My husband and I just celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary!? How can that be…when I still consider myself to be a forty-something? The numbers just don’t crunch!
But I am the luckiest girl alive because I am truly married to my BEST Friend!
I decided to make a little scrapbook because of a fun little idea that I saw on Pinterest, it uses all kinds of numbers and I knew that my husband would love it!
This is a really fun book to make. I learned how to make the book itself from a tutorial from Heidi Swapp. This book can lay flat or you can stand it up in a circle and display it like this:
Here are a few of the pages from this book:
As I said, my husband is quite a “numbers” guy, so I knew that he would get a kick out of some of these pages!
It starts out with 38 years…
Then goes to the number of days… several of these pages have pockets and I have added many layers of tags and pictures throughout the whole book.
We then move onto the number of hours… and 10 words about him.
After that we have “numerous” perfect days!
Next comes the number of children and grandchildren. This pocket is chuck full of pictures of the grandkids and fun little quotes.
The last page I have my forever number! Some of the other pages included the number of houses and cities that we have lived in and the number of pets that we have had! Just a fun little walk down memory lane!
So do any of you have an anniversary or big birthday coming up for someone that you love…so that you could make one of these super fun circle books? It really was a fun project and since I don’t scrapbook that much any more, it was real treat for me to be able to put this book together!
And I just thought you might want to see how I scrapbook:
Just keeping it real here! But I do have to say, that I did not buy one thing for this book! I used everything that I already had! I don’t know if that is a compliment or if I am just showing how much scrapbook crap I am hoarding! :)
Thanks for visiting today!
Congratulations! Tom & I will have 40 years together this July. I love hearing from other long timers.
Your special book will one day be a family heirloom….so precious and personal. You are amazing Rita. My congratulations to you both as you celebrate 38 happy years!
Thanks Gwen, I appreciate your kind comment and your support. You are wonderful! Have a Happy Day!
CONGRATS!! Les and I are coming up on 50 years this November. Hopefully, i’ll get my creative juices flowing and put together a memory book. Thanks for sharing your project AND encouraging me to create my own!!
Big hugs!
Sue
Congrats goes out to you in November! That is quite an accomplishment! I hope that you can get a book made too, they really are fun to make!
This is so adorable! :) Congrats!
Thanks for joining the Link up this week!
Congratulations and what a great idea. This looks like fun. Thanks so much for sharing with Wednesday’s Adorned From Above Link Party.
Debi and Charly
Incredible! I love the layers and details you’ve included in your book. Happy anniversary.
Thanks Allison, this really was a fun book to make, if you have any occasion to make one of these, I highly recommend it! :)
What a sweet gift to give hubby and to remember all the fun you’ve had over 38 years! Thanks for sharing at the Creative Ways Link Party!
Blessings,
Nici
Nici, thank you for your kind comment and for your fun linky party!
Such a sweet gift, Rita! You have such a gift for beautiful memory-keeping! xoxo
Kristi, you are just too kind! Thank you!