Homemade for the Hubs

With today being a snow-day, and with Boogs feeling so crummy and sleeping quite a bit,

{not sure if she feels crappy because we messed with her shunt yesterday, or

if its simply that this bitter weather makes her muscles more tight which in turns

causes her joints to hurt. Either way, she's been a whiny, cranky bear today}

but I managed to find some time to make the sweet hubs a homemade Christmas present.

What did I make?

          A Coupon Book!!!

Way back when we first started dating, which was like 10 years ago or longer, I made something like this for him for Valentine's Day and he loved it. As the years pass by, its easy to let the simple things slip right on by as well. So this year, I thought I would get back to something heartfelt, meaningful and definitely a gift that will keep on giving!!

Here is an example of the coupons I made -- The PG version of them anyways haha -- ya'll don't need {or WANT} to see the others! C'mon, I'm his wifey ... gotta make it fun! ;)

I was thrilled that I found vintage looking paper and little ways to decorate and dress them up them on the computer before I printed them. I was going to make super cute ones with all types of embellishments, then stopped and thought to myself "Who's my husband again?" and then remembered he wouldn't be into that!! So this is about as fancy as he'd want which is a-okay with me! :)

After making up approximately 50 cards, I printed one of us and tied it all together with some leather string and a cute epoxy brad {on a side note, I didn't know that the little tab thingies I use a lot, were called epoxy brads until my friend Sarah told me hahaha}.

Here's how it will look when Justin opens his present in only FIVE DAYS!!! {Can't believe Christmas is in 5 days!!!}

{There actually isn't a brown spot on Jib's nose -- some of the leather came off and I didn't see it until now. It won't be there later obviously, but I think they turned out great, will make him smile, feel special and I'm sure he'll love all the fun coupons inside}

Some people don't really like homemade things, but they take time, energy and thought so I always feel good about making and giving them.

I'll have to post later what I made for some of the sweet gals in my life!