Our first Christmas after being married, was the first year in a long while that I missed spending a day with my friend Beth and her family at Christmastime. Even though we both lived "in Memphis" the years prior, she actually lives in North MS and I lived in the next county outside of Memphis towards the Northeast. The drive is about an hour without traffic delays, so with the nature of our lives we'd see one another a few times a year. Christmas was always one of them.
Since we went to Louisiana to be with family for Christmas that first year of marriage, we didn't make it into Memphis. I learned later that we both had Christmas gifts for one another, as usual, but had no reasonable way to make the exchange.
Beth saved my gift and gave it to me this year, in 2012. It was so good to be in town again at Christmas so I could visit with them once again.
This was my gift:
Beth saw an ornament on Pinterest that was filled with the strips of a wedding invitation. Then she made me one using our invitation. I LOVE it!
How thoughtful, creative and unique.
When I showed it to Matt, he looked at it for a second and then began shaking it. I looked at him petulantly wondering what he was doing. His comment? All I want to know is: where is my name?! Haha! The way the invitation was shredded my name was visible, but not his. He was shaking that baby like a crazy 8 ball, as if he was hoping to see his good fortune!
No worries, it survived. And now I have one more Christmas treasure to enjoy.
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