Tuesday 15 December 2009

another year


My Etsy anniversary and blogoversary and flickrversary come one on top of each other in November. And then in December I have my wedding anniversary a week before my birthday and all two weeks before Christmas in the crazy busy end of the year! So usually its a blur.
This year though I got to pause for a moment and go out to a swishy Greek restaurant with my little family on Friday, and then yum cha lunch with some special friends on Monday. I feel well spoilt and well loved.
Yesterday I got so many thoughtful presents. Mr Flowerpress bought me some really lovely things, like this old printing block and the vintage bakelite thimbles. He bought me a truffle in a jar and a copy of Handmade Nation (all by himself, no direction!) and even op-shopped some vintage fabric amongst my other presents :-) How cool is he.


I got this lovely Elk brooch from a friend, an organic cotton bag, a printed cotton apron, a great Kikki K calendar (I will be organised next year), I got some thrillers to read over Christmas, a garden nursery voucher. Each present I opened showed the person knew me and had really thought about the gift. And then they all rang me :-) I felt very loved.
Today a little Etsy distraction arrived and I had to include it here. The lovely Mitsy from Art Mind is such a special person - so nice to deal with, and look how she packaged my little birds. I bought two so I could give one away... but I think I might have to buy a third! I love her series of emotions based on a simple shape too.

7 comments :

  1. Congratulations on the first year anniversary. For me, most significant is December - bought my Janome 6500 last year, officially opened my Etsy shop and got my two sales this year.

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  2. Hip hip hurray for all your birthdays! Wow, that's a lot all at once! You make beautiful pictures! I'll have to find you on Flickr! :)
    Thanks so much for loving your singing bird! He was very excited to get to you and I'm so happy to see him in such loving home! Enjoy!

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  3. Gorgeous gifts! I'm a sagittarian too so understand how the whole birthday thing gets a bit mushed into xmas. Happy Birthday!

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  4. Lots of Congratulations and Well Dones and Best Wishes and a big Wow for an amazing husband!!!

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  5. Happy birthday! have a great day and Thank you for your lovely comment on my blog, have a wonderful Christmas and a happy and healthy 2010! Lisax

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  6. Your gifts are fabulous- happy everything day! what a thoughtful and talented husband choosing such things! xo m.

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  7. Congrats for all of those!! (The thimbles are so lovely....)

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