Friday, November 11, 2011

DIY Love Card Deck

My boyfriend's birthday is next friday and I do not have him anything yet. As a college student, money is not abundant, thus I have been looking up cheap but sentimental gifts. I love the idea of making a personalized card deck with 52 things you love about whoever you are making the card deck for.

Price: >$5
Time: 2 hours
Level: Easy 
Mess: None
List: Deck of Cards
        Sharpie
        Tape
        Pictures (optional)

The steps:
1. Write 52 things you love about the other person. Think about trips, events, pets, gifts, characteristics, of your time together. 
2. I used the fine tip of a sharpie to write directly on the cards. Other tutorials stick something onto the card, but I liked the idea of writing on it so we can still use the cards.
3. Make sure you have all 52 cards.
4. Here are a few things I wrote on the cards, feel free to steal my witty sayings on the queen of hearts, and suicide king.  
5. I printed out small photos and taped them onto the box to give a more personal touch. 

Happy DIYing,
Madison Broadway

12 comments:

  1. I love this. You were so creative regarding this. Stunning.

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  2. Great idea! Bet heloved it! Found your link today, on Ingenious Inkling. :)

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  3. I'm going to use this for Valentine's for my hubby. Thanks for a great idea!!

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  4. good idea!!! welcome to the blog world!!!

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  5. Found you on pinterest. This is awesome! I've seen similar ideas but I love that you can still use the cards to play with!

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  6. I did this today for my Anniversary tomorrow :) we're on a budget and this was awesome!!!

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  7. Great take on the slew of "52 things" crafts out there! I love that the cards remain useable...my practical hubby may appreciate this more than the mini book I was planning to do for Valentine's Day. Thank you for giving me food for thought!

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  8. Doing this for v-day for my husband. Thanks for the idea!

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  9. this is soo completely adorable. going to do it asap. i need to find a deck of cards!!!

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