Dale celebrated his 65th birthday this week. Our main gift was to see a live performance of The Moth, which we thoroughly enjoyed. (If you get the chance, go see it. Highly recommended!) But I also got him a little gift to unwrap and was planning to make a card to go with it. Instead ... this is what came out of my creative noggin.
It's a greeting banner/swag. I got this last-minute idea on Pinterest.
I started by pulling these wood heart shapes from my stash. They range in size from about 3/4 of an inch to about 3-1/2 inches.
I wrote down a list of traits I love in my husband, then printed one trait on each heart. At first, I was simply going to use ink or paint to write the words. Then I got the idea to try wood burning instead. (What was I thinking?)
I pulled my Creative Versa-Tool out of a bottom drawer in the closet where it's been languishing for years and started playing. (There's a different / newer version of this tool available on Amazon).
The center large heart has "Happy Birthday" on one side and this on the other side:
I used the wood burning tool to create the holes, then strung some nylon cord -- like thick fishing line) -- through the holes to hang the hearts.
Here are nine wonderful traits I chose for the hearts. (I somehow missed getting a photo of "HUGS").
Of course, Dale has many wonderful traits I missed -- chief among them are intelligence and creativity. But, you know, I wouldn't want his head to get too big by heaping on how extraordinary he is -- and I was running out of the right size of wood hearts.
:: tongue firmly planted in cheek ::
I hung the banner from the mantle in the living room so he'd have the surprise when he got home.
And yes. He gave me the go-ahead to show this. I wouldn't have posted if it would have embarrased him.
I love this man so, so much. I couldn't have a better life partner. We're better together!
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