14 Days of Valentine - Day 9

Reasons I love you, #8: You make me smile
If you can't tell by now, my hubby and I have a lot of good times together. There is a lot of laughter in our apartment. Usually it stems from Ryan putting on a puppet show with the cat/dog/random inanimate object. Honestly though, it's not the side-splitting laughter that does it for me. It's all of the little things he does to make me smile. Like randomly cleaning the kitchen. Or waking up to a kiss and "I love you!" The box of notes he is hiding in the closet from when we dated in high school. The way he pushes me to stretch myself, and is there to selflessly congratulate me at the end. It's the funny faces, enthusiasm for life, and devotion to our relationship that make me smile!

To change it up a little, I wanted to give you a hint as to what I'm giving away - it's a gift card! To where? How much? You'll just have to wait and see! Want an extra entry? Tweet this post and tag me @sagruss before 2/14/11!

Here's the scoop:
1) You must become a follower, and stick around until the 15th (when I draw).
2) Comment each day to get an entry for a fabulous prize! It's the perfect gift for anyone!
3) I will have a special bonus post to get you an additional entry (or two, or three) sometime in the 14 day countdown, so be on the lookout!

14 Days of Valentine - Day 8

Reasons I love you, #7: You can make anything punny
Yesterday you reminded me that if I wanted hominy, I needed peas (peace and harmony) when I wanted to know if there were any cans of hominy left for the taco soup. Even though you stole it, you pull varieties of "sheet happens" regularly. When I'm stitching on a card you seriously say "Make it sew" (Star Trek reference, in case you didn't get it!) Other puns that you pull out regularly "Tooth Hurty, time to go to the dentist!" and "There are 10 kinds of people in this world" (That's more math joke, than pun.) At any rate, it's all about puns all the time around here. If' I hated puns we'd be in trouble. Obviously though, it's one of those things I truly love about you! (Now that I'm trying hard to think of puns to post about, I can't think of a single one! I may have to edit this post later to add more punny things you say...maybe I'll start carrying a notebook!)
I used a set of Spellbinders dies for the first time to make the embellishment on the side. I wanted to do something a little different but I couldn't come up with a punny way to do it. Any suggestions? Leave them in the comments, and don't forget the rules are below!

Here's the scoop:
1) You must become a follower, and stick around until the 15th (when I draw).
2) Comment each day to get an entry for a fabulous prize! It's the perfect gift for anyone!
3) I will have a special bonus post to get you an additional entry (or two, or three) sometime in the 14 day countdown, so be on the lookout!

14 Days of Valentine - Day 7

Reasons I love you, #6: You are one of a kind

I have never met anyone else who is so unique like you. You are manly, but not a brute. You are nerdy, but not socially deficient. You are smart, but on the same level I am. (Which means we can have even, open conversations!) You are supportive, but you don't lose yourself in me. You are Ryan, and there's no other way to put it. Half of my friends want to steal you away and the other half wouldn't have anything to do with you. My only hope is that I'm as unique as you are, so that I get to keep you forever. That is, after all, my plan - to keep you forever! (In a loving, non-evil way, of course!)

I really wanted this page to reflect the wording. Last year I bought some brads to go with Ren-Yi's Swap Kit and I happened to have a few left over (I actually bought them at the Scrapbooker's Hideaway in Missoula, Montana and I remember Ryan helped me pick them out.) Believe it or not, the brad layout took a lot of careful planning because I didn't want the super tall brad to look awkward or be too close or run out of space. I think I managed to get it right though and produced a one of a kind page! That's all folks, don't forget the rules are below!

Here's the scoop:
1) You must become a follower, and stick around until the 15th (when I draw).
2) Comment each day to get an entry for a fabulous prize! It's the perfect gift for anyone!
3) I will have a special bonus post to get you an additional entry (or two, or three) sometime in the 14 day countdown, so be on the lookout!

14 Days of Valentine - Day 6

Reasons I love you, #5: You're a good sport! Even when I'm not!

If you were paying close attention yesterday, then you noticed that mention about me kicking Ry's butt at games, and him doing the same to me. Since I have been on quite the bullet list kick lately, I'm going to list out all of the games I love playing with my hubby!

• Euchre
• Jenga
• Guitar Hero
• Dr. Mario, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros.
• Raving Rabbids
• Yahtzee
• Poker
• Pinochle
• Rummy
• Killer Bunnies
• Sorry
• Monopoly
• Trouble
• Risk

We don't have cable, so we spend a lot of time hanging out playing games together and chatting. I like it that way. :) Just to set the record straight, we each win about evenly at board games and games of general skill. However, he kicks major butt at most video games especially Guitar Hero. I dominate at Tetris, Blokus, and Dr. Mario. Period. I win. No questions asked. Did I mention, I am kind of a bad sport sometimes? :D What are your favorite games?
This page is one of the first ones I did. I wanted to use the words to embellish the page, so I made the other details rather simple. I used my Copics (Of course!), a segment from one of my favorite sewing embellishments (in my stash, featured in my January waltz post), and all of the themes that are on each of the other pages! As usual, the rules are below!

Here's the scoop:
1) You must become a follower, and stick around until the 15th (when I draw).
2) Comment each day to get an entry for a fabulous prize! It's the perfect gift for anyone!
3) I will have a special bonus post to get you an additional entry (or two, or three) sometime in the 14 day countdown, so be on the lookout!

14 Days of Valentine - Day 5

Reasons I love you, #4: Every day comes with a kiss
Another short post because I am certain that I'm the only one that loves Ryan's kisses! So, just for fun, I'll bullet point the best parts of my day!

• A kiss first thing when I wake up
• A kiss when I come downstairs for breakfast
• A kiss when I'm leaving for work
• A kiss when I'm actually leaving for work for real
• A kiss when I get home, plus bonus puppy kisses!
• A zillion kisses while I make dinner
• A kiss as we put dinner on the table
• A kiss as we do dishes together
• A kiss after I kick his butt at cards or after he whips my butt at Guitar Hero
• A kiss when we head off to bed
• A kiss right after I brush my teeth
• A kiss when we get into bed
• A kiss goodnight
• A kiss after Ryan asks if he got his kiss goodnight (I think it's a ploy to get extra kisses!)
• A stolen kiss after Ryan falls asleep

That's my typical day, it only gets better from there!

Page details - I wanted something simple but different from the other pages. I went for the writing in a circle tactic, and used the same colored brads as I did on the other pages. Once again, my Copic multiliners came in handy! I was able to use the .03 point to make that teeny little heart above the i in kiss. I never would have been able to do that with a standard set of markers. I think I'm in LOVE! As usual, the rules are below! (< I keep copying this text!)

Here's the scoop:
1) You must become a follower, and stick around until the 15th (when I draw).
2) Comment each day to get an entry for a fabulous prize! It's the perfect gift for anyone!
3) I will have a special bonus post to get you an additional entry (or two, or three) sometime in the 14 day countdown, so be on the lookout!