A Special Birthday and THANK YOU ~

My best friend turned 50 on June 26th.

BUT We couldn't get our schedules arranged to have her birthday lunch

until yesterday.

This was my birthday gift to her~

I wrapped brown craft paper around the gift (a piece of pottery)...

and also added brown paper shred in the top ~ Embellished it with seam binding ribbon

and

a homemade flashcard along with a sticker or two...vintage style ~

This is the pottery piece that I purchased at

my favorite store...

HOME GOODS ~

I also typed up 50 reason I love having her for a friend,

folded them up

and

put them in a jar.

She can take one out every day and read it or read them all at once ~

(Pookie don't look at the next picture unless you have read every slip of paper in the jar)

Here are some of them.

I used different fonts for different adjectives

and also added the definition of each adjective

along with my own thoughts on a few of them.

I had a lot of fun doing this.

A birthday to remember...the big 50!!

I also want to say a most heartfelt

THANK YOU

to all of you who read my post yesterday

and emailed me to offer encouragement.

I feel so blessed to have your support.

I love the land of blog.

Blessings ~

50 Years Ago Today....

...I was born. I can't believe I said that outloud! 50 YEARS...oh my goodness it just doesn't seem possible! Yep, I came kicking and squalling into this world on March 10, 1959 and haven't stopped! LOL This is one of the adorable bonnets that I wore as a baby and my 1st granddaughter also wore it on her dedication ~ My sweet little hospital bracelet...don't you wish they still made them like this? My maiden name was GOOD ...

My baby announcement , hospital card and my baby dedication papers ~

I even have the part of the newspaper that proclaimed my arrival!!

A few of the adorable baby cards that were sent to my parents ~

Love the verse on this one: Congratulations on the NEW BABY Said one stork to the other, "I did it and I'm glad! " and on the inside ...Just took a first-class baby to a first-class mom and dad!"

Have a wonderful day ...Blessings ~