by Lois Breneman, © 2008, Heart to Heart Newsletter
A Romantic Idea ~ Write out reasons why you love your husband or "I remember when..." (remembrances of your special times together). Make red hearts from card stock or construction paper (about 2x3") and punch a hole in it along the edge. Buy a bouquet of roses (real or silk) or other flowers and arrange in a vase. Tie your love note valentines to each flower stem with ribbon. Another way that you could use this same idea is to tie the notes everywhere so he will find them throughout the day - on his socks, toothbrush, toothpaste tube, to the stem of an apple in his lunch, to the doorknob, to the steering wheel, to his car keys, to his silverware, around his glass at dinner, to his coffee mug, etc.
Examples for notes:
I first knew that I loved you when...
I remember our first date.....
I remember when you asked me to marry you....
You could also color copy an entire page of old pictures of you and your husband for about $1 at Staples from during your dating years and afterward, crop them and glue them to the card stock with captions. Or you could use these pictures to make a little romantic booklet with captions for him. He will love it!
A Romantic Idea ~ Write out reasons why you love your husband or "I remember when..." (remembrances of your special times together). Make red hearts from card stock or construction paper (about 2x3") and punch a hole in it along the edge. Buy a bouquet of roses (real or silk) or other flowers and arrange in a vase. Tie your love note valentines to each flower stem with ribbon. Another way that you could use this same idea is to tie the notes everywhere so he will find them throughout the day - on his socks, toothbrush, toothpaste tube, to the stem of an apple in his lunch, to the doorknob, to the steering wheel, to his car keys, to his silverware, around his glass at dinner, to his coffee mug, etc.
Examples for notes:
I first knew that I loved you when...
I remember our first date.....
I remember when you asked me to marry you....
You could also color copy an entire page of old pictures of you and your husband for about $1 at Staples from during your dating years and afterward, crop them and glue them to the card stock with captions. Or you could use these pictures to make a little romantic booklet with captions for him. He will love it!
An Everyday Love Reminder ~ For a holiday such as Valentine's Day or Mother's Day, here's a great idea. Fresh flowers are nice, but you can spend so much money on overpriced flowers that die within a few days. If you feel this way, you might want to give a rose bush or suggest a rosebush or two for yourself for Valentine's and Mother's Day. Do a search for knockout roses, a real winner - easy to grow and disease resistant. A single rose from the florist with a rose bush would be nice.
A Colorful Fish in a Bowl ~ A wonderful and creative valentine's gift especially for an older person or a child is a "Male Betta" - a colorful fish which can be kept in a large clear glass vase. Put some glass marbles on the bottom, fill with spring water (not tap water) and watch the action of this beautiful fish! They can be found in various colors all splashed together, such as pink, burgundy and purple or gorgeous shades of blue. The water has to be refreshed just once a week, but it is an easy pet and one that brings a lot of fun. Just feed him each day. Some good names for a fish might be "Jonah," or "Sushi." You will want to put only ONE fish in a bowl, because they will fight each other to death if put together! We had a couple at separate times when our children were small and we all really enjoyed the action and the pretty colors.
Conversation ~ A husband, proving to his wife that women talk more than men, showed her a study which indicated that men use on the average only 15,000 words a day, where as women use 30,000 words a day. She thought about this for awhile and then told her husband that women use twice as many words as men because they have to repeat everything they say. To which he replied, "What?"
21 DAY ROMANCE CHALLENGE
This would be a wonderful time of year to accept the 21 DAY ROMANCE CHALLENGE as well. If you dare. J Again, visit http://www.guardyourmarriage.com/ and click onto 21 Day Romance Challenge. Each day's entry is posted. ~ Thanks to Eileen Rife in Virginia for this challenge.
HANDMADE VALENTINES
by Lois Breneman - 2007 - revised 2010
by Lois Breneman - 2007 - revised 2010
This website shows how to make some pretty handmade valentines. You might want to add a scripture verse or a poem, such as one of the ones below. http://www.familycorner.com/homegarden/crafts/valentine_cards.shtml
You can buy blank cards and envelopes at a craft store like AC Moore or Michael's - many times offered at half price.
Pretty wide ribbon makes a simple piece of card stock look very elegant!
You could cut out 3 adjoining hearts, with the two on the left and right folding over onto the center heart. Write the scripture verse on the center heart.
Make special valentines by using construction paper or red card stock, rubber stamps, ribbons, doilies, lace, glitter, seed pearl beads, and glue. Even pictures from calendars and magazines can be used for very creative valentines.
If time is limited, glue a doily to red construction paper or card stock and rubber stamp a valentine in the center. Then type a scripture verse in duplicate form on the computer, cut out and glue on the cards. Use the concordance of your Bible to look up verses on "love."
Jeremiah 31:3 is a good scripture: "I have loved you with an everlasting love."
Here are two poems you could copy, paste and print in multiples for the cards:
PERFECT LOVE
Slow to suspect - quick to trust.
Slow to condemn - quick to justify.
Slow to offend - quick to defend.
Slow to expose - quick to shield.
Slow to reprimand - quick to forbear.
Slow to belittle - quick to appreciate.
Slow to demand - quick to give.
Slow to provoke - quick to conciliate.
Slow to hinder - quick to help.
Slow to resent - quick to forgive.
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT --
LOVE
JOY is love exulting.
PEACE is love in repose.
LONGSUFFERING is love on trial.
GENTLENESS is love in society.
GOODNESS is love in action.
FAITH is love in endurance.
MEEKNESS is love at school.
TEMPERANCE is love in discipline.
An Idea You Might Want to Try ~ A subscriber, Brenda Simpson, asked me about ideas for making handmade cards. In fact, that's how this article came into being. After I sent her the ideas, she made valentines for her Sunday school class using card stock with a pretty ribbon. She copied the poems on them, wrote Jeremiah 31:3 and added a Hershey's Kiss!
You can buy blank cards and envelopes at a craft store like AC Moore or Michael's - many times offered at half price.
Pretty wide ribbon makes a simple piece of card stock look very elegant!
You could cut out 3 adjoining hearts, with the two on the left and right folding over onto the center heart. Write the scripture verse on the center heart.
Make special valentines by using construction paper or red card stock, rubber stamps, ribbons, doilies, lace, glitter, seed pearl beads, and glue. Even pictures from calendars and magazines can be used for very creative valentines.
If time is limited, glue a doily to red construction paper or card stock and rubber stamp a valentine in the center. Then type a scripture verse in duplicate form on the computer, cut out and glue on the cards. Use the concordance of your Bible to look up verses on "love."
Jeremiah 31:3 is a good scripture: "I have loved you with an everlasting love."
Here are two poems you could copy, paste and print in multiples for the cards:
PERFECT LOVE
Slow to suspect - quick to trust.
Slow to condemn - quick to justify.
Slow to offend - quick to defend.
Slow to expose - quick to shield.
Slow to reprimand - quick to forbear.
Slow to belittle - quick to appreciate.
Slow to demand - quick to give.
Slow to provoke - quick to conciliate.
Slow to hinder - quick to help.
Slow to resent - quick to forgive.
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT --
LOVE
JOY is love exulting.
PEACE is love in repose.
LONGSUFFERING is love on trial.
GENTLENESS is love in society.
GOODNESS is love in action.
FAITH is love in endurance.
MEEKNESS is love at school.
TEMPERANCE is love in discipline.
An Idea You Might Want to Try ~ A subscriber, Brenda Simpson, asked me about ideas for making handmade cards. In fact, that's how this article came into being. After I sent her the ideas, she made valentines for her Sunday school class using card stock with a pretty ribbon. She copied the poems on them, wrote Jeremiah 31:3 and added a Hershey's Kiss!
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