since we began the week with love letters, it seems only fitting to close out with the ultimate love letter – this illustrated book marriage proposal! illustrator joel kimmel proposed to his girlfriend of five years, chantal bennett, on new year’s eve 2010 by writing and illustrating a short story – the final page revealed an antique brass ring with a coral art nouveau design that was hidden inside the book! my favorite part of the story is that chantal, also an illustrator, and joel work side-by-side every day – so joel was working on the 20+ illustrations for the proposal while sitting right next to her! isn’t that sweet? (read the whole story) {congratulations joel and chantal!} – amy a.
grace will be back from salt lake city on monday! so have a wonderful fun-filled weekend and we’ll see you next week! below is a summary of this week’s highlights:
- new city guides: christchurch, new zealand and park city!
- living in: fantastic mr. fox
- we like it wild: ranunculus
- new sneak peeks: oki sato’s moss house, and heather frazier of frazier and wing
- office space: parliament portland
- diy projects: made with love: fabric buttons for haiti
- before & after: mcgill dining room + vicki’s outdoor table, leila’s office + eva’s room, kristin’s chair + abbey’s dresser
- small measures with ashley: winter citrus
- in the kitchen with: jennie love’s perfect pumpkin risotto
- books: creating a home + the find
- misc.: love letters, slide sideways + megan galante, emersonmade, hello handmade valentines, futurism, and clamp lamp
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This is the sweetest thing! I love seeing romance so alive and creative! What a lucky couple. Good luck to them.
Unbelievable! Those illustrations are stunning, and the creativity is beyond swoon worthy! What a fabulous keepsake!
This is the sweetest, most thoughtful proposal! I love it!
Holy cow! That is adorable and too sweet!
OMG…this is probably one of the most beautiful gestures I have seen.
Amazing!
aww, super cute idea!
what a sweetheart! such a wonderful way to remember that special moment.
How very sweet!! My husband did something like this for me. I’ll have to photograph it and post the pictures. The proposal took place eleven years ago on Valentines Day.
hello… i just discovered your blog and i wanted to say it’s really lovely and inspiring. keep up the good work!
I swoon, my heart flutters, I am very very pleased. So pleased I will need to eat some chocolate just to go with the moment!
Hey I’m near Salt Lake! Now I feel special by association!
That really is a great way of proposing, who knew that I guy could be that creative and romantic at the same time?!
Thanks everyone for the great compliments!
I’m just relieved that guys like this DO exist.
This book proposal is the sweetest idea ever. I’m chuckling at the idea of my husband making a book.
What a fantastically creative and unique proposal–truly something they can both cherish. What an amazing surprise, that he was working on it while sitting right beside her.
so so so beyond sweet! egad.
ohmygoodness!
so sweet and thoughful and creative!
:)
This is the cutest thing I have ever read!!!! How creative!
A man who goes to such lengths for a proposal will make a fine husband indeed. As I have my own hidden ring story and have fast forwarded 13 years later, you’ll have to trust that I know this to be true.
Wow! Seriously…wow.
This is the sweetest good idea
super clever and sweet
Lindo….adorei
illustrations: very cool, book idea:sweet, RING: AWESOME!
This is amazing and so so thoughtful! I love it! Nice guys really are out there!
I love the concept, the beautiful illustration and of course the ring
what a sweet story! I love hearing different proposal stories! They’re all so unique and special!
Awesome, wonderful !!! Very nice concept
My eyes are watering, that’s the sweetest proposal I’ve ever seen.
What a sweet sweet proposal story!
Completely irrelevant question to this post, but I’m looking for birdcage to keep a small bird (probably a lovebird). I don’t like the typical ones pet stores sell, and was wondering if you creative people could help me out. I was thinking of looking for a vintage one, but was worried about lead or chipped paint. Thoughts?!
I could just barf from the sweetness! No, really, I love it! Ahhh I’m so jealous.
Hmmm, can i get that proposal from my bf?
superb proposal for some one special
that all from me
Such a wonderful story…the world needs more creative, dedicated lovers!
This is encouraging me to create a treasure for my valentine!
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