Un-lonely Birthday!

Only a woman totally secure in her 34-ness could throw herself her own birthday party without crying over how sad that is! Being apart from my hubby on my birthday is pretty depressing (not to mention how gloomy it is considering his birthday is two days before mine and all I could do was send a lame ecard), so putting together my own party couldn't be any more depressing. As it turns out, planning your own party is the way to go! I was determined to surround myself with good friends and scrapbooks all night!!! I was overwhelmed with the response I got! We nearly ran out of room. Thanks to all of you who came and partied! It made my whole month!

Wow! What a crowd!

This was scrapbook central. These girls are serious about their art. They worked really hard all night and finished some great projects. This table is made up of an assortment of my friends and family that had never met before. Nights like this are truly a testament to how close a group of girls can get just by scrapbooking! They gabbed and laughed all night, and even shared supplies and advice. See, Maili got some great advice here on some adhesive techniques. See the pop dots on her cardstock circles? Very innovative. What? Why does everyone laugh at this photo. For real, pop dots are great! They can really add dimension to a page. Seriously, what's the problem?

And the group was not limited to human girls. Harley spent most of the night watching over Libby's paper.

And what party would be complete without good food! Well, it may not have been good food, but the junk food was plentiful. Have you ever seen a more beautiful meringue? Lasca, you amaze me! This was a Baked Alaska. She made it with peppermint crunch ice cream and chocolate sauce topped with this amazing meringue. It was sinfully delicious!

The best part was my scrapbook birthday cake made by my own personal baker, Lizzie Bear. My favorites, Smurfette and Eeyore, were popping up through the "paper". And "scraps" of cake surround all the edges of the pan. What a lucky mommy!