I put together one year’s worth of dates (one date per month) for my husband as a Valentine’s Day present. I’ve always wanted to do a paint-by numbers painting. My husband is great at drawing. I’m not such a great drawer, but I thought it would be fun to give this a shot! Our date was relaxing! I purchased two paint by numbers kits for us to paint. We painted while listening to music. We also enjoyed a bottle of sparkling wine that we purchased during a recent trip to Napa Valley!
The date card read “This will be a low key date at home. We’ll drink wine and paint by numbers. Love, Lisa.” We worked on our paintings after the girls went to bed. We WAY underestimated the amount of time it would take. Take a look at what we accomplished after 2 hours (see photos below). I have 22 different paint colors in my kit and I only finished 1/3 of one color in 2 hours! Yikes! I guess this will be the gift that keeps giving. It might take a year, but we will get these done!
My Painting
Hubby’s Painting
Kit Includes – Canvas, Paint Brush, Paint, Instructions
Sparkling Wine
- My Blank Canvas
Hubby’s Blank Canvas
My Painting – 2 Hours of Work
My Painting – 4 Hours of Work
Hubby’s Painting – 2 Hours of Work
Hubby’s Painting – 4 Hours of Work
Until next month…
Check out our previous dates…
September 2012 – due to a busy September, (birthdays, trip to Denver, etc.) we will be going on this date at the end of October (if my 2 year old will start sleeping again and I can leave her with a sitter).
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