25 Days of Blessing Your Husband

For almost a month now I have been so STOKED to show Chris my latest Christmas project. Finally, I was able to show him on Friday. Now, I received the idea from Pinterest (yes...I am a pinner and Pinterest is a weakness of mine...no...a hobby of mine is more like it!). The idea, however, had been pinned from another website.

I must stop real quick and clarify some lingo. For those unfamiliar with Pinterest, "pinned" means an idea/article/picture was copy and pasted onto a virtual "board". This provides a one-stop shop for great ideas on almost any category!

Now, this awesome idea actually came from a website called The Dating Divas. This website has a lot of fun ideas to do for/with your spouse, but the one that first caught my attention was "The Spouse Christmas". Now, BEFORE you click the link above, I must warn you that if you look at what The Dating Divas designed and then what I did, mine looks like a let a 5 year old do it (That's about the extent of my artistic ability). So, if you look at the website before seeing how my Spouse Christmas turned out, just keep in mind that it is the thought that counts! :)

So, how to do the 25 Days of Christmas is quite easy, a bunch of fun, and makes your husband feel great! You do not need to invest a lot of money in the project either! Here is what I used:

Christmas colored envelopes - I got mine at Target but any colored envelope works great.
Computer and printer - This was to print off my activities, services, and gratitude notes, but you can always hand write yours.
Christmas Ribbon
Clothespins
Christmas colored construction paper - Not necessary.

Next, I typed up 4 Christmas activities to surprise my husband with, 4 services to surprise him with, and 17 things I am grateful, thankful, and/or appreciative for. These account for 25 days worth of items. For ideas on what to write for your 25 days, I suggest checking The Dating Divas website. I would give you suggestions myself, but that would give away some of my surprises for Chris, so you will have to wait until December 25th!

After I typed all of these up, I pasted them onto slips of Christmas colored construction paper and then slipped them into envelopes. All of the envelopes were numbered by day number. I then sealed the envelopes!

Then, on Friday, November 30th, I clothes pinned all of the envelopes on ribbon that I hung on the wall.

I did this before Chris came home that way he could walk in and be surprised...and because I could not wait another day not telling him! I left him a note on the bed that said "Read Me First". In there were instructions as to what the envelopes were about/for as well as a clear rule not to open the envelopes but instead save them for each day in December. If this had not been specified, I would have walked in to all 25 envelopes open...I know my husband.

 And now, the 25 Days of Blessings begin! I hope you enjoy this as much as we have/are! It truly is an amazing way to bless and honor your husband!