So here's how it looked! It's really not awesome...it's very homemade, but I think that kind of makes it cute :) And Blake didn't seem to mind :) Anywho, I had a theme for this card and it was what I've Learned, Seen, and Loved over the past four years :) So this was the front :)
And here's the next pages. I started with "learned" because I really have learned so so much while being with Blake. We started dating when I was really young (15! Gasp!!) and so in a way I grew up and learned a lot about myself with him by my side and a lot of who I am today is a biproduct of our relationship and his relationship with the Lord and our church. But this part of the card was more towards the physical things that I've learned over the years. And with him being an IT and web development guy, a lot of what I've learned has been technology related. And that's a pretty recurring theme in this card as you'll see :)
Right before we got married, Blake got my netbook without me knowing and put a little batch script on it so that at 1:00AM, a text box would pop up and say I love you! It's actually still on there and sometimes when I'm sitting on my computer it'll pop up and I get butterflies just like I did a little over a year ago! :)
A few weeks ago, our internet had gotten unplugged and I figured I would go fix it, but apparently ours is set up weirdly and I learned something about how bridges worked on linsys routers! Also, as you can see, I put different shortcuts that I learned from Blake about how to copy and paste without having to right click. Also the ctrl+f shortcut is sooo awesome to use on a webpage when you're looking for something in a list of other words!!
Among the shortcuts on a PC, Windows+R is by far my favorite! There's just so much you can do and you feel so techy when you're doing it! Which is why I made it Windows+R = A whole new world! :)
Photoshop is how Blake starts most of his website, business card, and media designs before he moves on to other Adobe products, and I feel like I have learned a bunch from just watching all that he does. And now that I have photoshop on my computer, he's teaching me even more now!
Speaking of some of those media oriented designs, here's some vector images he created to use on a recent website he made!
This is the second page (all of what I've learned about couldn't just fit on the first page) :)
We've been looking at getting new phones for quite some time now and it seems like every couple of months we get a new favorite phone! Hopefully by the time we save up enough money to get new phones, we'll decide!
This side of the card is all about Starcraft 2! Starcraft 2 is a computer game made by Blizzard (the same people who make World of Warcraft) and it is a strategy game (so you build an economy, build an army, and go to war). It's pretty fantastic I have to say! Blake played the first Starcraft and when the second one came out a few months after we got married, let's just say he came home with a little surprise! They even have options for players to build custom games and Blake has found those to be pretty fun too! The one featured here is called Marine Arena and it's pretty much the same as the original Starcraft 2, but there's more units and it's waaaay longer! lol
The third page was the "What I've Seen" section. It's no secret around my friends that I am a definite television and movie fan! Blake isn't one nearly as much as I am, but when he finds something that's cool, he gets on board with me! So over the past few years we've watched some different TV shows, music shows, and youtube videos!
The little bird at the top right is Einstein! He was featured on Animal Planet and after we saw his act, we quoted it for months (and occasionally I still do it and it was over a year ago I think!). Right now we're into Burn Notice (Season 5 is awesome so far!!!). The guy singing in the middle is the lead singer of Mute Math, which is Blake's favorite band. The first year we were together, I bought him tickets to the Mute Math concert for his birthday and we went and saw their show (which was awesome!). Then last year, I bought him tickets again to see their show, only I forgot the date of the show. So I got an email saying "Now that you've seen Mute Math in concert, tell us what you think!" And...my heart sank. Then I had to call Blake and tell him that we had missed the concert....which was totally terrible! And he definitely joked about how only I could pay that much for tickets and then forget about the event lol! And at the bottom you can see the Lost logo! My freshman year of college we got into that show and watched the series finale with a group of friends from church (we were pretty disappointed with the ending but I've only watched it that one time, so I'm considering going back and watching it again and maybe I'll like it better the second time around) :)
Not much commentary needed here, we like Andy Griffith and The Office....like pretty much every other sane human being on the planet... ;)
The fourth page was the "What I've Loved" section!
Yes, I was one of those people who farmed on Facebook back in the day...but Blake was too so it's cool right? lol Actually it wasn't that long ago...Blake got me Farmville cash for Christmas...lol! And of course we both looovvve Taco Bell! We eat it at least twice a week :) The rest on this page are little sayings or whatever that we've either made up or just randomly started saying often to each other! :)
This page looks like it's dedicated to Starcraft 2 again, but it's actually a bit more specific. The guy in the center picture is Sean Plott, otherwise know in the Starcraft community as Day9. He's a professional player and commentator and he hosts a show every Monday through Thursday where he gives game tips and is really just incredibly witty and hilarious and totally awesome. And we love to watch him!! :)
The final page was the articulation of what I've really learned, seen, and loved over the past years, Blake.
He is truly inspiring. His level of perseverance, humility, and logic both challenges and enchants me. I am so blessed to have a man that is actually the spiritual head of my household and I look up to him spiritually as well as in every other aspect. That's definitely not to say that we don't disagree from time to time or get on each other's nerves, but at the end of the day we adore each other. I have no doubt that he loves me and that is such a peaceful feeling. I heard an inspiring woman say this weekend when discussing choosing a mate "never settle" and I can honestly say that I have followed that advice. I'm so excited that I get to spend every day of the rest of our lives with my husband, and that too enchants me.
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