The Birthday Blog Post

There are a couple of things this birthday girl would like for her 43rd.

How about a genial high/low mix?

Here’s the “high” (in more ways than one):

Here’s the "low" (from Anthropologie):

I like how this ensemble references a postmodern Hitchcock heroine; think of Kim Novak in that iconic gray suit. Indeed, I get Vertigo just from looking at the heels on these Manolos . . .

But although I’d like those things to materialize, I simply LOVE what did arrive on my birthday plate from my two daughters.

A detail from a birthday pig, made by my just-turned six-year-old lassie:

And the shocker—this hand-made embroidery that’s applied to some Anna Maria Horner Bohemian fabric, made by my almost-nine-year-old darling:

The most stylish birthday ever.