Tuesday 1 April 2014

A New Decade

Hello there, I am hoping you are well?

Today its my birthday, and its the birthday that sees me entering  a new decade. I have turned 40, not quite sure how this happened but it did.

And I expected to wake up and feel 40, truth is I  feel the same as I did 22 years ago maybe a little more lined around the eyes and a bit plump-er :)

One other thing that hasn’t changed at all is the love of my near and dear and my sweet friends :) I have been truly overwhelmed by the hundreds of messages, thoughtful gifts and beautiful cards. THANK YOU ALL so much, I really feel so blessed.

I didn’t want a big fuss instead I chose to spend the day with dear friends, a special dinner with the best husband I could have ever wished for and a get together with my precious family.

The last weeks have been manic with 2 Retreats, the end of Sale a Bration and a special weekend away just for me at the Go Go Getaway Retreat.

So I am sure you want to see some craft pretties and I want to share some of the bits I made for the Retreat attendees.

I baked some yummy bits for my welcome gifts. Simply decorated them in our fab chevron bags with pegged tags

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I chose a scheme of Raspberry Ripple, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay and carried that through the rest of the accessories.

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Now you will have to forgive me but I totally forgot to take any photos of the room before we started trashing it, however I do have a picture of the goodie bag I had for each lady.

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I found these cool lunch bags and I blew the budget getting them, luckily the Retreats fell into the SAB period and I was able to get some freebies for two of the classes to stretch them out a bit.

The bags were decorated with a cute tag and OMG between me and Carol we rolled hundreds and hundreds of the spiral flowers.

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They turned out really cute in the end and they were well received.

Right I am off now needs to get my glad rags on for the second hoorah with my lovely.

Oh before I go I am sure you spotted my new look, please bear with me while I get everything organized. I have to thank the lovely Veronica from VK Design for working so hard to get me up and running :).

Thank you for your visit, as always xoxoxoxox
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21 comments :

  1. Happy birthday Mon. Enjoy the rest of your day! Love the new look blog too!

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  2. Happy Birthday, Monica! I hope you've had a WONDERFUL day!!!

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  3. Happy Birthday, Monica! I hope your day was great!

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  4. Happy Birthday Monica! Life begins at forty!
    Sharon xx

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  5. Happy Birthday! Mine is 3/30
    Aren't you glad Spring is here

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  6. Happy Birthday! Mine is 3/30
    Aren't you glad Spring is here

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  7. O! Monica Happy,Happy Birthday for yesterday, I hope you had a truly wonderful day!

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  8. Hi Monica
    Happy Birthday Monica....
    Enjoy your day....
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  9. Hello. Today I am grateful(inescapable) to leave you a message, it is the 1st since I am subscribed has your blog, because my English is not very good and thus I use the on-line translator to wish you a great happy birthday, because this day brings you full of happiness. Catherine French one exiled in Portugal.

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  10. Happy Birthday to you... Happy birthday dear Monica! Hope you have been spoilt rotten!! Wow...40 years... Enjoy your new decade too!!

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  11. Happy Birthday Monica. Hope you have a wonderful time.
    Lynne

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  12. You kept the fact it was a big birthday very quiet, hope to see you again soon xxx

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  13. I too had a birthday this weekend and am double your age (80) Feel no more than 60. Had a big surprise party given by my stamping group. What great friends stampers are.

    Happy Birthday to you, Monica. May you have enough years to reach my age and beyond.
    Marge

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  14. Happy birthday from Australia Monica, have a wonderful day.
    Rene xo

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  15. Belated birthday greetings. Enjoy your celebrations... I'm an April bday too. .. and my son has the same birthdate as you!

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  16. Belated birthday greetings. Enjoy your celebrations... I'm an April bday too. .. and my son has the same birthdate as you!

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  17. Happiest of birthdays to one of my favorite and most creative bloggers that I follow! Sending you sunshine and rainbows on your special day from San Jose, California USA

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  18. Happy Belated Birthday, Monica. Wishing you 40+ more years of crafty happiness!

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  19. Hadn't twigged it was your birthday quite so soon - hope you are relaxing after your hectic few weeks. The retreat was fabulous, as expected - and all our goodies were VERY well received, thank you!!!

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  20. Belated Happy Birthday. I hope you had a fabulous day and enjoy celebrating for a few more days!

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Thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment, I really apreciate it as I love hearing from you. Hugs Monica xxx