June 6, 2012
50 Reasons Why I LOVE you!
by Cami
Hasn’t this been such an AMAZING contest?!!! We had so many wonderful ideas, it was SO hard to choose. What is most exciting is we have some great ideas to highlight all year. Thanks to everyone who participated! And the WINNER for the “Quick & Easy” category is…Sarah Zimmerman! We ended up choosing Sarah’s idea because it was cheap, super easy to put together, and she submitted AMAZING photos! Her idea? Sarah came up with the cutest way to tell her husband she loves him, AND included treats! YUMMY! We’ll let her tell you all about it…
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50 Reasons Why I Love You
By: Sarah Zimmerman
Here is an inexpensive but meaningful gift I made for my hubby for our anniversary last month. I filled a jar with 50 pieces of his favorite candy (Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups). On the bottom of each candy, I used a round “garage sale” sticker and wrote on each one a reason why I love him. It sits on his desk and every time he reaches for a candy, he is reminded why I love him!
I came up with this idea when I saw all the leftover Easter candy for sale in the grocery stores. And I know how much my husband loves Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! I had also just been to the Dollar Store the day before and notice a section of garage sale materials, including the little circle stickers. Suddenly everything just merged together in my mind and the idea came to me!
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Isn’t Sarah’s idea so darling? I love that I can get all this at the Dollar Store and put it together in less than 15 min! Thanks so much Sarah and congrats for winning!!!
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I love that jar where did you get it?
Hi Diane, I actually had a set of these jars that I purchased from Ross, but I have seen the exact same ones at the Dollar Tree! -Sarah
They have them at Ikea, Target, Sur la Table, etc. I love mine from Ikea they come in all sizes and shapes…
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40065867/
My husband loves reeses as well so I may use the same candies and put together this little gift, great idea for Father’s day!!!!
@Stephanie: I am so glad you enjoyed this post. I hope that things went well for Father’s Day!
Oh I love love love love this idea!
Doing this today for our anniversary on Sunday! It is our 23rd (how is that possible I ask you??!!) and I had nothing in mind. My hubs loves Reese’s too and I have some I bought after Valentine’s or Xmas that I can use. Might even have the price stickers too. Love that I can do this so quickly and easily.
Thanks for an awesome idea!
@Laura: I am so glad we gave you an idea for your Anniversary! I’m like you too and LOVE that you can put this together so fast! I hope things went well.
Wow!! Thank you so much for choosing my idea as the winner! Yay!!! If anyone is interested in the full tutorial, you can head over to my blog Repeat Crafter Me
I think I might try this with some of those Chocolate Reisen treats. I wonder if the stickers would fit right on those. Thanks for a cute and simple idea!
@Jes: I bet the stickers would have fit perfectly with the Chocolate Reisen treats, and if not, it wouldn’t be hard to tweek them to get them to fit! Glad you enjoyed the post.
Super cute! I think this would be perfect for his “manly” Easter basket next year! xoxo
Love this one! I did it with Hershey’s Kisses because it seemed even more love appropriate! The stickers fit perfectly.
@Ruth-I am so glad that the kisses worked out! What a great way to think outside the box!
i think you should put however many in the jar for whatever age they are. for example, if my husband was turning 36, put in 36 reasons
@S.M- what a great little spin to this idea! Thanks so much for sharing!
Silly question – do 50 Reeses fit in the jar? (I was always terrible at those “guess how many” games as a kid!)
@Heather- Ha, ha! What a silly question. Yes, the 50 Reese’s fit
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What are some idea’s of why you love him? this is perfect!!
@Miss Beth- some ideas could be: his smile, laugh, any body part that is handsome
, being your best friend, trustworthy, dependable, him helping around the house, him helping with kids, etc. The list could go on and on. HOpe this helps!
I love this! I actually just made this for my husband because his birthday is Sunday. I made 33 because that’s how old he’ll be. I’m going to also add kisses to fill the jar. I let my son tell me a few things to put on stickers & I signed his name (he’s 3). I also combined 2 of your other ideas for another gift. I made a book of dates for the next year and the “love map” with maps of places we have lived, etc. I am so excited to give him these gifts! I love this site!!
@Kelly- I am SO glad that you enjoyed this idea. I LOVE that you put your own twist on things and also used a couple other ideas for gifts too. I know your hubby will just LOVE it!
This has been more than perfect! This our first anniversary, so its always nice to let him know just how much I love him!
Oh Kayla- sounds like you took advantage of this and let him know how much you loved him on your anniversary. I bet it was great!
I love this idea! However, I really need some ideas for a hubby that’s not crazy about sweets. *sigh* I’ve done a deck of cards “reasons why I love you,” I did a jar of “365 things I love about you” (though I did put candy on the bottom of that one), I made a small picture book with scrapbook paper filled with some quotes and poems… but I’m running out of ideas!
Hi Karla- I am SO sorry I missed your comment earlier than now (don’t know how i did since I have replied to a lot of comments that came after yours. I am so grounded!). Like I told someone later that asked something similar, why not get snack sized baggies and fill them up with his favorite snacks: tails mix, dried fruit, nuts, etc. and then put the reasons you love him on the baggies. Also, I did a healthy fruit basket for my hubby that had cute sayings attached to each fruit. You can find it here…http://www.thedatingdivas.com/cami/basket-of-healthy-love/ Hope this helps!
Love this idea but husband doesn’t eat sweets! Anyone have any other ideas but in food form?
Nicole- I totally relate to a hubby not eating treats. Why not get snack sized baggies and fill them with his favorite snacks, like an awesome trail mix, or dried fruit of some kind. Also yummy fruit leathers would be an easy way to do this or granola bars. I hope that helps.
I did something similar to this on our anniversary but instead I had a jar engraved with I love you and I took some red tissue paper and white paper with hearts printed on them and wrote out the 50 things I love about him. Than I had him read one every day until all of them were read. Needless to say, he loved it.
Wow Christi- this sounds WONDERFUL! How awesome. I’m sure that will be an anniversary gift alwayas remembered. Way to be creative!
I just made my guy one of these for Christmas…I used a smaller jar and 25 reasons why…it is adorable and I just love the idea. I have some friends who are copying the idea for their loved ones. =) Thanks for the great idea! With all of the Christmas colored candies, it’s just adorable! Oh…and I made two small Christmas trees for the labels instead…with red ribbons all around. Thanks!
Way to go Jen! Sounds like it was a hit! I love that you changed things to fit for Christmas! Awesome!
I love this idea, and my fiance also loves reses cupes, i cant wait to do this for him..even though its not a special occasion i just want to see him smile!
Kayla- I think that doing things just out of the blue makes it that much more special for your man! Have fun!
Hey! This is an AWESOME idea, Im changing it a little since its for my moms 50th birthday. 50 reasons why for all 50 years. (I dont date, since im 13) but i think this is such a great idea and i will problably use this when i am older! But I have one question, my mom doesn’t really like reeses but she loves chocolate (preferable dark and organic) i dont know what i could get that would fit labels. Thanks!
Miakoda – what a cute daughter to be doing this for your mom. Why don’t you try using hershey kisses or peppermint patties (small version). I hope that helps. Have fun!
I am gonna use this idea for my mom for mother’s day. I am gonna put why I love her on the bottom. Thanks for the idea.
I did end up doing this for my mom for mother’s day. She really loved it. I used a different kind of jar, then I made a sticker( with a sticker maker) with a picture of a tea cup with flowers in it on the top of the jar lid. Then I made another sticker picture of a tea pot on the front of the jar. My tag for this gift said reasons why I love you. I had only a small jar so 50 pieces of candy didn’t fit. My mom also wanted to keep the stickers from the bottom of the candy. So we have these glass rocks that she is gonna to put the stickers on after she peels them off the candy. Then she is gonna put the rocks back in the jar when it is empty. The other thing that I did different was I found a circle template from the internet and typed the words on them. Printed it out and punched it out with a circle punch I have from creative memories.
Wow Gena! This sounds awesome! I am so glad your mom loved it and what a great idea on how to keep your list. The glass rocks sound perfect. Thank you so much for sharing!