Valentine's Day gifts

Alright, This had to be an entirely separate post (I know, I know, a little overboard with the Valentine's Day stuff, but perhaps it's a little more manageable to read several short posts instead of one loooonnnggggg one).

So, I had requested to get a whole set of scrap-booking materials that I saw someone selling on Okinawayardsales.com (kind of like craigslist here in Oki). It had a TON of super fun stuff in it, and I've been itching to put it to use. SO, for Valentine's Day, I decided to make Mr. A a special, homemade gift, inspired by this lovely blog.

I used a deck of cards that we got on our honeymoon using tickets we'd won at an arcade at Bush Gardens (where we got in for FREE because Mr. A is military! yesss) and used my newly acquired crafting supplies for decoration and shaping. I wanted to write out each reason I love my wonderful husband in my handwriting to make it more personal. I also separated each of the four suits and had a different theme of why I love my husband on each one: things he does for me, physical attributes and actions (holding hand, etc), godly characteristics, and scripture verses.

I also found the perfect little bag to fit all the cards in (it was WAY too thick to fit back into it's original box by the time I finished!) at the Navy Fleet Gift Store (the best service gift store on island!). It had a heart-shaped bar of soap in it originally, which I supposed is also helpful.



Isn't it fantastic?

Here are a couple of the pages (cards) of the finished product:




The last scripture verse (as posted above) is the verse that is on the back of our wedding album, too :)

Mr. A not only took me on a fantastic date (as seen in the previous post), but he also got me a -fantastic- shirt:



Can't wait to come back stateside and rock my sweet T-shirt! Yesss!