It was 9:00 on the night of February 25th and I desperately wanted to make or give something special to my parents for their anniversary, which was on the next day, but I had no idea what to make!
I wanted my parents to think back on their marriage; remember each year of their marriage individually, and scoop up memories and share them with us.
An idea popped into my mind. Bunting. 17 pieces of bunting for their 17 years of marriage. Hang the bunting over their bed. Make a couple photo collages of them together.
Using scrap paper for the bunting, coloured paper for the numbers, tape to hang it up and sticky tack to make the collage of photos on either side of their bed, I got to work. To my surprise and relief, it only took about half and hour. After running upstairs, and secretly decorating my parents bedroom with my sister, my project was nearly complete.
On the day of their anniversary, all 8 members of our family sat around in the living, pens and paper in hand, while mum and dad told us what they did each year of their marriage. Year one; married, gave birth to Acacia, business started. All the way to year 17; Caleb is born, Daddy is officially a doctor, the older girls complete music exams and obtain good grades.
This project brought back a lot of memories (and tears). I highly recommend that you attempt making this next time your parents' anniversary comes around!
xx
ps If you hovered your button over the photographs in this post, you probably noticed that you can now easily pin my photographs on to Pinterest; yippee!
That's such a lovely idea!
ReplyDeleteKimmy :) x
Really nice!! Awesome idea!!♥
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xx Barbora♥
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This is sweet, Acacia! My parents are going to be having their 19th wedding anniversary and this idea is perfect for it! You are so smart ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd your parents bedroom is cute :) Definitely pinning.
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this is such a sweet and lovely idea, acacia! i know your parents must've loved it.
ReplyDeletexoxo
ps- i lovelove your new design.
Deletei love this :) your crafting is amazing. if you'll excuse me, i'm going to go make something!
ReplyDeletepriceless. i should do something like that for my parents' 21years. :)
ReplyDeleteawe, thats such a cute idea!
ReplyDeletebtw, i LOVE your new design!
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this is such a great idea. love it. :)
ReplyDeleteSUCH a great story. x
ReplyDeleteoh, darling, I don't know what to say but this is just simply adorbs. how sweet and kind and ever so special that bunting is not just because you made it but all the memories and the stories that are captured within it. your new design is just darling by the way. ;) love ya | grace
ReplyDeletewow... this is awesome, doll. thanks for the idea. if not the bunting, i'm TOTALLY going to interview them about each year of their marriage. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet idea! I may have to remember this for my parent's anniiversary. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is the sweetest thing!! Happy anniversary to your lovely parents, and how great of it for you guys to do something so touching and sweet for them! This is such a great idea! Thanks for the inspiration, Acacia.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've been trying to get the pin button on my pics forever. I've tried every code I could find out there, but nothing seems to work! I'm sure I have another code blocking that one :( I'm glad you were able to get it on yours!
Happy weekend, lovely!
♥ Victoria
Hello Victoria!
DeleteThank you so much for your sweet words - I really appreciate them. :)
About the pinterest button: I, too, tried countless HTML to try to get the pinterest button to work on my blog and none of them seemed to work. But when I found the following website, to my suprise and amazement, it finally worked! Here is the link: http://www.bloggersentral.com/2012/11/pinterest-pin-it-button-on-image-hover.html
I hope it words for you, too!
Have a lovely day,
Acacia
AWWWW.
ReplyDelete(really this is the sweetest thing ever)
this is such a wonderful idea! i can tell your family is very loving and your parents are so lucky to have you:)
ReplyDeleteThat's such a sweet idea.
ReplyDeleteLove your new header, by the way! xo
How cuuute!
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary to your parents! That is such a neat idea, to recount the milestones and blessings of years of marriage and family life. And that bunting? Too fun. Buntings are positively some of the happiest creations!
I've been meaning to email you back for several days… perhaps I'll go do that.
Happy Tuesday, dearest!
xx.
Linds
Aw, wow this is just so sweet. 17 years is so impressive.
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