While I didn’t get up at an obscene hour last Friday to watch the royal wedding, I’m a romantic, so I did follow along throughout the day watching and reading about it.
Everything was beautifully orchestrated and everyone was gorgeous. But it wasn’t the spectacle of the event that drew me so much as the opportunity to immerse myself in this great celebration of love. Who among us can see a couple like William and Catherine, young and in love, and not feel our hearts swell?
How often do we have the opportunity to share a grand display of love? Well, certainly shutting down an entire country’s economy for the day and globally televising our declarations of love aren’t in the cards for most of us, but there is a small yet very meaningful gesture available to us any day. It’s the love letter.
Watching William and Catherine vow to love and honor each other all the days of their lives made me itchy to share some mushy sentiments with my husband.
Advice for the love(letter)lorn
But have you attempted to write a love letter? It’s daunting trying to translate those kinds of emotions into words! We can’t all be Victor Hugo:
“My adorable and adored: I have been asking myself every moment if such happiness is not a dream. It seems to me that what I feel is not of earth. I cannot yet comprehend this cloudless heaven. My whole soul is yours…”
Wow, would I love to be able to write this way! Fortunately, there are people through the ages who have excelled at just that. We all like to take inspiration from other artists’ work, so let’s take a look at a few resources that showcase letter-writing artists:
- http://www.romantic-ideas-online.com/famous-love-letters.html
- http://loveletterscentral.com/
- http://www.theromantic.com/LoveLetters/main.htm
Perhaps these wonderful love letters—of all styles—can help start your words flowing. Keep in mind, though, that the most important element of a good love letter is that it contain honest words from your heart. The rest is gravy.
Of course, my medium of choice for this billet-doux was a scrapbook layout. Although my words are not going to go down in the history books for their style, my hope is that the substance will be always inked on Matt’s heart.
This love letter to my husband is meant to remind him of what I cherish about us.
Hi Janice~
You are about 40 min. from me~I live in Belmont between Sequin and Gonzales~FYI we have a super cool LSS in Gonzales Ok to your question~how long does it take to do Uk egg? Depending how “fancy” you want it at least 4hrs turn key. Taking wax off and varnishing. They do take time but so worth it. Thanks for visiting my blog what a treat to have a fellow Texan visting~cm I’m following you on Twitter.
Hey there, Connie. It sounds like a fun drive to Gonzales might be in order some time! 🙂 I checked out your LSS and see that you teach classes there. How fun! Thanks so much for following me. 🙂
This is officially my favorite post of yours!
I love the layout and your sentiment, too. I know most scrappers already probably know this, but I had an insight: adding the graphic element to the words really adds a nice depth. I’m already a words person, and I can now see some of what the graphics can do in concert with words.
Thanks so much for sharing such a personal post!
You’ve really made my day, Katie!
saw your tweet and stopped by to check out your layout! Love how you used the love letter!!!! Perfect!!! xOxO
Hi Deb, and thank you. I also checked out your blog, and I love your crafting style and how your new house is looking! 🙂
Janice – this is one awesome post! Love your layout and I’m so happy you included those links because you’ve hit on a great idea that I’m sure many women would want to do.
Kudos to you!!
Why, thank you, Cheryl. 🙂 Aren’t some of those famous love letters wonderful? If only I could express myself that way. Sigh. But I think our loved ones will appreciate our efforts, too.