A Special Birthday Gift
Last week, I posted a blog about having lunch with my summer interns. It was really great to spend time with such an enthusiastic group of young men and women. As many of you know, I celebrate my birthday on August 3rd and intern, Carrie Krochta, organized the interns in a card-making project. Carrie got nice paper stock from the craft department and cut it into 6x6-inch squares. She invited all of the interns to come up with their own creations. I was very touched when I was presented with this thoughtful and creative gift. Please have a look at all of their actual cards!
1 Interns - Rene Chan, Carrie Krochta, and Tracy Chou made this lovely box to hold all of my birthday cards.
2 This box was covered with Martha Stewart paper.
3 It contained many impressive handmade birthday greetings.
4 The front
5 The inside - a hand-embroidered greeting
6 The back
7 The front
8 The back
9 The front
10 The back
11 The front
12 The back
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32 Front
33 Back
34 The front
35 The back
36 The front
37 Inside
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40 The front
41 Inside
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Such a thoughtful and lovely gesture on the intern's part and incredibly wonderful of you to fully showcase them. Their future employers will be very lucky to add such talented people to their companies.
Posted by: Sonya | August 11th, 2010 at 12:46 am
What an interesting selection of cards: some are very good indeed and creative. You have some truly artistic and talented interns, some of whom show a definite design flair. It's a tradition in my family and among close friends that we always give homemade cards, often by using in jokes, personal photos or other items that resonate. It would make a good article for MSL magazine as making a great card isn't as easy as it looks! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Christian / @vfbr2001 | August 11th, 2010 at 1:45 am
Happy Belated Birthday Martha!
Making handmade birthday cards was a wonderful idea. Your interns are very creative. I am sure that you will treasure the cards for many years to come.
I hope that all of your birthday wishes come true!
Mary
Posted by: Mary C. Carroll | August 11th, 2010 at 6:53 am
Martha with all those beautiful cards and ideas I think it's time for the Martha Stewart line of GREETING CARDS!!! Move over Shoebox!!!
Posted by: Ann | August 11th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Hi Martha,
Heart felt gifts are always the best and the admiration this group of interns expressed for you in their messages must have made your day extra special. They said some very true and nice things about you that I agree with and I liked the kidding too, especially from Angelica about cloth. I did not know this about Jean-Baptiste Colbert, nor have I ever heard of him so I learned something new today from one of your interns! Thanks for sharing their cards which I’m sure will make them feel extra special too! Trish
Posted by: Trish | August 11th, 2010 at 8:11 am
Martha, thanks for sharing this blog.
Posted by: KLBrown | August 11th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Dear Martha,
you certainly have some talented interns working with you, and very creative too.
Happy belated birthday from "down under"
Posted by: Aussie gal | August 11th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Very nice! Obviously, you have some very talented interns working for you. By the way, do you hire anyone over the age of 40? Everyone on your staff(s) seem to be 20 or 30 something.
Posted by: Jamie | August 11th, 2010 at 9:05 am
Great cards. I like #34 and I really like the "It's a Good Thing" card as it hits the mark and is simple. It's wonderful that so many opportunities exist today for learning. thanks Martha.
Posted by: http://twitter.com/Geotravel | August 11th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Hi Martha, What a thoughtful thing your summer interns did for you! It's easy to tell that these young people are perfect interns and that they are inspired by you and MSLO to do the best that they can do! Your photos of these fantastic birthday cards are so much fun to look at and I can tell that you were thrilled! I love the beautiful box they were in and photos #17,19&24 are my favorites! Kudos to all of your summer interns! Love, Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | August 11th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I think it is a good idea to start a card line. I have lots of beautiful pictures that I wanted to turn into greeting cards, but way back then...there weren't as many different materials for cards as there is now. And, now, I don't know how to start, so Martha...it is up to you.
Gloria!!
Posted by: Gloria | August 11th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Have to agree - Martha Stewart Greeting Cards would be very appropriate! The amount of interesting and varied 'subjects' from your farm alone would support an entire line.
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Judging by the quality of your birthday wishes, you did indeed select the correct Interns for 2010 Martha!
Posted by: Donna | August 11th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
that gift is definitely special & priceless! what an amazing group of interns...creative & thoughtful...those papers are making me want to go back to Michael's!
Posted by: maureen | August 11th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Thank you very much for having us to your house tonight for the Patron Preview Party for the Friends of Acadia Benefit. It is going to be a great night!
Lisa Horsch Clark
Posted by: Lisa Horsch Clark - Friends of Acadia | August 11th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I had as much fun reading the blog comments as I did looking through the charming birthday/thank you cards, though for different reasons. I always get a laugh (or at least a smile) here and try to check the blog every day.
Posted by: jw | August 11th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
What a nice thing to do... spend time with them must have been amazing because they are usually very enthusiastic and idealistic... I am just catching up with blog reading so I want to wish you a great B-Day. Been in NY for a couple of weeks and will be leaving soon and would have love making it to the Martha Blogger event... hopefully next time!!!
Posted by: Punctuation Mark | August 11th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Hi Martha,
Happy Belated Birthday to you. You must be the happiest woman and the most beautiful person, I am glad to enrich by your sharing and also the beautiful pictures you posted. Many good wishes, happiness and success in everything you do.
With Love,
Lily
Posted by: Lilywater | August 11th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Also A belated birthday greeeting from Edmonton Alberta, Canada!! You are a very gifted person and must be a dream to work with!! How wonderful for your staff and they obviously return the kindness and inspiration you show them...love you magazines..have been a subscriber to Martha Stewart Living for over ten years, enjoy them and have kept every one of them to return to read them once again...wish more stations carried your shows and have written many a time to have the cooking show restored...keep up the wonderful work and thank you very much for bringing back the pride in homemaking in all its glory!!!with appreciation, Shirley Slater.
Posted by: SHIRLEY SLATER | August 12th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Dear Martha:
Thank you for hosting the Friends of Acadia Patron Preview Party at Skylands on Wednesday August 11th. It was a fabulous evening that everyone enjoyed greatly! Your specialty drinks and hor's d'oeuvres were absolutely delicious! Seeing your horses was such fun as well! As Chairman of the Board for Friends of Acadia, I am so very grateful for your dedication, passion and philanthropic efforts to support the work of Friends of Acadia, as we all work to protect, preserve and steward our precious Acadia National Park. All the best, Lili Pew
Posted by: Lili Pew | August 13th, 2010 at 8:39 am
I am inspired by the youth of America! Thanks for sharing this special gifts and mentoring the next generation!
Posted by: Teresa Touey | August 13th, 2010 at 9:49 am
What an original idea. So nice to have a physical representation of somebody's personality and talent. A gift you will cherish forever I'm sure.
I make gifts too, but for babies. And I think I put in a little of my myslf into each one. You can see them at http://www.picoupicoubaby.com. Would love to hear read comments.
Posted by: Reesha Almeida Coutinho | August 23rd, 2010 at 8:42 am
How nice it was of them to do that! It is a beautiful selection of cards - very talented.
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