This past week I celebrated my 27th birthday. It truly was a week long celebration! I got birthday cards in the mail all week and we kicked off the celebration on Wednesday at
Jason and Katie's house for a party at Family Night.

For some reason Zach really wanted this puppy dog in the picture. When he sees a dog, instead of saying "dog" or "puppy" he says "good dog". It is so cute. :)

Cody and I under her cute birthday banner.

Katie and I.

Zach pointing to the fish and telling me what it is.
Elizabeth, me and Katie.

My younger brother Andrew and Zach. Andrew has a motorcycle so if Zach sees one on the road or even a motorcycle helmet he says, "And-roooo". It is so funny how he associates him with a bike.

As a birthday present to myself, I cut some of my limelight hydrangeas to enjoy. I have never enjoyed a plant more than my limelight. I am so glad I saw them on
Katie's (Harrington House) blog.

Over the weekend my parents came up for another celebration. My mom got me these bird salt and pepper shakers and silver plated plate.

She also got me these baby cups. She knows I am hosting a baby shower in October so these will be perfect to use for decoration.

I took some of my birthday cash and went to Hob Lob! I got this USA sign for 66% off. I'll use it next year in my 4th of July decorating.

I also got the glass bottles at Hob Lob. I have had my eye on these for a long time. I love them! To make it even better, they were half off.

I have them in my bathroom window sill right now but I'm not sure they are going to stay there. What would you do with them? I kind of like them without anything in them but I'm always open to suggestions. :)
80 comments:
Happy Birthday! Such fun gifts. I love the bottles just as is. Very pretty with the light coming through them.
I'm glad you had a great birthday with sweet friends and family! I love Hob Lob finds!
Happy belated Birthday!!
Katie's house looks so pretty in the background of these pics! Love your gifts and finds. Hope you had a wonderful birthday!
Happy Birthday! You got some cute things.Love the bottles where they are.
Ally
Looks like you had a wonderful birthday..Many more blessings to you!
Happy Birthday to You!!! Gosh,I wish I was 27 again. Glad you had some good family time and I love that sweet little banner of Katies! Have a good one~
Glad you had a great birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! It looks like you had a wonderful week. By chance, do you know where your banner came from? It's so cute!
I'm glad to see Katie is doing better.
Happy Birthday!!!! Beautiful gifts and I LOVE that banner....too CUTE!
Happy Birthday! It looks like you had a wonderful b-day!!!! I love your baby cups. I have mine and I have Aaron's baby cup (that I need to have engraved) and I asked my dad if I could have his so I could have a set of 3.
Happy Birthday! We are the same age. *smiles*
Love what you got at Hobby Lobby, those little glass bottles are adorable!
Happy Belated Birthday! Looks like you had a great day!
Hi Shannon! I hope you had a wonderful Birthday. LOVE all your prizes! The bottles are adorable where they are, but would look really cute in the office too...
Awww - happy birthday!! Wow - 27? That's my forever age! I will be celebrating it's 10 year anniversary this year - ha ha ha! Love your limelight - definitely need to invest in one of those!
I'm glad you had such a nice birthday!
I saw that USA sign at my HL too! They always have such cute stuff.
Happy Birthday! You're so young and pretty! I love the little crosses that are in the glass bottles. Very pretty! Oh, the limelight hydrangea is beautiful too, btw!
Happy birthday!
I'm seriously considering getting a limelight hydrangea. I've never seen them before until this year and it just caught my eye. It's nice to see and hear that someone really likes it.
So jealous you have Hobby Lobby. Just discovered the place only to move and discover there aren't any within 200 miles of me! Hmph. :o)
Happy Birthday! I am so glad for you that you had such a wonderful birthday. I am a little sad to think that I am almost old enough to be your mom. . . but not quite! So I'll just think of myself as a big sister. And you are a sister in Christ, I know, so that's not a bad way to think of it.
Hope your 28th year is a blessed one!
Happy Birthday to you!
Glad you've had lots of good celebrations - it should be a birthday month in my opinion.
Happy, Happy Birthday! Love what you got! :)
I like the bottles right where you have them as they are...beautiful. Happy belated birthday!!!
Hello Shannon - Happy Birthday! It looks like you had a wonderful celebration. Lots of goodies and family fun! Your limelights are gorgeous.
Blessings,
Marie
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HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
I love Zach's hair in that picture of y'all! So cute. And "good dog" - that is great. I love when they are starting to talk and make sense of things. It's so funny!
That kitchen is beautiful...I'm loving that wall of cabinets. You are going to flip out next summer with your limelights. Seriously! Just you wait. Mine are in their third summer...and I started counting blooms on one the other night. I have (no kidding) almost a hundred blooms on just ONE plant. It's taller than I am (I'm 5'8".) Just wait...they get even better! Haha! I'm working on a wreath with some of my dried blooms.
What a wonderful birthday celebration. I enjoyed your photos.
Happy Birthday! Glad you had a wonderful time!
I'm making my first chalkboard at this moment! I thought of you and the chalkboards you've posted about. :)
Blessings,
Sandra
Happy Birthday! Looks like you had a wonderful time. I love the glass bottles you found at Hobby Lobby. They are very cute!
Happy Birthday to you - love all your finds.
Happy birthday!! You have such wonderful friends and seem like such a close-knit group. I'm a bit envious, to tell you the truth.
~ Sarah
Happy belated birthday! That was such a darling birthday banner. Was it handmade?
Happy belated birthday!!! I'm so glad you had such a nice week, great friends and family. Love all of your things you posted about, esp. the little glass bottles.
Love the glass bottles! I had my eye on them the other night.
Happy Birthday and so glad Katie is well. Cute baby cups! Jackie
Happy Birthday!! I am so glad you had a great week. The bottles are cute. I like them empty too.
Happy Birthday!
p.s. So cute how Zach says And-roooo!!
Happy Belated Birthday!!!!
I love those salt and pepper shakers!
Happy belate birthday!! How fun! Love all the gifts and those little bottler are adorable! My best, Vanessa
Happy Birthday you young thang! I love those bottles too. Wish we had a Hob Lob in CA!
Happy Birthday, Shannon! Sounds like a terrific week of celebrating. Love the little bottles! I would probably leave them in the bathroom and fill them with different colored bath salts!
Happy Birthday!!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time and you gifts are lovely!! :)
LOVE THE BIRHTDAY BANNER!!! Where is it from.
LOVE the bottles just as they are. SOOO wish I had seen them at Hob Lob when I was in TX...we don't have one close to us in NC :(
and Happy Birthday!
Glad your birthday was such a great one. Love the gifts and finds. Love Hobby Lobby.
Happy Birthday! Great photos and terrific gifts for sure.
LOVE those bottles too. Funny, as soon as I saw them, I thought of Mustard Seeds. One of my favorite verses and I instantly thought of seeing them in side the glass to serve as a beautiful reminder.
Of course, they are lovely empty - but I had to share.
Happy Belated Birthday to you, Shannon! You're still a youngster LOL Man, do I ever love Hobby Lobby, too - yesterday I scored some MAJOR deals in the 90% off clearance section! (I actually wrote an upcoming post about it.)
Have a blessed day!
~Michelle
Happy Birthday Shannon! Looks like you had a wonderful time with family. Your gifts are all so sweet. Love the bottles.
Katie looks well. Glad to see her smiling.
Have a good day!
Happy belated birthday... sounds like it was a fantastic celebration!! Love those bottles from HL! They are beautiful just by a window as you have them.
looks like you had a wonderful birthday! Love that kitchen!!!
Happy Belated Birthday! It looks as though it was a wonderful celebration!
Happy Birthday-Fun gifts. It looks like a great day.
Cheri
www.itssoverycheri.blogspot.com
2nd week of give away
Happy (Belated) Birthday.
It is so good when we can celebrate longer that just our birthday day and will all the loved ones around.
Fabiola
Glad you had such a great birthday. Love the limelight hydrangeas.
Hey! It's more like "GOODAWWWG!" Ha!
I looked at my sign and the tag is cut off! I guess it bothered me. It's probably the Tag brand, but I'm not sure!
Cute jars!
Happy Birthday to you!!! What a wonderful way to spend your birthday!
LuLu
Happy birthday! Love the hydrangeas in the white vase. I have one just like it (the vase).
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Love all of your gifts/finds! Happy to hear you had a wonderful birthday!! :)
I like the bottles where/as they are.
Have a great day girl!
Happy Late Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday Shannon! Looks like you got some adorable stuff...especially when you can go to Hobby Lobby and get that 60% off! :)
Carrie
happy birthday! i love the sign and all your pictures. hope you had a great celebration. i also LOVE those crosses!
Happy Birthday! Glad you had a good one! I love those bottles! I agree with Wendy, they look pretty just the way they are! I just went to our Hob Lob and I did not see those! I have been following your blog for a while and enjoy it! I just started my own blog and would love for you to stop by! Just remember, I am new at this! Thanks! Julie
Happy Belated Birthday! It looks like you were very loved & celebrated! The fun birthday banner is so cute!
Happy (late) Birthday Shannon! What a wonderful little party they gave you...sweet banner.
I hope it was a wonderful and special day!!!
Where have I been?! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Happy Birthday!
I love your bottles - They look beautiful.
Glad to see Katie is so much better.
Please, please tell me where the photo frame with writing on thats behind you in the photo came from. Ive been trying to get one for so long & I cant find anywhere that does it over here (UK).
Vanessa
(mumof3lovelies@hotmail.co.uk)
Happy Birthday Shannon. It's so great to see Katie looking happy and healthy. : )
Happy Belated Birthday!! It looks like you had a great one!!!
Heather:)
Shannon - I saw a comment you left at Everyday Blessings and am glad I came to check out your blog! I have so enjoyed reading through your posts and tips. I'll be back!
Hey, Shannon...I have had a lot of people tell me they've had terrible luck trying to dry their hydrangeas. They usually say they have wilted, too. Somehow, I have managed to NEVER have any trouble. I don't do anything special (on purpose anyway!) so I am assuming that I have just been lucky, I guess. Now, I do usually wait till later in the summer to cut mine from the bush for drying. I wait till they have been on the plant for a while. I have only done that because I like to see them on the bush outside in my yard...but maybe that is part of the "trick"... Once I cut them, I bring them in and hang them like that one post I did last year. When you do hang them, though, be careful to only hang them in small bunches because when they dry, sometimes the bloom heads will dry together/interlocked and they are sometimes hard to separate without destroying the bloom head because it's so fragile in its dried state. Plus, if there are a bunch of them drying together in a big bunch, they will compress each other and sorta flatten out, leaving you with a smaller dried bouquet. If you dry them in smaller bunches (3-5 stems), once they dry you will be able to stack them toghether in whatever arrangement you want. Does any of this make sense??? I hope so. I hope you have better luck with the drying later.
Happy late Birthday, Shannon! I like the bottles without anything~very simple and sweet.
Happy Birthday! I loooove those glass bottles. They are gorgeous.
Hey Shannon! Thanks for stopping by! We do have a forever 21 but its kinda far away but I just might have to make the trip! Still havent found anything! I hope you stop by again! Is this the best way to write back to a comment? Would love your advice! Thanks!
Nothing like buying ourselves a birthday present. That is the best kind. Yeah for Hobby Lobby. My new son-in-law is a district manager for H.L. in So. Carolina. Love that place!
Happy Birthday Shannon!
Looks like your day was filled with fun, family, and lots of love!
Happy Birthday to you!!!! Looks like a great friend to host your fun day! BTW.....I am in love in love in love with that kitchen! The banner was a nice touch too!
Happy late birthday! I'm one of your occasional, quiet, blog lurkers! I ADORE the bottles and will be looking for them at my Hobby Lobby. What about a small pice of weathered paper in the bottom with a different word in each..love, hope, grace (or something like that)? They are perfect as is though! Thanks for keeping such a great blog! You are a blessing!
Happy, Happy {belated} BIRTHDAY Shannon!!! xo.
Happy birthday!!! Looks like you had a great day!!!!lots of gifts...great fun..
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I love the glass bottles you have. I have crosses everywhere! So I was thinking, what if you added a different colored water to each one. With all the glass and light they would really pop!
God's blessings, Sarah :D
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