Valentine Day
>> Monday, February 15, 2010 –
food,
gift wrapping,
gifts,
Holiday,
Husband
photo by me ;)
A couple of weeks ago I used Iphoto to create a small 3.5"x4" 70 page book listing reasons why I love Roosevelt along with photos of him and of us. It didn't take long to pull together and for so little work it was a huge reward to see Roosevelt's smile when he opened it. (This is not my original idea, I shamelessly stole the idea from Mrs.Candy Corn of Weddingbee.)
I created a custom envelope for it out of Amy Butler 12"x 12" scrap book paper.
With my gift Roe once again surprised me. I had mentioned probably months ago that I love to give edible fruit arrangements as gifts but I had never received one. That is until yesterday.
It was a big one! I was barely able to make room for it in the refrigerator. We will be having fruit for a while. But wow is it YUMMY!
That evening we went out to the Prime Rib in Philadelphia which is in the historic Warwick Hotel. The food and the service was SUPERB! A great way to end the day.
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Looks like a great, creative Valentine's day! BTW, I stay at the Warwick when I travel to Philly and I've had several business dinners at Prime Rib!
I did enjoy the Prime Rib. It has a very classy old school steakhouse feel. We just did Stephen Starr's steakhouse Butcher & Singer two weeks ago. A little more hip in terms of atmosphere and EXCELLENT food. Try it next time you roll into town.
It's so funny that Roe is totally into V-day and you're not! I love your photo book--the envelope is just as fantastic as the book itself! Do you have a tutorial you can share? Also, I adore the edible fruit bouquet. I've always wanted one (and have never received it). Happy belated Valentine's day!
@ Creature Gorgeous Yes V Day is a funny holiday for us. When we first started dating it was about a month before V Day. After two weeks of dating Roe asked me if I wanted to do a dinner V Day night (every girl's dream right?). Well I said "I'll see" hoping he would forget about it. So I never mentioned it until he bought it up again two days before V day, where I refused to go out some place special with him and instead countered with a suggestion of going out to coffee. Then on Vday I got him the worst card ever last minute with the message "Hope we remain the friendliest of friends". He thought he was about to get the friend talk. It is a wonder after that he stuck it out and kept dating me.
For the envelope - sorry no tutorial ;) I should write one. With most things I do for gift wrapping, I just wing it and make it work.