Friday, August 26, 2011

Happy Birthday to My Sweetie! (And Virgos Everywhere!)

Keith's birthday is today, and I made a special "banner" for him. When he woke up this morning, it was sitting out for him on his desk...




I painted some watercolor paper, made a heart template, traced the hearts out... one for each letter. I partially cut them out with an X-acto knife, not all the way through, but enough so I could see where the outline of the heart was on the other side, too. Then I used ink and a calligraphy pen to write out the letters on both sides of the hearts. After it was all dry, I cut them out and punched small holes in the top of each one.




I used baker's twine to tie them onto the branch that I put into a tall, straight glass vase filled with marbles. I also made a little owl to sit on the opposite branch.


I hope he likes the beginning of his birthday! Today I'm making him his favorite pie (lemon meringue) that we're going to have after dinner at our favorite restaurant, Apollo Grill. Last year, he only shared that pie with me. Ha ha. He's very protective of that lemon meringue pie! Probably because he only gets to have it on his birthday!! 



I hope that he feels super special on his birthday... he deserves it. He makes me feel super special every day of my life. xox

3 comments:

Terriaw said...

Yay, what a great day to celebrate! Happy birthday to your sweety. I adore all those cool decorations you made, so natural and whimsical and special. Enjoy your dinner together and that awesome sounding pie!

shari said...

Thanks, Terri! It's going to be a super fun night! He liked the decorations... I set them up after he fell asleep, so he saw them first thing in the morning. :-)

Fenny Setiawan said...

Thanks so sweet. I love handmade surprise too :). Wish him happy birthday too ok. And Hope one day I will have chance to try your lemon meringue :)

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