Even though my birthday was on Saturday, I’m still takin’ it easy, kittycats. My favorite gift? I gifted myself with something sweeter than sweet! (If you’re curious, see THIS.) Onward with: Birthday Week: Let Them Eat Cake, Lounge & Enjoy These Quotes Now!
Birthday Week: Let Them Eat Cake, Lounge & Enjoy These Quotes Now!
This morning, I awoke to find myself in a snowglobe, and there is nothing quite like enjoying silent gentle accumulation decorating the trees surrounding our home.
What a lovely sight to behold when your favorite color is white and you choose to stay in PJs to #cozyondown, savor the beauty of January light, and reconnect with your soul.
The light bathing my room just now is a glorious pink-winter-light, and an assorted lot of birds and squirrels are here to entertain.
Since I’m in charge as the reigning Aquarius Birthday Queen, I offer you this lazy excuse of a not-at-all-serious post.
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I Do Love Me Some Cake
This year, I baked a gluten-free cinnamon apple cake extra streusel…divine! Last year, I showed you how to easily hack a Funfetti cake mix, and these days I am substituting coconut oil for the butter and almond milk for the dairy to keep it plant central.
My Favorite Cozy Pillow
I’m well aware of how many cozy-von-cozy finds I link to each and every day, but if there was just one I could recommend wholeheartedly today, it is this sweet Sleepgram pillow that cradles my noggin each and every night. Its genius design makes it just right for everybody…go ahead and read about its adjustable intelligent design.
I have never loved a pillow as much as this one and am so grateful to the inventors at Sleepgram!
Would You, Could you #CozyonDown at Versailles?
Jammies
Cozy Bedroom Ideas
Chunky Knit Throw
Because the Snuggle is Real
To Contain Snuggly Essentials
Snuggle-Worthy Bedrooms in Which to Lounge
Bedroom Furniture & Decor
Tall & Tufted Headboard
Classic Pillow Talk Backdrop
Vintage Style Headboard
Farmhouse Style Headboard
Bonne Nuit
Weathered Woodsy Goodness
Curvy Headboard Loveliness
Retro Rosy Pillow
Panel Headboard
Linen Lovely
Unexpected Billowy Awesomeness
How to Make an Envelope Pillow
Penguins With Pillows
Feed Me This ‘Pillow-like’ Treat
French Macarons!
I love eating them and have made them more than a handful of times, but they are not the easiest treat to whip up!
Here’s an awesome tutorial:
Cultivating a Softer Heart
What a gift to reach another birthday! I have been feeling considerably better for almost two weeks now and am hoping remission from Crohn’s disease has arrived!
But if it doesn’t, I’ll remain joyful and will keep encouraging you to #cozyondown because
I’M A WILD CHILD OF GOD WITH: A VOLUMINOUS IMAGINATION, A MIND THAT HAS LEARNED TO CHANGE, AND THE WHOLE ENCHILADA OF GRACE to FEED ME IN THE VALLEY.
Ya know?
KEEP IT COZY, kittens.
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Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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Happy Birthday, Michele! Enjoy a cozy day!❤️
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Thanks so much, Kathy. You know I like to keep it on the co-co (or is it that too cuckoo?). 🙂 Peace to you!
Happy Happy Birthday ! Celebrating your life with you, you bring so much to this little spot in the universe
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What kindness you bring here, Marilyn. Thank you, thank you. Be blessed today and filled with peace. xox
Happy Birthday my beautiful friend!! Enjoy! You are queen for the weekend!🌸🌺🌷
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Yay – it’s good to be queen for a couple of days only, though it’s questionable whether the men in my life would agree…hahahaha. Thanks for reading, journeying with me, sharing your creative journey so beautifully online, and cheering me on. Bon weekend!
Happy happy birthday to you from another January birthday girl. May your year be full of good health, love, joy, and laughter.
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Happy birthday to you too, January girl. Thank you for those most lovely wishes. Isn’t it a wonder that we can actually set these intentions for the year? Like – I’m choosing to be joyful, come what may… So powerful! Thanks for reading. 🙂
Happy Birthday, the inspiration just keeps coming and now includes CAKE!! Hope your weekend is extra cozy too.
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Thanks so much for reading and giggling with me, Carol. It is shaping up to be a cozy weekend with the people I love most. 🙂 Peace to you and happy weekend.
Happy birthday, fellow Aquarian!! Like you, I spent the beginning of my birthday (Jan. 21) in bed … dreaming of tacos and enjoying the rain even though I wished for snow but given that I was in AZ, the free-form snow warmed over was just as good. I hope that your birthday cake candles were lighted with love and the year brings you continued better health. ~ If you are ever in Scottsdale AZ, I hope that you can see Dr. Phillip Wazny (naturopath) who has helped me take back my health. Abrazos, T
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Hi Theresa! Happy birthday to you, lovely soul! I am writing the doctor’s name down and thank you kindly for this referral. I do feel the need to see a naturopath (my husband has received such wonderful care from a practice in Chicago), and I would love to see the quality of my health improve. If you feel inclined, do email me with more of your story (michele at hellolovelystudio dot com). Thanks so much for your tenderness.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELE!!! I’m delighted to hear you are enjoying your snowy white day in a truly relaxing and self indulgent manner that you so deserve. This dreamy post makes me desire to stay in bed all day watching Marie Antoinette movies and eating cake. LOVE CAKE. Eat some to your hearts content today. xox
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Thank you for reading! Let’s do just THAT together in a fancy hotel someday, Celia. My niece applies makeup masterfully, and she can get us looking like royalty as we luxuriate with cake. It’s another snowy white day today, and since I was exhausted from all the cozying on down, I actually watched a movie in the middle of the day!!! Who am I becoming? My family will suspect a pod person has moved in. 🙂
That sounds like tons of fun! Cake & makeup, a winning combo. Glad your day was perfectly perfect!
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thanks for playing along, friend! 🙂
Happy Birthday Michele!! Wishing you good health and happiness. Thank you for the joy, inspiration and beauty you bring into the lives of so many, especially me. God bless you.
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Thank you for adding beauty here, Ellie. It’s so lovely to have you here, and I appreciate the kind words. 🙂
Joyeux anniversaire, Michele! Wishing you the best year yet!
And thank you for curating my daily Pause Zen with beautiful interiors and your positive energy.
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You’re such an inspiration to me, Frenchie. Thank you for your lovely heart and support. 🙂
Happy Birthday Michele! We need to enjoy every birthday that comes along and never take them for granted. Yes, eat cake and celebrate!
Enjoy God’s gift of softly falling snow from the warmth of your home,. There is something peaceful and quiet about snow.
Blessings,
~Joanna
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Thank you, beautiful soul, for the wishes and your sweet friendship through the seasons. Have a wonderful weekend, friend.
Happy happy birthday dear soul! Praying for a year of more and more relief for you from the Great Physician🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 You are an inspiration to us all in some many ways!! ❤️
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Thank you, Amy. I’ll keep fighting and pivoting and seeking wellness as this journey enfolds – who knows what adventure lies ahead? Your encouragement is so wonderful to have – peace to you.
Belated birthday sweetness to you beautiful lady! I am always amazed by how much you accomplish on this blog. So much outstanding content.
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Thanks for the wishes, Colleen! And thank you for your kindness – so happy to have you here. Hope this finds you and yours well!
Michele,
Well Happy birthday (a Little late) You are allowed to do whatever you want on your birthday. Cake is always a special treat and I like that confetti one. I bet it was so beautiful with everything dusted in white.
Have a great week.
Hugs,
Bev
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Thank you, Bev! Another year older and hopefully wiser – peace to you, friend.
Happy belated birthday sweetie!!!! I hope you get your birthday wish xo
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Thank you, Katherine. Physical healing of my body is what I most long for at the moment, and I know you well understand. Peace to you, lovely woman.
Happy Birthday! Beautiful inspiration!
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Thanks so much, Amber. Lovely to see you here! xox
Happy Birthday Michele! I love your blog. You are a lovely soul and I always enjoy your posts. May God grant you a year full of peace and joy. And good health! I’m also an Aquarian…birthday tomorrow. 😊
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Happy birthday, lovely one! Thanks so much for the kindness and for spending time here! 🙂
Happy happy to you! Sounds like the perfect day…lounging with silent snow falling & surrounded by nature & wildlife! Umm umm good!! I’m sure you enjoyed every moment!!
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I enjoy my birthdays more in post-middle-age than I ever did as the younger me. I am full of wonder that I’m still alive, that I have survived some unbelievable chapters and still have all this sass and humor and hope intact. When I was young I think I fantasized about living this glamorous life with a full agenda and long guest lists, and my life looks nothing like that…thank the Lord! It is a much more organic, poetically simple, life-giving, authentic, nature-honoring sort of existence that inspires and comforts me. Fancy and fussy require maintenance! Hahahaha
Haha! I totally agree! Grateful that the Lord knows us better than we know ourselves & gives us what is best for us & what will glorify Him most. Fancy & fussy can be overrated! My husband has always promoted “the simple life” and now that I’m older & wiser (just a little bit) I get it & prefer it!!
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xox