you actually made it to the end of this post, I'm sure you'll agree that I had a wonderful birthday! Time off from motherhood, great friends, wonderful family, spoiled all around. I also appreciated all the good wishes on my blog when I got my computer back! Thanks everyone for remembering me.
15 comments:
Michelle, your birthday goodness is amazing! I love it all, especially the towels from Kristi, and that they match your plates. Love it!
How fun to play with a new lens. Do you have a lens for you S3 IS? I have been wanting one I just don't know where to go with it.
I love a good birthday with a girlfriend. One of life's greatest treats for us women!
Glad you and your computer are back!
What a fun b-day stash... have fun with your camera!
sounds like a wonderful birthday. You are very loved
Fun to see all your birthday good mail and how good all your friends and family were to you on your birthday. Cake looks yummy!
What fun birthday goodies! Again, it's so good to have you back. I about wanted to climb into the screen and eat your cakes with you.
I'm floored at the generosity sent your way!!! What a perfect celebration. Glad you "getting caught up".
Happy Belated Birthday. I'm glad you had such a fun day. I loved looking at all the loot. I felt like I took the easy way out with the melts and was happy to have something you wanted. Your style and craftiness are intimidating to me.
Great stuff.
I'm finally able to comment, that was so weird that the option to comment was unavailable all day.
Even though I was there with you when you opened most these presents, it's still so great to see them all individually photographed like this. It feels like you really had your very own special day with outpourings of gifts from around the country. Delightful!
I linked on your blog from Jenny's. It looks like you had an amazing day! What adorable gifts you received. I love the pink shoes! So fun! Happy belated Birthday.
So glad you had a wonderful day! Have fun with your new lens -- very exciting!
Cuuuuute stuff!
Happy Belated Birthday. I love the great gifts that you were showered with. Sounds like you had a wonderful day blessed with many things.
Those pink shoes are so cute your mom gave you. Do you know where she got them?
I'm glad to see your comments are on. That is quite a lot of thoughtful mail. I'm glad it was a awesome birthday.
You know my 50mm is my favorite lens and has taken some of my favorite photos. Have fun with it.
wonderful bday goodness. i love the wonderful gifts and the thoughtfulness of it all.
glad your computer is up and running again. i missed reading your posts.
LOVE the pic of you and jill. and the handyman timm card-- too sweet.
It sounds like a great day to me! I received your b-day package right on my b-day--how do you and Jill do it? Thanks for the books; I always like to have good referrals from you. (And the wrapping was way cute!)Emily is bringing a package for you from me and Grandma--sorry it's sooo late.
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