My Birthday Wish for You
It is my birthday today! And. . . it is my big five zero! Now that I am 50, I feel compelled to share a few bits of wisdom I have gathered throughout the years.
Wisdom nugget number one: Good news ladies. . . we get better with age! I have heard this from many sources and I am now one of the those who can say it is true. Though I would love the skin of my 20’s and the energy of my 30’s, it seems that every decade just keeps getting better.
Juicy bit number two: The older you get, the less you care about what other people think of you! I swear, it is a freeing concept as it will leave you snuggling down into your own true self. I have this quote printed and framed in my bathroom, “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself” by Coco Channel. This is a truism for beauty both inside and out. (You can download and print it here).
A wise number four: Cherish, adore and love yourself! This is a new concept for me as it seems that I have been looking desperately for someone else to make me feel cherished, adored and loved for most of my life. It was just a week ago what I had the “aha” moment of realizing that it was really up to me. I designed this print to hang as a reminder and decided to share it with you as well. You can download and print one of the 4 versions using the link below. It is my birthday wish for you. Let’s do this together! Hugs to you all and let’s make this the best year of our lives. ~ Lia
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Happy bday and thank you so much for the freebie and the positive vibes!✨✨
Enjoy it 🙂
Beautiful!!
Thank you so much!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY your 50th.? Now you can really enjoy yourself even more, turning 50 for me was like a revelation, like I came into myself finally and it was so much fun.
Did you do something special for yourself today? Sure hope so. You only get one 50th. Proud of you for admitting your real age, nothing wrong with turning 50.
Can remember summer I turned 50, it was like some other person was inside me, did things had never had nerve to do before, to be honest, I was kinda wild that summer and oh boy did it ever feel incredible. Hope you get to enjoy yourself and any new feelings about your life you might have. Go for it girl.
You look darn good for 50. Wish I lived by you would take you out for few drinkies, Chili’s is great place to go. Wishing you the happiest you’ve ever been. Happy week Lia. Do you still flirt with good looking men? Sure hope so, such fun, I love to flirt even tho am an older woman, lol, will be 76 in July but am not dead yet.
You make me laugh! You are such a dear. I was in NYC for my birthday and my team had me wear a paper crown and a big sash that said “Fifty and Fabulous”. We had a really good time. We will definitely need to have a drink someday and yes. . . I am a bit of a flirt. Though I am also single so I should be, right. ha ha.
love it!!!!
Thanks!
Congrats. You look fab. I hope you celebrated in style. Your projects are amazing and I love your creativity. Belated birthday greetings from Ireland.
Thanks Cath! I was in NYC so we had a really lovely dinner.
This is truly beautiful, thank you for being so thoughtful to reach out to your followers in their Birthday month.
Well it is my birthday month as well. 😉
Happy Birthday Lia!! I just turned 50 last year and I realized the same sentiments as you! Thanks for the reminder!
I am telling you! I have heard so many women rave about turning 50. 😉
Happy Birthday and thank you! I will be joining you in 55 days. Cherish yourself because, if you don’t no one will.
Thanks Maria! I am going to LOVE this decade!!!
Congratulations on your 50th birthday !!!!!
True, it is a new stage, you start to see yourself as an autonomous person.
Able to see and decide what you really want, even over things and people that you have always said and will keep saying what you should do.
I will fulfilled in June last year, less than a month will fulfill 51, the unusual circumstances of my life and health have not allowed me to enjoy it as I expected, but struggled to make it clear that I have an identity, I am a woman very valid, beautiful, with defined tastes, with a pleasant and sociable character if they let me …
I’m not a girl or young immature for everyone tell me what I have to do or say, or how to behave … I think it’s time to respect me, even my mother.
Live it to the fullest, enjoy it with anyone who wants to enjoy it, because it is 50 years old, just those who remain ahead, God allows him to live.
So we have no time to lose.
God bless her,
Carmen
Thank you for the sweet note Carmen.
Well…a very Happy 50th Birthday to you! I hope your day is filled with joy, love and peace. My oldest child…son…turned 50 this past December. It truly does not seem possible. I love the quote download. Thank you. And how true it is! Of course, being a Christian, I know that we must first love ourselves in order to love others. Thanks for the freebie. And again…Happy Birthday!
What a sweet message Sherrie. Thank you!
I am sorry to be a bit late with my congratulations – it’s the 9 hour time difference between Portland and France!
Your post coincided with me reading a definition of the Greek word Kalon; ‘beauty that is more than skin deep, beauty as an outward sign of inward good, noble, honourable character.’ Happy Birthday to someone who embodies that definition. Hope you had a wonderful day!
Awww, thank you Deborah! You just warmed my heart!
Dear Lia, Happy Birthday to you and may your 50+ life be full of joy, power and sunshine in your heart (and most important: health).
Wisdom nos. 1 – 4: I totally agree (will be 62 next September)
Sending my best wishes
Thank you Kerstin!
HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY!
Thanks Dotti!
Happy Birthday! It’s my birthday too, 43 years young today. Thanks for your lovely, thought-provoking message. I have a beautiful picture above my dressing table which simply says ‘sing your own song’. And I try to live by this each day. Hope your day is as good as mine is turning out to be.
Wonderful quote and happy birthday too!!
Happy Birthday! My Big 50 was Thursday but I’m celebrating today! A day of celebrating my life and the family and friends that make it more beautiful!
Best wishes for you for a Happy, healthy year filled with the Love of friends and family! Happy Happy half century to you!
Happy Birthday to you too! I celebrate for the whole month. 😉
Lia –
HAPPY, HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
And in all honesty – Honey you don’t look it!!!!!
May your year be blessed with happiness, cherished memories and everything beautiful life has to give.
And enjoy yourself!!!! You deserve it!!!!!
Debra
Thank you so much Debra!
Many, many blessings to you on the celebration of the day of your birth. May all the love and joy you share return to you in abundance.
Thank you sooo much Barbara!
Happy Birthday Lia,
You’re totally right, I’ve got to the same point having reached my 50’s, it’s hugely powerful and totally liberating. You must really be celebrating today, looks like the new paper range is a huge and well-deserved success. Enjoy every moment
Claire (from France)
PS hoping to talk to you about retailing your paper in the future
Thanks Claire! It is so fun to hear others experience the same liberation and joy. I will have to see if I can come see you shop when I am in France next time.
Happy 50th Birthday, Lia! You look amazing for 50! You are so right; the older you get the less you care about what others think of you. Isn’t it wonderful? I found that to be particularly freeing after I became disabled from 3 failed spine surgeries. I turned 60 on my last birthday, and I know I look very different now (being bent over so far forward), but I learned to make my peace with it. When I think back to my younger self who wouldn’t dare leave the house without my mascara on and my hair done, I get a good laugh at myself! Oh to be self assured and confident enough to not give a rip under the scrutiny of others…… I wish younger women could discover that as well. Can you imagine how different high school would be if we all had the mindset that we attain in our 50’s, 60’s and beyond? Well, better late than never, I always say…… Ms. Chanel certainly got it right!
Thank you for the lovely quotes, artwork and ideas you provide; you always bring such a bright, positive outlook to each and every day!
Wishing you a lovely birthday, Lisa in Lake Oswego
What a sweet note to make my day. I am doing my best to encourage the young with these thoughts. Including my daughter. Hugs to you and I would love to meet you sometime at one of my upcoming events (they are just ideas at this point).
Happy Birthday Lia! Thank you for sharing your birthday gift. I will be passing it to my precious daughter. I recently had my 60th birthday & can share this moment too! Thanks for always sharing?
Happy late birthday to you too!!
Lia: I personally agree 110% with you. We do forget how important we are in this life and the very fact were it not for us independently, so many others would be robbed of special blessings. I too, have a birthday the 16th, and like you, it took me (84) years to recognize the facts of life as they truly are.
May you know more and more and better and better years yet in front of you.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH MANY BLESSINGS TOO MANY TO COUNT.
Victoria Drake in Arizona
Thanks for the sweet message Victoria. I am working hard to help my daughter realize this sooner than later. I absolutely LOVE my life right now. . . even without a partner. I am sure the right one will arrive when it is time. Happy late birthday to you.
Happy birthday!
Thanks!
Happy birthday beautiful! I just joined last week and I LOVE all you and team Lia creativity. Keep up the great work and here’s to another 50 years of being FABULOUS!
Thanks Anna! So happy you are here!!!
Happy Birthday! Today is my birthday as well. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Happy (late) birthday to you Sharon! We are twinsies!
Happy Birthday, Lia!!
Thanks Curtis!!
Lia,
Happy, Happy Birthday!! I too have had the privilege of crossing that 50 year mark. I work with the elderly, and I have to tell you they tell me every year gets happier and fuller. Several of my patients have advanced illnesses, and I do cognitive screens with them from time to time. Even the most impaired, when it comes time to have them write a sentence they write “I’m so happy!” or “Love my life!” Isn’t life grand? Another thing I have noticed is the more centered and grateful the more creative. Now, I can not imagine that for you. You are such a talented beautiful person. P.S. You sure look like a young 40 year old. Happy Crafting!!
Thanks for the sweet note Annette. Love hearing this story about your patients. I agree that happiness adds to creativity and even creativity adds to happiness. 😉
Happy 50th Birthday!
Thanks!
hope you had a good birthday, Cheers Marilyn x.
I did!!
Happy Birthday Lia! I turn the big 60 on Wednesday the 18th. Cherish, Adore & Love Myself is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Is there s number three? Great bits!!
Yes, the 3 is what is on the printed art. 😉
Happy happy birthday Lia!
Thanks!
Thank you for the lovely printable and encouraging message. Happy Birthday!!
You are so welcome!
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