Friday, June 18, 2010

What a Birthday!

Today was my birthday (also Kelly Morgan's over at Silver Parrot). It was one of my best birthdays, and I mean that too. My husband has taken a day off here and there this past couple of weeks and, of course, took today off to help me celebrate.
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It was such a lovely, leisurely day.
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First, we watched the USA vs. Slovenia World Cup Game while I photographed my finished Bead Soup Swap piece. Here is a sneak peek.
I wore it last night to Quilt Guild and today when we went to my favorite museum and got loads of compliments! I cannot wait to do the full fledged REVEAL on Sunday. (One of my online friends sent me a note stating that the dates in the previous post were incorrect -- so I changed them to the correct dates - sorry 'bout that!)
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Well, we drove from Denton to Fort Worth with a short stop at Cabela's for my sweetie. Then we went to the Kimbell Museum for the remainder of the day and had a lovely lunch there as well. The Kimbell is a small, very fine museum that usually has to put most of their permanent collection away when they have a traveling show. But today I saw more of their collection than I ever have before, plus the newly acquired Michelangelo (click on the link above to see it). It was a real treat!

Okay, I promised a birthday celebration giveaway. Here is how it works -- post a comment on this blog post with your email address and I will draw a random number at the end of the week (at the end of the Bead Soup Blog Party!) Keep checking here for the Party participants revealing their masterpieces each day.

22 comments:

Amy F said...

Pick me, pick me! copperdiem@gmail.com

Spirited Earth said...

glad to hear you had a good birthday..
aden420(at)aol dot com

moonlitfantaseas said...

sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! your bead soup creation looks yummy! normaturvey@yahoo.com

Regina said...

Sounds like you had a great day! Happy Birthday and happy beading...
sundancegems@hotmail.com

Nicki said...

Happy birthday Emanda. I am curious for the full reveal. nic12698@live.de

Tyne said...

I'm a new follower ane love the pieces you have. I'm excited to see everyone's work on Bead Soup Party.

Have a great birthday!

tynebodennecklaces.blogspot.com

tynebodenecklaces@gmail.com

MoonRae said...

Happy D-Day a little late (mine's the 25th) and thanks for sharing the bead soup party piece, it's beautiful!!
lunrei@yahoo.com

MoonRae said...

sorry it should be Happy "B-Day"

Loretta said...

Happy Birthday, Emanda. Love your bead soup necklacec.

Kate said...

Happy Birthday Emanda! It sounds like you had a wonderful Birthday, what a joy that must be! Love your Bead soup piece and can't wait to see more!

You have my email. :)

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday!
Your bead soup piece is gorgeous!

kimfdim at aol dot com

Unknown said...

Happy belated Birthday!

Marianna said...

Gorgeous! Such pretty components to work with and very romantic looking, I love it!

yogavq said...

Pick me, I would love to win. And congrats on your birthday, sounds like it was wonderful.
Vikki

yogavq@ayahoo.com

dfherden said...

I just stumbled across your site and am so pleased I did. Happy birthday week!
Della

dfherden@gmail.com

Beatnheart said...

Please include me in your giveaway...Love your bead soup piece. Glorious!

Emerald Window said...

Happy Birthday! My birhday is on the 29th (my daughter's and my sister's birthdays on the 30th - One hell of party).
I have a sidebar on my blog where I continuously list give-aways from other blogs. I'll put this one on it. And if you do more in the future, let me know so I can send more readers your way.
Cenya
clsse@comcast.net

Rebecca said...

Pretty please, count me in! My email is andersonrebecca [at] mac [dot] com

Alesha said...

truly beautiful pieces here! thanks for sharing and thanks for the giveaway.

Alesha
aleshakay.etsy@gmail.com

Heather said...

What a week!! I thought I sent you a Happy Birthday comment but I don't see it. So
Happy Bird Day to You, happy Bird day to you, happy bird day dear Emanda, happy Bird day to you!! Tweet Tweet! ( I am singing) Don't know if you can hear me?
How generous of you to giveaway on your birthday!

Unknown said...

Happy belated birthday! Hope it was a great day, in a great month in a great year. :)
~ Moags (Laura)
moags.and.smeet(at)gmail.com

Paige said...

Happy (very) belated birthday! I've loved "meeting" all you wonderful artists through reading the bead soup party this past week or so. I hope to join in next time! I'd love to win this giveaway! :)

knitster23@gmail.com