Share a Bank Account? Make your Next Gift

Happy Anniversary Husband

how to surprise your hubby if you share bank accounts

Since getting married and getting a joint checking account, it's been a struggle to surprise my husband with any gifts. So over the last few gift giving holidays I have started making him gifts to show him my love and gratitude.

 I was always told that the best gifts are not the most expensive ones but the most thoughtful ones. It's not always easy coming up with the a worthwhile do-it-yourself gifts so when all else fails, I stick to the thing I know he loves the most, his daughter. Anything his little lady helps create he will always love.

This time around I wanted to highlight the two of us and our journey together as a couple. He has been the one constant in my life that has yet to falter and I need to thank him for that with something special just from me. 

Ribba Frame - Ikea
Wooden Letters - Michael's Crafts Store
Watercolor Color Pencils (numbers) - any craft store
Off-white Cardstock - any craft store

We  were celebrating our 8th anniversary together so I decided that I wanted to showcase some of our BIG milestones together. So I hopped on handy-dandy Pinterest and looked into different DIY gift ideas and I came up with this the above pictured; 3 milestone dates (our anniversary date, the date he purposed and the date that we became parents) flanked by our initials. I already had a cheap frame from Ikea ($9.99)  just waiting to be use and I bought the wooden letters for $2 each and hot glued them to off-white cardstock I also had on hand. It took 10 different tries to get the numbers just the way I wanted them but I love the way it turned out and better yet, since I already had the frame and the cardstock it only cost roughly $5 bucks and my husband was completely surprised. 

Go start crafting, Ladies!