i just had my 35th birthday! the number 35 feels a bit shocking to say out loud or type, but it happened, and here i am...... very grateful for many many things. i received a birthday present that was the most precious birthday present i have ever opened. i knew the beautifully wrapped box had to contain something special when my whole family gathered around, with a video camera, anticipating my reaction.
i opened the box, pulled out a filled to the brim scrapbook, felt a few seconds of confusion, and then it started to register that this was a scrapbook of projects made by our design team, and i had an explosion of tears! (burst of tears seems inadequate)
for the past month my husband, a few girls in our office, and the entire sassafras design team have been secretly consorting to put together this book for my birthday. each girl on the team printed pictures of our two girls, used lots of sassafras products and made the most beautiful projects to be part of an extremely heartfelt precious gift. if you have ever made a scrapbook to give to someone as a gift, let me tell you as the gift receiver, i think it is one of the most priceless gifts you can ever give. keep it up! keep blessing the people you care about with your talent, i am sure they will appreciate it for your years to come.
i looked at my book page by page 10 times before i went to bed. there was so much detail and passion put into every single page i appreciated something different with each look through. i have to share these pages with you because the talent of our design team continues to amaze all of us at sassafras, and has once again ignited a new spark of inspiration for us to keep making products.
thank you from the bottom of my heart to the sweetest group of girls on the sassafras design team!
thank you lilibee
thank you michelle
in the upcoming months you will be invited to join in on challenges, tutorials, tips and tricks from these talented girls!
check in tomorrow as the inspiration continues with more projects....
what a wonderful gift! happy birthday :)
Posted by: stinker | 27 January 2010 at 01:26 AM
How sweet is that .. love that .. Happy Birthday
Posted by: Sasha Holloway | 27 January 2010 at 02:03 AM
Oh wow! Happy birthday! It's wonderful to know that so many people love you! :)
Posted by: Yvonne Y | 27 January 2010 at 02:18 AM
that is so gorgeous - lucky you :)
Posted by: Shimano (christine) | 27 January 2010 at 04:02 AM
Happy Birthday and what an absolutely precious gift!
Posted by: Linda Shewchuk | 27 January 2010 at 04:10 AM
Happy Birthday! What a lovely gift!
Posted by: RachelM | 27 January 2010 at 06:08 AM
Happy Birthday I love giving away my hand made projects...and I love recieving them too you really do appreciate them more than the bought ones!
Posted by: Ruth Philps | 27 January 2010 at 06:10 AM
Happy bday you got a beautifull present.
Posted by: Michele de Barrera | 27 January 2010 at 06:14 AM
That is so amazing. I'm glad you got such a priceless birthday gift to cherish. :)
- April
Posted by: April W | 27 January 2010 at 06:21 AM
Ohh this is so precious!! I love Lilibee's album :)
Posted by: polinka | 27 January 2010 at 06:24 AM
My gosh - you have wonderful friends and husband - I'm turning 36 on Feb. 10!
Posted by: Erika M | 27 January 2010 at 06:35 AM
wow! What a neat birthday gift! Happy Birthday--I know what you mean about saying the number out loud! I'll be 3-7 next Tuesday--weird--I don't feel that age inside....Hope you had a FANTASTIC day!
Posted by: Diana | 27 January 2010 at 06:59 AM
such a fabulous treasure!
Posted by: j.leija | 27 January 2010 at 07:12 AM
oh wow...happy birthday to you... i also celebrated a birthday... and to make you happier i turned 38...aaarrhhhh... how totally awesome of your DT team to create all those amazing pages for you...speical indeed.. thanks for sharing...leeann xx
Posted by: leeann Pearce | 27 January 2010 at 07:20 AM
What a fabulous and special present!
Posted by: muriel | 27 January 2010 at 08:16 AM
Happy Birthday and I know that 'number' feeling!! That pop up card is just fabulous and so colorful, right up my color selection alley!!
Posted by: Holly | 27 January 2010 at 08:17 AM
Happy Birthday! What a fantastic gift!! Love the pages you shared!
Posted by: Lisa | 27 January 2010 at 08:28 AM
Happy birthday! Beautiful gift!
Posted by: slammie | 27 January 2010 at 08:42 AM
Wow, that certainly is a wonderful gift.
Posted by: Bibiana | 27 January 2010 at 10:33 AM
Happy birthday! What an awesome gift!
Posted by: Jill Oriente | 27 January 2010 at 10:43 AM
That is such a wonderful gift! You can definately tell you are one special woman! Your girls are just absolutely adorable! Happy belated birthday!
Posted by: Cheryl K. | 27 January 2010 at 11:49 AM
firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
What fabby gifts! The album and scrap pages are to die for, the girls did such an awesome job. What a beautiful surprise.
Posted by: mina | 27 January 2010 at 01:49 PM
OMGoodness...I see why you had the "explosion" of tears! This is beautiful!!! So blessed to be surrounded by such talented and loving people! Happy 35th year of life!!!
Posted by: nitasha | 27 January 2010 at 02:44 PM
What a wonderful hubby and gaggle of girls!!
Happy Birthday!!!
Posted by: Charity | 27 January 2010 at 03:01 PM
Awwwww, thats so sweet!!! Yep, very talented and thoughtful bunch of girls you've got here - and Happy Birthday!!
xx
Posted by: Kathleen Glossop | 27 January 2010 at 04:24 PM