Expressions of Love...: Happy Birthday!!!!!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Happy Birthday!!!!!

About a week ago it was one of my best friend's 20th birthday! To keep things interesting (and extra special--I mean a birthday card should be far more exciting than just any old card!), I made her this card because she was scared of turning the big 2-0 so all these pictures and random magazine clippings are "Twenty Things to Look Forward to in the Next Twenty Years Because You're Turning Twenty". I thought that was cute ... You can see numbers 1-19 in these photos... but I'll leave number 20 up to your imagination. ;)

Another brilliant Edward Monkton card--no matter the occasion, he always comes through. This card was quite giant, but I stuck so much stuff in it I still had to paste in extra bits of paper to act as flip-outs. It was a pretty epic card, if I do say so myself.

1. Keeping it blonde! Always and forever!

2. Having a really cute dog.

3. Finding a wonderful, well-dressed man.

4. Who thinks ...

... and isn't afraid to act on it. (Image from leloveimage.blogspot.com)

5. Owning many, fabulous and expensive bags.

6. Having a gorgeous apartment in one (or five) amazing cities around the world.

7. Living in New York--going to cute bakeries, skating in Central Park, doing things When Harry Met Sally style.

8. Being swept up, off your feet and away by love.

9. Looking fabulous in reading glasses.

10. Eating many, many birthday cupcakes in the future.

11. Changing the world. (You can't see the picture, but it is there!)

12. Wearing glamorous cocktail dresses to high-society functions.

13. Traveling the world, galavanting from one exotic place to the next.

14. Always having fresh flowers to smell.

15. Going on a spiritual pilgrimage on camel to see the Dalai Lama.

16. Buying adorable china to have in the adorable apartment!

17. Going green, saving the trees!

18. Baking (and eating) bushels of delicious Christmas cookies.

19. Always having some wonderful and awesome friends to keep it crazy with.

And this is just a little something I found highly appropriate (after I edited the speech bubble just a tad). Is this not every single girl's birthday wish?

HAPPY TWENTIETH!!! Hope all your big dreams come true, and that the giant hat of cleverness serves you well.

Sealed with love ... :)

1 comment:

stealthOctober 27, 2009 at 6:40 AM
aww i love the list! its SO cute.
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Sealed with love...

Anyone, anywhere can fire off an email, send a fax or post something on your facebook wall. It takes a grand total of two and a half seconds--some text, the click of a button, and you're done. Instant communication, lost in the abyss of cyberspace--hardly what you would call an expression of love. With the advent of internet, yes, it's tragic, but true--we have almost lost the beautiful permanence of letter writing. Sure, it's slower and it's more tedious than sending an e-card, but it's the effort involved that makes cards, letters, notes in the mail expressions of love; because in taking the time to choose your stationary, write your note, enclose a photo or magazine article, and deliver it to a mail box or post office--you've just proven the depth and beauty of snail mail. You've just told someone, through your actions alone, that you love them.

You love cards. I love cards. We all love cards.

It's a reciprocal business, sending cards, letters, postcards, packages, flying elephants (ok, probably not the flying elephants, but if you do happen to find one, you should drop me a line). And so card-sharing should be a reciprocal business, too! Send me cards, letters, cool stationery, tidbits of mail--anything wonderful and whimsical that goes or comes in the mail. Scan it, add a little blurb telling us what it's all about--why it's special, why it's cute, why you love it, why we should love it--send it (sadly via email: cooper22722@yahoo.ca) and I'll post it. With love, of course.