HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONICA ... The BIG FOUR - 0

Today we had a fabulous time at Rathmines park with lots of our friends and families to celebrate our dear friends birthday ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONICA !!
This lady is one of the sweetest, gentlest, kindness most beautiful people you could ever meet; and therefore, a wonderful friend!
I mentioned in my last blog that I had a little project that was "secret squirrel" business and I would share it with you soon ... well ... our dear Miss Monica is a very humble shy person and had given strict instructions to all that she did not want a big fuss made for her birthday. Mon (as her friends affectionately call her) goes out of her way to avoid being the centre of attention ... sooo ... we organised a simple little picnic in the park with our families but failed to mentioned that there would be approximately 20 families there !!
Anyway, all was good, the weather was glorious and we had a lovely day ... as you can see by this photo, the Birthday Girl enjoyed herself too!
Ok, stay with me, i am getting to the point about the secret project ...


Like most of us fine female specimens, Monica luuuuvs scrapbooking; however, having 3 beautiful sons she never gets to do "girly" scrapbooking ... so ... our friend Janelle (aka Marilyn that appeared in my blog a few weeks ago celebrating her birthday) came up with the idea of doing a "girly" tin and issuing all of Monica's friends (scrapbookers & non-scrapbookers) with a file card to decorate and fill the tin with Birthday Wishes!!
Janelle beautifully decorated this tin and everyone was very creative with their little cards.

So .....











The secret project I was working on was my card to go in the tin.
I must say, i enjoyed doing "girly" scrapbooking too, cause i always scrapbook my beautiful little boy and my dear husband.

The little card had a photo flap with a
hidden message underneath.


And .....










I am sure you remember the beautiful cake that another of our beautiful friends (Karen) made for Janelle's 40th; well, she has excelled once again and come up with this gorgeous creation for Monica's Birthday.
How cute is this handbag cake (and it was yummy too!).
It was so life like it was almost too good to eat ... would have made a beautiful fashion accessory!

Anyway, this has turned into another of those super dooper long blogs; but, i would just like to say how lucky i am to have such kind, beautiful, wonderful friends ... and once again ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MON !!

Have a great week everyone,
JULIE x