I went to another school today to photography the lil' kiddos. I photographed 390 people! There were three boys I believe brother's, because they had the same last name, which wasn't a common last name at this school. Anyway, their first names are, and I swear I am not making this up, they are named An, Long, Dong!!!!!! How could parents' do that to their children?
But on to my DIY. I worked on my Valentine's Day gift today! My gift to my hubby is going to be a playing deck of 52 date ideas. Woooh! That was a lot of dates to come up with! I tried to come up with date ideas for things we already want to do, and dates we already enjoy going on. I also tried to keep the ideas semi-general so they would be easy to adapt to whatever is going on in our lives when we get to that card.
Begin by painting the back of a deck of playing cards. I picked white, but whatever color will complement your card stock will do. I had to apply several coats of paint to cover up the awful 'art' on the back of my cards. While the cards dried I cut out pink card stock to fit on the back of the playing cards. 2" by 3" worked for my cards. Then I punched out hearts from the center of the card stock with a Martha Stewart Heart Punch. Once I was happy with the white on the back of the cards I glued the card stock down. Finally I added our date ideas written in Sharpie colored fine tip pens.
The idea is that we will take turns picking cards and planning out a date for the other person. I used the orange card stock to designate the cards I will use for our weekend trip ideas.
Here is our list of 52 Dates:
1. Jasmine's & a movie
2. White Clay Creek & picnic
3. cook & play board games together
4. live music
5 & 6. Weekend trip to NYC
7. Day trip to DC
8. Day trip to Lancaster
9. Shopping trip for Aaron
10. Shopping trip for Christine
11. Bowling & charcoal pit
12. cooking & gardening
13. cooking & dvds
14. buy a dog!
15. buy a house!
16. Fun in Philadelphia
17. Panera Bread & a long walk
18. Pure Bread & a long drive
19. Try a new restaurant!
20. Buy a cat!
21. Johnny's Dogs & buy a new bed
22. Ikea for a couch
23. Stoney's for dinner
24. Make cookies & play video games
25. Lucky's & a movie
26. Dogfish Head Restaurant
27. A day out on the beach, fries & ice cream!
28. Carnival
29 & 30. Weekend trip to the beach
31. Cook & color together
32. Order in & and make something together
33. Volunteer together at the DCH (DE center for horticulture)
34 & 35. Weekend camping trip
36. Buy bikes & go for a ride!
37. Go to wildwood!
38 & 39. Go thrift shopping, and find a project to do together
40. Day trip to Baltimore try a restaurant & museum
41. Melting Pot
42. Go to the Zoo!
43. Brandywine Creek Park & Ice cream
44. Horseback riding
45. Try a new Restaurant in Philadelphia
46. Frolic & Rita's
47. Try a meal crawl!
48. Day Trip to NYC for museum
49. Cooking & Wii
50. Hair cut & movies
51. live music
52. Cook & house project
Hope ya'll enjoyed! Happy DIYing!
