Last night I made part one of FI's groom's gift. I made a "newlywed map" for us to mark off all of the places we've been together. I got the idea here:
http://heatherdrive.blogspot.com/2009/09/world-is-ours.htmlOriginally, I was going to do a world map, but the chances of us filling much up outside the US is probably pretty slim. If we do ever go anywhere not on the map, I'll probably add a little "flag" with the name and pin it in one of the open spaces on the map. So here's the one I made, and marked with places we've already been.
Outside of Las Vegas, pretty much everything is in the North East. But I'm very excited to be able to have us mark off Maui in just a few weeks!
The other part of his gift I had made about a month ago. He's so difficult to buy anything for, so I thought I'd go with something a little different. I had a bobblehead of us custom made. I know he's going to love it and he'll probably end up putting it on his desk at work. Obviously, you guys don't know what we look like, but trust me, they did a great job!
The map I'm going to send to his dad's house with his sisters before the wedding. I'm going to surprise him with the bobblehead at the reception. I'll probably have them either set it up on the head table or the cake table.