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Raising Our Wild Things

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July 30, 2013

The “I love you because”…DIY Project

Today is our second wedding anniversary! I feel totally and absolutely blessed to have been married to such a wonderful man for two wonderful years! Through his love I get a daily glance at God’s love and grace for us! The past two years have been full of lots of love and laughter and everyday I fall more and more in love with my best friend! 

I thought I would use this anniversary post to share with you all my recent DIY project that I gave my love as part of his anniversary gift. It is a “I love you because…” board. 


The idea behind the “I love you because…” board is for it to sit on our kitchen counter and be a way we can lift each other up through words of affirmation by taking a magic market out of the kitchen drawer below and writing why we love each other on the board whenever we feel like it. The idea is to be a fun reminder to tell your spouse you love them. It could be something as simply as “I love you because you took the trash out this morning,” or, “I love you because you make my heart skip a beat when you walk in the room!”

To make this project I used a pretty wood frame I found at Hobby Lobby and put a sheet of scrapbook paper inside. I used my cricut machine to cut out the “I heart you” letters on a vinyl sheet and stuck the cutout to the piece of scrapbook paper. I then put the scrapbook paper inside the frame, bought a cookbook stand, some markers, and TA-DA! Project complete!
It’s such a fun treat to walk in and see if anything new is on the board. 

For our anniversary we went to Savannah this past weekend to celebrate and had a blast! Stay tuned for more to come on that trip soon.

Want to see part of the gift my husband gave me for our anniversary?
It doesn’t take jewelry to win my heart. 😉


I am so thankful for two wonderful years of marriage (seven years together!!!) and looking forward to the future and the many years to come!!! 

Check out 111 World’s Most Loved DIY Projects here. 

Posted In: DIY, marriage · Tagged: anniversary, love, shoes, true love

Comments

  1. marty (A Stroll Thru Life) says

    August 1, 2013 at 1:17 am

    Oh Happy Anniversary. I love your message board, it is so important to remember how much you appreciate each other. Love the shoes, I would ask for those too. Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty

    Reply
  2. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    August 1, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    Thank you, Marty! And the shoes were a total surprise. Def not something I asked for which made it that much more funny and exciting! lol

    Reply
  3. Michelle Nahom says

    August 2, 2013 at 1:50 am

    Happy Anniversary! Cute project! Thanks for linking up with us about the Ladies Only Blog Share!

    Reply
  4. Amber Day Hicks says

    August 2, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Happy Anniversary! Awesome idea. Great to have you link up at #LOBS this weekend!!

    Reply
  5. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    August 2, 2013 at 2:46 pm

    Thank you, Michelle!

    Reply
  6. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    August 2, 2013 at 2:46 pm

    Thank you, Amber!

    Reply
  7. Anonymous says

    August 3, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    Happy Anniversary! This little board is super cute! Great idea to keep the love going 🙂

    Reply
  8. Hanna says

    August 3, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    Hi there, I'm Hanna! I'm co-hosting the Aloha Friday hop this week and just wanted to stop by, say hi and follow your blog 🙂

    http://www.violetlulu.blogspot.com

    Reply
  9. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    August 5, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    Thanks!

    Reply
  10. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    August 5, 2013 at 2:30 pm

    Thanks for stopping by, Hanna and for following me! 🙂

    Reply

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