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| Just some of the birthday loot: great books from my aunt, my bro and a sweet friend; beautiful bouquets from favorite friends. |
Holy cow. I am super spoiled. My birthday this past Friday was quite the momentous occasion complete with entirely too many cupcakes, Happy Birthday songs (once on our school-wide morning announcements, several times during art classes and once again at a restaurant during lunch -- hey, anything for free dessert, people) and a treasure of birthday booty. These goodies were just too great not to share. Not included in photos were the countless notes and drawings from students, the mountain of trashy magazines and chocolates from hubs (does anything beat that combination?) and cards and gifts from friends. I don't suppose turning thirty-ahem-
seven will be that bad after all.
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| My mother-in-law is an estate-sale-aholic for which I am very glad. She showed up with this vintage paper suitcase wrapped in a bow. I love how it looks as though it is smiling! |
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| Here's a peak at just some of the vintage goodness inside the suitcase: vintage fabric and aprons, never-used watercolor sets, a child's sewing basket, books and a group photo of women with their children from the 1920's. This is the kind of stuff that I could sift through, hold, touch and smell for hours. |
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| One estate sale had been at the home of an artist. I was so excited to see the artist's charcoal landscape drawings but this portrait is my favorite. I am now on the hunt for the perfect thrift store frame to put her in. Isn't she a doll? |
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| Watercolor set. I wonder if the Bradley is the one of later Milton and Bradley, the game board makers, fame? |
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| I love the cover of this vintage coloring book, so cute! |
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| A close-up of a child's vintage sewing basket. Her wee little embroidered stitches are far better than mine. |
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| A lovely little hat and gloves set. Too bad my man hands are too big for 'em. |
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| On the day of my birthday, my sweet student teacher returned with a book she had created with the kids while I was away in NYC. She snapped a group photo of each class and quoted each student (that's almost 400!) on what they like about me as their art teacher. Can you imagine? She presented it to me during one of my classes, so I read what that particular class had to say. Needless to say, I almost lost it. It was the most touching gift I've received in a long time. Thank you, Lauren! |
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| I thought I'd share with you some of the funnier things the kids had to say...it's hilarious what they pick up on. |
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| General consensus? I'm silly, I talk funny, I dress wacky, the kids love art. I do hope they're learning something as well! |
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| Yeah...there's probably a reason. Like the other teachers have taste. |
Thanks for indulging me, I just had to share my birthday bounty with you!
