Wednesday, February 8, 2012

birthday: noun

the anniversary of a birth





My friend Jamie has been visiting with me for our special "holiday"...we have been celebrating our birthdays. Hers was in October ( if you follow my blog, you know I forgot it , bad me ) and mine is coming up in February. So we got a shared birthday cake, and some yummy wine!
Jamie, while she has been here has also been cooking for me too. Here she is cooking our birthday dinner of Roasted Red Pepper Asparagus soup! So nice to have someone cook for you ;)

And we also had cheddar cheese biscuits to go along with the soup. Plated ( of course ) on a pair of chicken dishes! And see my hand crafted ceramic butter dish that I bought from a local artisan from Dillsboro, NC back before Christmas.

And now...lol I am having Jamie pose for my WOYWW picture. pssssttt....I cleaned it up. ( very proud smile ...I mean I don't do it often, hey...I'm too busy to clean, yeah that's my story and I'm sticking to it! ) BUT, since Jamie was coming to visit I decided to clean 'er up! Also....I admit that since I had my Cricut Circle Blog hop and her visiting me, I wouldn't be able to craft any so it actually would stay clean for a couple of days, so that made it even more worthwhile to do  ;) So without any further ado....here's Jamie in my ( as good as it's gonna get ) clean craft room posing with my latest publication that I have recieved in the Cricut Magazine, November issue where I have a double page spread ( pp. 40 and 41 )

oh....and btw...we were messing around in Barnes and Noble bookstore and I got to peek in the February issue of Cricut, AND discovered they did a tutorial on one of my projects ( the froggy Valentine bookmark ) and it's a 4 page spread...omgoodness...I think I yelped ( embarrassing to admit but I actually did yelp ) and ran walked quickly over to Jamie to show it to her. I was soooooooooooo excited! hee hee

20 comments:

Karen said...

It sounds like you had a fun time celebrating and WOW that birthday cake looks amazing, I bet it tasted yummy too :)

Have a great WOYWW and a fab week, Luv Karen #90

Mary Pat Siehl said...

looks like you all are having fun and congrats on the magazine!!!!!

Jacqueline said...

Great photos! Looks like you had lots of fun! That soup certainly sounds rather delicious and I just adore those chicken dishes!!

Thanks for sharing,

Happy WOYWW !

Jackie x

Pat N. said...

Soup and cheddar cheese biscuits! Yum, sounds good. Love your chicken dish sets-very cute. And your butter dish. Great stuff. Congrats on being published AGAIN! my friend. That is so cool. I want to know your secret!--Pat

scrappymo! said...

What fun to have your friend visit and celebrate both your Bdays....

Stephanie said...

Happy birthday! It's always more fun to celebrate with a friend!

May said...

Big Congrats on the mag!! it's lovely to share your birthday with a friend & yummy food, Have a good week, Hugs May x x x

Michele's Scrapy Creations said...

Happy Birthday! yummy soup and cake! would love the recipe if she is willing to share.

what a fun time you guys had!
thanks for visiting my blog!

Anne-marie said...

Hi, great pics your cake looks yummy. Happy Birthday enjoy your celebrations
Anne-marie x

CraftygasheadZo said...

Great pics. Thanks for sharing & enjoy this week's WOYWW. I've been nosing at lots of desks in my attempt to visit everyone. Zo xx 83

505whimsygirl said...

Oh, your meal sounds (and looks) wonderful!! So glad the two of you had a nice visit.

Next week - I want to see a messy desk! haaa

Happy WOYWW
Kay
#129

Craftychris said...

Yummy food and good company, what more can you want!! Congratulations on being published, well done! xx

Lisa said...

The cake and meal looked fantastic. congrats on your card. happy birthday!

Linda said...

Happy Birthday and congrats on the features in Cricut magazine. That is so exciting! Linda #152

Danielle said...

It sounds like y'all are having a good time! Happy Birthday! dani13

Julia Dunnit said...

You should be excited...publication is a big deal, well done you!! Your workspace looks great, but definitely looks like a holiday, I hope you're enjoying the resumption of crafting. Looks like you and Jmaie had a fun time, what a grat gal she is to pose so nicely for us!

Sarah said...

A great fun post full of yumminess and enjoyment! Congratulations! Thanks for letting us look in and peek at your desk... Sarah at 7...

Anne said...

Congratulations on the publication. You certainly look as though you were having a lot of fun with your friend. I was supposed to go and se my friend last week and again this week but the weather has changed our plans. We will catch up though eventually. Thanks for visiting me. Anne x

Gwen said...

It is so good to tidy...gives you somewhere to put your feet. The meal sounds delicious:)
Happy birthdays.
xx 160

Bridget Larsen said...

Food looks yummy
Bridget #51