Birthday Loveliness

Today is my birthday and, all in all, it has been a lovely day.

My husband is away on business, but left me a sweet phone message,

singing a very heartfelt rendition of "Happy Birthday to You."

Tonight we'll chat from opposite sides of the world.

My daughter Kate sent me this terrific book, Drawn to Stitch,

along with other goodies from Amazon.

As you can see, Angus is eager to explore this book with me!

My very dear friend Karen, of Sew and Sow Life,
made and sent me this beautiful wall hanging
 and it's now hanging in my kitchen
where I can see it every morning as I have my breakfast.
I absolutely love it, Karen.
And my dear friend Elaine, Karen's mom,
(read about our friendship's history here)
sent me this wonderful hand made cut paper card.
So sweet! Thank you, Elaine!

Another wonderful hand crafted card was given to me by my

sister-in-law Barbara when she visited last week from California!

This is the front of the card,

but when you pull the ribbon at the bottom,

it opens up like this.

The technique is called Iris Folding.

I love it, Barbara!

Well, I'm all happy with so much hand made goodness,

happy to be well and healthy,

older and wiser,

and living the good life!

Hope everyone has a great week!