It's A Love Thing

From the moment I laid eyes on him

I knew.

Amazing to think that it's been

ten wonderful years

married to this man who

impresses me, cares for me,

inspires me, makes me laugh,

rescues me, loves me

each and every day.

A man like that

deserves a special card --

not too frilly, but still romantic,

a card that lets him know

he still sets my heart to flutter

everytime I look at him.

For my anniversary card,

I decided to go with classic, elegant black

with muted tones of silvery gray

and white.

I selected this patterned paper by

Best Occasions, trimmed it down to size,

and stamped my sentiment from

Stampology. Punched out an additional

black butterfly with an EK Success punch,

and adhered it with a mini glue dot in the center.

I then wrapped around some

American Crafts ribbon and attatched it

with my stapler in a criss-cross pattern.

I mounted this on black Bazzill cardstock,

added a button to my ribbon
and stickles to my mini butterfly.

(Glitter may be girly, but I couldn't resist!)

So, to celebrate

our ten years of wedded bliss,

my husband and I went away for

the weekend -- back to Fairlawn,

in fact. We had such a nice time on

our day trip this summer,

we decided to go back.

Which meant that I got to go to

Archivers, Hobby Lobby, and Pat Catan's!

So fun. I picked up some things that

had been on my wishlist for a long while,

including Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher

and refills, some baker's twine,

new stamps, my favorite Signo white gel pen,

plus...

Are you ready for it?

The Clip It Up!

Since I had two 30% off coupons,

my sweet hubby bought me the base unit

as my anniversary gift

and I bought myself the upper tier.

I put it together first thing when we got home

and I LOVE it!

I'll have to show pics another night.

We also had some GREAT food --

Five Guys burgers and fries (so yum)

and P.F. Changs -- bless the sweet Lord

for giving His creation the ability

to combine flavors like that!

Delicious just doesn't describe it.

If you ever get a chance to go to one -- do!

Well enough from me tonight.

Hope you all have a wonderful

day tomorrow!

Night-night.