for my sweet lady, k --

Happy Birthday to my very best friend in all of the galaxy, Kathleen!

the mister's obligatory birthday post

I'd been procrastinating this post, as I didn't have a clue which card line I should feature in honor of mister b's birthday today. With very little searching, I managed to come up with the awesome Australian line Able & Game. These cards are both hysterical and charming and so perfectly perfect for my Birthday boy.

Although, I did get b a tangible card, from the master's at Hammerpress, if you're curious. I've also developed a bizarre habit of flashing cards at the mister whether at a store, on my computer screen or from my well-stocked sample cache for work and saying "huh, huh I would totally send this to you."

And for the record, 'Even though we've been together for ages (8 of your birthdays) I still have a massive crush on you.' So true...

{all images via Able & Game's Etsy}

birthday card pick no. 4

{card & image via two trick pony}

Most everyone knows what a major crush I have on Two Trick Pony. More C&C love for the pony duo here & here.

goody giveaway no. 8 {birthday edition}

Here it is! A bonanza of paper goods to delight any afficianado of stationery.

Boxed holiday set from Cartolina Cards
Boxed thank you set from Cecily Ink
Coaster set from Letterary Press
Pencil Box from Nooworks
Favor box from Treeo Design
Assorted gift enclosures from Owen Says

Individual cards from:
Egg Press
Seraph
Oddball Press
Foxy & Winston
Lark Press
Ella Studio
Biellafiore
9Spotmonk
Red Bat Press
Paper + Cup Design
Andy Pratt Design

To enter to win:

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{image by crow & canary}

birthday card pick no.3

{card and image via sycamore street press}

Because this is just freaking funny.

birthday card pick no.2

{card and image by simple song's etsy shop}

Isn't this a beauty? Everything that Simple Song designs has this "oh-my-goodness-i-need-that" feel to it. I'm all for things that give me the urge to play make-believe librarian too.

narcissism be thy name.

{card by wiley valentine}

I usually shy away from talking up my birthday. I've never been much of a party planner and more often than not, let things just play out naturally. Which can sometimes turn out a bit, well... lackluster. My birthday is this upcoming Saturday, August the 22nd and I've decided to not only make a big deal about it in this little blog, but to give someone else the opportunity to score some schwag in the honor of my big (or historically speaking, not so big) day.

The rest of the week I'm going to be featuring birthday cards I'd love to give or receive. And of course details on the big birthday booty giveaway. It's gonna be a doozy...

{image via wiley valentine}