Birthday Present Wrap Up

Okay, I promise this is the last post I'll do about my birthday. Hey, it was my 30th! I can dag it out, right :)

But I wanted to show off a few other awesome gifts I received.

I went to lunch with my grandparents last week (as my grandma's birthday is 2 days after mine) and she surprised me with these pretty little flowers. She told me she had never seen miniature daffodils and wanted to share them with me :)

Jesse's mom got me this pretty multimedia piece and I think it suits me pretty well :) I love the colors, the design and of course the saying! I already have it hanging in my "studio".

I also received these photographs from fellow Etsy seller and friend, Rose from Random Creative. Rose has taken her photography to a whole new level over the last year and I'm so happy she shared some of her work with me! She knows how much I love pink, so she sent me 3 different pink flower prints :)

I hung these right next to my new art piece.

I'm so happy to get to start enjoying these new pretties around my home :)

Bonzer Beads Birthday Surprise

A couple weeks ago I posted a birthday wish list of great items I'd love to have from Etsy. I was both surprised and elated when one of the featured sellers offered to send me one of the items from my wish list!

Duane of Bonzer Beads sent me this beautiful Hammered Aluminum Ring in my size. And it arrived so quickly too! I received it last Monday and I've been wearing it all week!

I love that it fits both my index finger as well as my thumb. I've never worn a thumb ring before, but really like this one on my thumb. It's so comfortable and light weight.

 Bonzer Beads also has many other beautiful item in their shop. Here are a few of my favorites:

Wide Purple Pearl Memory Wire Cuff Bracelet

Gray Pearl Beaded Cross Necklace with Charms

Hammered Copper Spiral Earrings with Wire Wrap Turquoise Beads

I can't express my gratitude enough to Duane for sending me such a beautiful gift!

Wordless Wednesday - Birthday Manicure

 A special thank you to Aunt Polly for doing my nails for my birthday :)

My Birthday Diamond

Warning: The following content did not come with an engagement, a wedding, marriage, a family or children. LOL :)

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I just thought I'd get that out of the way so I'm not confusing people :)

This is my BEAUTIFUL NEW BIRTHDAY PRESENT!!!

On our first Christmas together, Jesse bought me a diamond ring. It was the best gift ever! I've worn this ring for 11.5 years now and the band recently broke...it was time for an upgrade :) We made the decision a long time ago that marriage just wasn't something that was important to us. We don't plan on having a family and we're very happy with the way our relationship is :)

Last Monday we went shopping for a new ring! It's really a pretty funny experience to shop for an "engagement" ring when you're not getting engaged...LOL! When you tell the jeweler that you're looking for a diamond, they immediately congratulate you. Once you explain that you're not getting engaged...they don't really know what to say. We had fun messing with some of them...LOL :)

This is the ring we chose...isn't is stunning! I can't stop looking at my finger!!!

The center setting is actually made up of 4 separate diamonds. There are 11 more diamonds on the band surrounding the setting. I've always loved princess cut diamonds and this has 15 of them!!!

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Jesse even took me to Red Lobster last night to celebrate :) I couldn't quit smiling! I've wanted an "upgrade" for a while now and this is just perfect :)