52 Things I Like About You
My daughter was looking for a fun, easy, thoughtful project to give to her boyfriend. So, of course she stalked Pinterest for some ideas.
52 Things I like about you
She saw a really cute pin from Visual Heart, and decided to make her own version. (Link to original post is on the bottom of this post. Click on it to be taken to her site)
What she used:
- Deck of cards
- hole punch
- leather strips – we had these on hand
- scrap book paper (used for the cover and back page only)
- sticker letters (she used them on cover only, but you could use them throughout the deck)
- Mod Podge
- Elmer’s glue
- imagination
- Color printer and paper
First, she made two holes in each card – that way she wouldn’t make the mistake to put pictures or phrases where you have to make the holes later.
52 things – dancing
Then she came up with 52 different things that she liked about him and printed them out (Arial Bold font). She cut out each phrase and glued them to the cards. Adding pictures made it cuter/funnier.
52 things – good manners
As you can see, she has quite a sense of humor 🙂
52 things – clean – She’s a bit of a Monk fan
Then she went over everything with Mod Podge. You don’t have to do this step, especially if you glue the pieces down really well, but using the Mod Podge made the surface smooth and even.
52 Things – joking face
She let them dry overnight. This is especially important because if they will stick together if you don’t let them dry all the way.
52 things – beautiful
Awww… as a parent, that one makes my heart happy.
52 things – gentleman
Okay, what’s funny to me about this one is that she had no idea who the dancing guy is! I think I have failed at introducing her to the classics. I’m going to have to plan a few “old movie” nights.
52 things – moody
That one makes me laugh too 🙂
After everything was completely dry, she made the front and back cover using some scrapbook paper and stickers. And a little bit of fire around the edges of the paper.
52 things I like about you-Boston Accent
She strung the leather strip through, and tied the ends.
52 things i like about you
And that’s it. It’s an easy project that can be done in whatever style you want, and for any holiday or special occasion. Or no special occasion at all. Make it funny or serious, with or without added pictures, and you can always use ribbon or metal rings to keep them all together if you don’t have leather strips.
I’ve been hinting that I would love one of them from my husband for my upcoming birthday… but he’s the same man who wrote me the following poem after much thought…
“Eliesa – I love you more than pizza”
No lie.
Thanks for stopping by!
Eliesa
Text from my original post – You will see that I didn’t link this picture to the original site – and that’s because it tracks back to a scraper website 🙁 And even going back to the website at the bottom doesn’t take me to the original website. That makes me sad. Please re-pin wisely. Blogs (and websites) are having their pictures stolen and used to get traffic to spam websites, and credit is not being given. It’s a bit of a bummer for us and it seems to have increased since Pinterest has gotten so much bigger lately. Okay, getting down from my soapbox. UPDATE: YAY!! I found the original website that this came from! Nicole from Visual Heart is the original poster. Go visit her blog – cute stuff!
Lyn says
Gifts from the heart are the best ever! I think you raised a very special daughter!!
A Pinterest Addict says
She is pretty fabulous, if I do say so myself 🙂 Thanks!
Tracy says
Love it!! 🙂
A Pinterest Addict says
Thanks, Tracy! Hope to see you and little munchkins soon!
kirby carespodi says
I love that pizza poem. It reminds me of one that David Bower wrote in 8th grade (as an assignment, not to anyone):
My lovey dovey so sweet and fine
I love to kiss you at the stroke of nine.
A Pinterest Addict says
I think that poem is fabulous, Kirby! Lovey-dovey = fabulous
Freida says
Eliesa, I must tell you, I made this exact same thing for my Mr last year for Valentine’s Day, but I like your daughter’s version so much better! How creative she is! The leather strips add so much charm, as do the images and her own personality which is reflected in each thought. I’m impressed, and I know he will be also!
Michelle Nettles says
I did this for my college kids on Valentines day (for their first year in college I sent them special packages for every holiday I could think of to help them feel the love from home). I sent them a booklet of the cards with 14 reasons that I love them. I love your daughters creativity in what she chose for her booklet!! 🙂
mairzeebp says
Love this! I can just imagine how I’d feel if I knew that someone took the time to create one of those for me. It’s such a special thing but that’s no surprise because you and your daughter are special people. And I love pizza so that poem might have just prompted tears :). Thanks for sharing friend!
Miss Kitty says
What a great gift your daughter made! I love the leather ties…they make it so masculine-looking. I also think the pictures added so much to the “pages”. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful idea with us. I sure hope the boyfriend appreciated this special gift.
Carla says
My son and daughter n law created the deck of cards for my Christmas and I have to say it was very emotional because I’ve been down in my luck lately and it made me cry because you forget the people around you still love you no matter what. Thank you
Liz says
I’m making a set for my husband as an anniversary gift, and I definitely didn’t want it to be all uniform, so I love her take on it. What size font did she use, and about what size were the pictures? Thank you!
Nicole P says
Thanks for linking back to my blog post. So glad you were able to find it!! This project has been shared so many times on Pinterest with an without credit, it does make me sad, but in the end I’m just happy to have my project out there making people happy. So nice to see your daughters fun version! Love the addition of photos!