T Stands For bEARTHday gifts from afar

 Today I'll be sharing the bEARTHday gifts I received from art friends around the globe.  Next week, I'll share where I ate during bEARTHday week and gifts I gave my foodie friend Sally, whose birthday I spaced off and didn't even remember until we were shopping about two weeks later.

But today is all about the wonderful gifts I received from my artist friends.  Note my traditional birthday muffin, and my empty cup, which I will fill with tea once all these goodies have been removed from harm's way.  They don't call me klutz for nothing!

Each of these ladies outdid herself.  They created beautiful art and sent amazing gifts.  All are T Tuesday participants, and I couldn't be happier and more proud, although they should NOT have been so generous.  Be sure to check out the envelope Dianne made in which she sent her card.

I told Krisha she truly made me feel like a star when I opened the card the first thing.  Beautiful napkins, die cuts, and awesome tissue papers, along with those owl keys truly made my day.  Krisha knows I have a "thing" for keys.

I'm sure many of you knew this came from Cindy because of her signature bingo cards.  However, this is a fabulous postcard and I can't quit running my hand over it.  The texture, which doesn't show in the photo, is phenomenal.   Cindy is always surprising me with something and this was truly out of the blue (pun not intended, but accurate)!

Everything here is recycled, including the Kandinsky calendar page Dianne used to make the envelope.

I have to admit that Susi's gift was over the top.  I opened this while we were at a restaurant and I kept squealing with delight as I opened more and more beautiful gifts she sent.

I took so many photos of items in that box, I had to create a mosaic, or you would have been here all day long.  There were oil pastels, fabric, feathers, leaves, napkins, more napkins, wonderful tea, teabags, embellishments, stamps, stamps, and more stamps, a beautiful hand painted birthday card, a handmade and beautifully painted book from recycled materials, and I bet you all caught the ROCKING HORSE, too!!!!

Also tucked in among the other gifts were these beauties, a tag and a painting, both created using recycled materials.

Doesn't this look beautiful on my library table?  I may find a different place for it, though, since it should have its own space and not have to share space with other rocking horses.  It's very unique and I've never seen another one like it.

Now it's your turn to share a drink related post.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, teapots, mugs, a drink cup, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, teabags, scrapbooking, or any other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink. Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.  Old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time.