While I was in CA, I celebrated my 54th birthday, and it was a joy to be with friends that day. A group of them took me out to lunch the day before, and Carol treated me to dinner that night.
My roomie, Lori, even brought me a sweet little gift in bed when I woke up on my birthday. Now, that is special treatment!!
Lori has some photos in Jenny Doh's new book, and one of them is of me! Well, part of me, at least.
As a thank you to my freinds for making my birthday so nice, I made up some wire nests (from my Twining and Twirling online workshop).
These are all on their way to my thoughtful buddies now. Just a token to thank them for the great weekend.
(I've added a few nests to my Boutique also)
While we are talking nests, I thought I'd show you my banner from the Birdsong swap I joined. I wish I could have been a part of all of them, but I was a little overwhelmed at the time. There were some really great swaps, I was impressed. And so glad that I was in this one! I usually try to join one swap whenever I go to an arty event, because I spend so much time oohing and ah-hing when I watch the trades getting opened and end up jealous over the beautiful loot everyone gets.
These letters were temporarily clipped to my curtain rod in the kitchen, but I kind of like them there, and they might hang out that way for a while.
This book is a Birdsong treat that I got from my friend, Tami.
Its more than perfect, because when I send messages to the Birdsong group, I call them my "peeps". Plus, I kind of like fairies a bit…
Its an adorable book, that Sugarwings and I fell in love with right away. Cute illustrations,and a fun little story filled with songs and poems and lots of fairies.
She has been entranced by it, and after I read it to her, she sat and looked at the book for over an hour.
And this is a kid that doesn't sit still much.
The peeps who came to Birdsong were overly generous! Very thoughtful gifts came our way, what a wonderful bonus on top of the great weekend of fun that I had with all the ladies.
I'll leave you with a scan of one of my favorite pages, and of the cover. Click to open in a larger size before you save them to your computer to print.
Your friends are going to LOVE their nests, Karla! How sweet of you to do that. A gift from the heart. : ) I love your “SING” banner! Weren’t participants in charge of doing a single letter? Not until you all got to Birdsong and put them all together did you know what your banner was going to look like, right? Such a fun idea. I love old children’s books. I have some myself. I think they have a really special charm that just takes me back to times past. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!
Can I still take your twining and twirling workshop?? I love the nests! And I would love to learn to make crowns. Let me know, thanks, Linda
Such a pretty post — lots of lovelies! OMG, that book was beyond perfect for you!!