As you may remember, my birthday was last Sunday. I received a lot of goodies, from friends and family, and some from bloggie friends as well. The cupcakes were brought to me all the way from Debbie’s Bakery in Denver, Colorado, to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. They were sweet and delicious, and very much appreciated. Thank you Becca and Ken, you know I love you. And be sure and tell little Jessica they were the perfect ones for a birthday.
The fabric squares below were not exactly a birthday gift–I won them in a giveaway from Art Gallery Fabrics. But they arrived in the mail right in time for my birthday and made me feel really special. There are forty 6 1/2 inch squares, all different, and I can just see a quilt in my future, soon, made with them. Aren’t they pretty?
The next day, I got some cool stickers and blank note cards from Drama Mama. She is a cool lady who lives in Washington state, and works on a ferry boat. What a neat job she has! Just look at those creative stickies! I can’t wait to use them.
As mentioned above, my daughter, Becca and her boyfriend, Ken, came to visit for a week. There will be more about their visit later, but just look at all the goodies they brought me:
Garlic Dipping Oil with seasonings, yummo! This will be good with some home made gluten free bread, I’ll have to wait til next week to make it though.
Becca is a knitter. She made me this cute hat. It has an opening in the back, with cutie red and yellow flower buttons, so that I can put my new longer hair in a ponytail and pull it through. It makes me wish a little bit that it was cold enough to wear it already:
See, it looks cute on me, and of course, it is orange, one of my favorite colors. (guess she knew that, huh?)
She took care of me from top to bottom: new Amy Marsh (from Little Women) knitted slippers. I am wearing these right now–no need to wait til winter for warm feet.
My daughter Emily, who lives in Georgia, is sending me a care package with several tubes of my favorite deoderant since I can not find it here to buy it myself. Thanks, Emily, I know it is a weird birthday gift, but I love it that you are sending it to me!
I got lots of birthday cards, from my son and his wife, my mother, my friend Gaelyn. But my favorite card this year is the one in the video below, sent to me from my step-daughter, Becky. It makes me smile every time I open it.
Looks like you had a lovely birthday. I am glad you got your card. I like the fabrics they are gorgous!.Actually everything looks awesome xxx
That's the neatest card I think I've ever seen!
Lady you scored! Glad you found the fabrics, looks like a great variety of colors. Gonna’ be a Fabquilt. The hat looks really cute on, love the buttons. And slippies too? And you deserved it all.
A belated happy birthday and it sure looks like you had a good time. It is lovely to see your friends and family care so much. The hat with a pony tail hole is so cute.
Ooo, you got so many cute things! Goodies in the mail are the best. Glad you got to spend your special days with family and can’t wait to see how those squares become a quilt!
One day I’ll try quilting.
Happy Birthday Karen! I love your blog! I wanted to let you know that I featured you today on blogher.com. Cheers!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy belated birthday!!
happy Belated!
those are wonderful gifts and thoughts