cute idea

murreemurree

hi girls i was wondering would it be cute to make my boyfriend a handprint of my hand and frame it for him? i love him so much. what little message could i write under it?

Novella

I would not give a boyfriend something like that. Hand print pictures really just remind me of babies. Personally, I'd think it was slightly odd. I mean, is there an occasion or a reason? It'd be strange just to one day hand him your hand print. In my opinion at least.

baby and crumble

TBH it's only cute if he'll actually hang it somewhere...

krudler

thats....kinda creepy.

MissFlitworth

another vote for 'not cute' here! It's all subjective though, if it's the kind of thing your boyfriend likes he might find it cute?

murreemurree

there was me thinking everyone would steal my idea

it's my first time in love what would be a sweet idea so?

Bubs99

I saw this being done while I attended art college and it turned out really cool and imaginative.

If you are not that arty, its quite easy to do but you will be better off with someone to help you such as a friend.

My boyfriend and I did a cast of my torso together last year. It is really cool but I still have'nt decided what to paint it.

Go to your closest really good art/craft store (Evans's, Dublin City). I got mine in Waterford where Im from.

You buy rolls of plaster casting gauze, a scissors, a BIG tub of pertroleum jelly and adhesive glue.

I cut the gauze roll into strips of 10-12 inches long, then covered my whole naked torso in vaseline and dipped each strip into a bowl of cold water, then after shaking off the water, I lay each strip one by one Water dip per strip) over the torso from chest (shoulder to shoulder) and down over bust and stomach.
Do it neatly and make sure whole torso is covered atleast twice. You must stay as still as possible all the way through. The cast starts to solidify quick enough so be careful. Wait a bit until you see when 90% of it is chalky and hard. Slowly take it off, vaseline should help.

Gently lay it to dry for 2 days then gently paint over it with adhesive glue.

Its fun and looks cool. Enjoy!

very

Bubs99 wrote: »

I saw this being done while I attended art college and it turned out really cool and imaginative.

If you are not that arty, its quite easy to do but you will be better off with someone to help you such as a friend.

My boyfriend and I did a cast of my torso together last year. It is really cool but I still have'nt decided what to paint it.

Go to your closest really good art/craft store (Evans's, Dublin City). I got mine in Waterford where Im from.

You buy rolls of plaster casting gauze, a scissors, a BIG tub of pertroleum jelly and adhesive glue.

I cut the gauze roll into strips of 10-12 inches long, then covered my whole naked torso in vaseline and dipped each strip into a bowl of cold water, then after shaking off the water, I lay each strip one by one Water dip per strip) over the torso from chest (shoulder to shoulder) and down over bust and stomach.
Do it neatly and make sure whole torso is covered atleast twice. You must stay as still as possible all the way through. The cast starts to solidify quick enough so be careful. Wait a bit until you see when 90% of it is chalky and hard. Slowly take it off, vaseline should help.

Gently lay it to dry for 2 days then gently paint over it with adhesive glue.

Its fun and looks cool. Enjoy!

is this serious, or a joke?

krudler

Bubs99 wrote: »

I saw this being done while I attended art college and it turned out really cool and imaginative.

If you are not that arty, its quite easy to do but you will be better off with someone to help you such as a friend.

My boyfriend and I did a cast of my torso together last year. It is really cool but I still have'nt decided what to paint it.

Go to your closest really good art/craft store (Evans's, Dublin City). I got mine in Waterford where Im from.

You buy rolls of plaster casting gauze, a scissors, a BIG tub of pertroleum jelly and adhesive glue.

I cut the gauze roll into strips of 10-12 inches long, then covered my whole naked torso in vaseline and dipped each strip into a bowl of cold water, then after shaking off the water, I lay each strip one by one Water dip per strip) over the torso from chest (shoulder to shoulder) and down over bust and stomach.
Do it neatly and make sure whole torso is covered atleast twice. You must stay as still as possible all the way through. The cast starts to solidify quick enough so be careful. Wait a bit until you see when 90% of it is chalky and hard. Slowly take it off, vaseline should help.

Gently lay it to dry for 2 days then gently paint over it with adhesive glue.

Its fun and looks cool. Enjoy!

Thats even creepier..

"That? oh thats a replica of my girlfriends severed torso"

Catari Jaguar

Yea, when I taught junior infants I did hand print art with that "When I was little I left dirty handprints blah blah.... now I am grown..." poem for Mother's Day gifts.

Catari Jaguar

murreemurree wrote: »

there was me thinking everyone would steal my idea

it's my first time in love what would be a sweet idea so?

Draw a cute picture? Make him a card? Write a poem or letter? Frame a picture of you two?

Are fellas as sentimental as girls when it comes to this stuff? Might be best to stick with steak and a BJ...

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Everyone is different, she knows him better than any of us and if she thinks he'd like it, then maybe he will.
She was looking for advice with what to write beneath it.

I can't think of anything that wont result in me getting a ban, whcih is why I probably should never give advice, but if you really think he'd like it for your own reasons then do it.

krudler

cherub rock wrote: »

Draw a cute picture? Make him a card? Write a poem or letter? Frame a picture of you two?

Are fellas as sentimental as girls when it comes to this stuff? Might be best to stick with steak and a BJ...

My ex wrote me a really sweet letter once, she'd been having a hard time and just wanted to write it to me instead of tell me, I kept it for ages.

op,letters are a nice memento, go with that before making weird Blair Witch style handprints and body halves.

keep it simple.

Oh and buy him that boxset of The Wire we've been telling you to over in tGC :pac:

Princess Peach

I dunno. My boyfriend is a romantic sap and I'm always giving him little cute things I make and he loves them. Now I've never given him my handprint but I've made him drawings and little origami things and I'm always sending him cards or postcards. He puts them all up on his wall.

A handprint does remind me of something you do in junior infants, and kinda seems a bit impersonal. Can you draw or anything? Or you could get a photo of the two of ye and make a frame for it, embellish it with decals that mean something to the two of ye. Or how about a little teddy of a character he likes? Something that will make him think of you when he sees it.

I like giving cute things, they are cheap and very personal so I do it all the time

newbee22

Not cute!

Eve_Dublin

Why don't you photocopy your boobs and frame it? Could be funny and you could write a cheesy/sweet message under it. That's where my imagination hits a wall, I'm afraid.

Tefral

As a guy I recon that would be weird, im mean id be happy she went to the trouble and all but i would just be thinking to myself: "cool...so... what do I do with it now..."

On the other hand Eves suggestion is good.. there is never a time when boobs are not good!!:D


Personally I think Krudlers idea of the message or letter is probably best, id appreciate something like that.

Myself and my OH lived together and then I had to go back to college down the country to do my final year so she kept a Diary of each day of the year until we moved back in together, anytime we talked or met up over the year she recorded it and what she was feeling, that was cute and I still have that. Anytime im having a bad day just reading a few pages of it cheers me right up

Wibbs

I dunno, I think you're getting a bit of a hard time OP. I mean it's your first love, you've the perfect excuse to be a bit sappy. Jeez the things I've done for love. :eek:

If you think the handprint is a nice idea then you go for it. If he's in love I reckon he'll dig it. Plus the simple handprint is one of the oldest and most iconic images in human history going back tens of thousands of years, damn near the first art(in paint) we made.


So there's a bit of tradition there.

sexonsundays

You could make him just a collage picture frame of photos of the both of you together, that would be cute
The hand thing kinda reminds me of a child though sorry

metrovelvet

It depends on how you do it really. It could be lovely or it could be really cheesy and weird. And I only say the latter because I do handprints of my toddler on Christmas cards to blood relatives, so I guess what Im saying is that the context of it is important so that it's not like a child-adult gift and a gift that is adult-adult because a lot of people connect handprints with toddlers. Its also impossible for anyone else to provide the script, otherwise its not really from YOU, its not made by you and becomes a little Cyrano de Bergerac if you know what I mean.

Princess Peach

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Why don't you photocopy your boobs and frame it? Could be funny and you could write a cheesy/sweet message under it. That's where my imagination hits a wall, I'm afraid.

I'm not gonna lie, when I read the OP I thought how much my boyfriend would genuinely like a print of my boobs :pac: Too messy for the effort I think!

I think maybe the handprint could be nice, if it has a nice message that means something. Do ye hold hands a lot? As long as the message made sense I think it could be a nice gesture if its something you want to do. Like I said, my boyfriend is very soppy and I know if I gave it to him, he would love it just cause it was made by me.

sunflower27

It isn't creepy ffs. :rolleyes:

Creepy is sending him her hair or something.

OP, some people just like to get in for the Thanks, imo.

You know the guy, we don't. I did some really silly things for my first boyfriend when we were young and while others may have thought it was weird, we knew each others personalities so it was sweet.

Do what you think he will like.

Eve_Dublin

Yeah...I'm not seeing how a hand print of the hand of a woman he has chosen to go out with is creepy?? Your easily creeped out if that's the case. Creepy is spending a week phoning hom and breathing heavily down the line without saying anything.

I made my ex a card years ago. Got into full child mode and bought glitter, cotton wool, markers etc. He LOVED it and it made him laugh. I suppose he was touched by the effort.

Do what you like, OP. You know him better than we do.

Edit: Oh and what to write...something like, "Hand on my heart, I will love you forever"? (I'm expecting calls from Hallmark Human Resources dept offering me a job any moment).

sunflower27

LOL Eve....

Creepy would be 'This week you have my hand, next week my beating heart'.

What about 'Through the hands of time, you will have my heart xx'

Eve_Dublin

sunflower27 wrote: »

LOL Eve....

Creepy would be 'This week you have my hand, next week my beating heart'.

What about 'Through the hands of time, you will have my heart xx'

Oooooh looks like I've got stiff competition for that job...


I'll be thinking of hand-related expressions of love all night now!

ElleEm

I am fairly romantic and creative but a hand print is a bit childlike and wierd, I think.
Make him a card, or a photo frame, or you could make a scrapbook of loads of photos/ tickets/ leaflets from places you've been together.
Or you could make a little hamper of stuff he loves like sweets, CD, DVDs etc.

Wibbs

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Oooooh looks like I've got stiff competition for that job...


I'll be thinking of hand-related expressions of love all night now!

*must.... resist..... double entendres.... resolve weakening....*

sunflower27 wrote: »

It isn't creepy ffs. :rolleyes:

Creepy is sending him her hair or something.

Yet many a locket* was crafted in the past with the express intention to hold a lock* of a loved ones hair. "Creepy" is like beauty in the eye of the beholder.

You know the guy, we don't. I did some really silly things for my first boyfriend when we were young and while others may have thought it was weird, we knew each others personalities so it was sweet.

Exactly. God how boring a world it would be if we all went the obvious route.

Do what you think he will like.

*though similar sounding, the words don't have the same root. Pity. That would've been neater

sunflower27

Interesting Wibbs about the locket. I know a lot of people keep a lock of their baby's hair as well. I was just reminded of a Come Dine With Me episode where the contestants found a jar of hair in a woman's room and recoiled in horror

Another one may be: 'You hold my hand, you hold my heart'.

C'mon Eve... I'm waiting There's only one Jobbridge internship going

Eve_Dublin

Wibbs wrote: »

*must.... resist..... double entendres.... resolve weakening...

Oh God!! How did I not pick up on that?! Double entendre-arama!

Eve_Dublin

"Take my hand in yours and we'll venture through life together on the wings of our love". Awww.

metrovelvet

ElleEm wrote: »

I am fairly romantic and creative but a hand print is a bit childlike and wierd, I think.
Make him a card, or a photo frame, or you could make a scrapbook of loads of photos/ tickets/ leaflets from places you've been together.
Or you could make a little hamper of stuff he loves like sweets, CD, DVDs etc.

ANd it could be perceived as subliminal pressure, as in put a ring on it buddy, take my hand [in marriage], it's a minefield.

sunflower27

metrovelvet wrote: »

ANd it could be perceived as subliminal pressure, as in put a ring on it buddy, take my hand [in marriage], it's a minefield.

Possibly if the inscription reads: 'If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it'.

ElleEm

metrovelvet wrote: »

ANd it could be perceived as subliminal pressure, as in put a ring on it buddy, take my hand [in marriage], it's a minefield.

Haha, like when you're little and you trace around your hand and draw ridiculously shiny rings on each finger!!!

Eve_Dublin

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

"Take my hand in yours and we'll venture through life together on the wings of our love". Awww.

Sometimes I am accused of being a romantic, but...
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Anyway I don't like the hand idea.
Write a nice love letter, much better. Or something with meaning to the pair of ye.
The hand thing brings up images of children doing those hand pictures for me as well

krudler

bluewolf wrote: »

Sometimes I am accused of being a romantic, but...
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Anyway I don't like the hand idea.
Write a nice love letter, much better. Or something with meaning to the pair of ye.
The hand thing brings up images of children doing those hand pictures for me as well

or The Blair Witch Project..

Thankfully I have never seen that...

sunflower27

As has been said, it's personal. If I posted here what i did in my first relationship you would probably all cringe but he loved it, because it was very us. And it is something we kept up between us the years we were together

Go for it, OP. Only you know the guy, but nah, it isn't creepy or weird at all to me (and I've been around the block a bit )

krudler

bluewolf wrote: »

Thankfully I have never seen that...

abandoned house in the woods, dead of night, walk upstairs, tiny childrens handprints all over the wall, former hiding place of child murderer, all that jazz.

Novella

sunflower27 wrote: »

OP, some people just like to get in for the Thanks, imo.

What? I disagreed with the idea because personally, I do think it's weird. It had nothing to do with thanks. I genuinely would think it strange to be given a hand-print, that's all.

Cavehill Red

This thread contains the largest number of disturbing ideas I've encountered in one place in a very long time.

If I got a picture from a girl of her hand or a model of her torso, or any of those tooth-rottingly saccharine statements in a card, I'd be putting my pet rabbit under armed guard.

These ideas aren't 'cute', they're demented, and blokes don't tend to be impressed by 'cute' anyway.

What's wrong with just giving the lad a bottle of whiskey or a DVD?

Princess Peach

Cavehill Red wrote: »

This thread contains the largest number of disturbing ideas I've encountered in one place in a very long time.

If I got a picture from a girl of her hand or a model of her torso, or any of those tooth-rottingly saccharine statements in a card, I'd be putting my pet rabbit under armed guard.

These ideas aren't 'cute', they're demented, and blokes don't tend to be impressed by 'cute' anyway.

What's wrong with just giving the lad a bottle of whiskey or a DVD?

I've given boyfriends soppy cards and cute presents before and they were all received well. One guy put little teddies I gave him on his desk, my current boyfriend puts them all on the wall of his room.

Guess they aren't real men like you so.

Cavehill Red

Princess Peach wrote: »

I've given boyfriends soppy cards and cute presents before and they were all received well. One guy put little teddies I gave him on his desk, my current boyfriend puts them all on the wall of his room.

Guess they aren't real men like you so.

He likes you. He's probably just being polite.

Princess Peach

I know girls who would vomit at some of the gestures I make, they aren't into that romantic stuff at all.

Don't make assumptions based on gender.

Eve_Dublin

Cavehill Red wrote: »

If I got a picture from a girl of her hand or a model of her torso, or any of those tooth-rottingly saccharine statements in a card, I'd be putting my pet rabbit under armed guard.

These ideas aren't 'cute', they're demented, and blokes don't tend to be impressed by 'cute' anyway.

What's wrong with just giving the lad a bottle of whiskey or a DVD?

Ah for the love of God, I was messing! Demented? Get a grip. I think it'd be funny to write those statements just for the humour factor. Laughter is a aphrodisiac after all.

Eve_Dublin

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Ah for the love of God, I was messing! .

Oh thank goodness...

Eve_Dublin

bluewolf wrote: »

Oh thank goodness...

My first suggestion was a photocopy of boobs. That's my idea of romance. Do you honestly think I was serious?

Ophiopogon

I'm not in any very romantic at all so to be honest nearly everything mention in this tread is making me cringe.

That being said, maybe the reason people may not like the idea is that we are all thinking of the small child print on coloured paper which to me even if a child does it looks crap. However, if you are creative( which I am not) though you could make a print look really good. I know I've seen "creative types" before create amazing things out of really simple ideas.

Also, I would have to agree with the poster who said that you know the guy and we don't so its hard to seay what he would like. A guy I was seeing once made me a cd and coloured in the cover, other people may think it was sweet but it just confirmed to me that he didn't know me at all.

Eve_Dublin

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

My first suggestion was a photocopy of boobs. That's my idea of romance. Do you honestly think I was serious?

I thought you were making up for the joking suggestion!! :pac:

Cavehill Red

Princess Peach wrote: »

I know girls who would vomit at some of the gestures I make, they aren't into that romantic stuff at all.

There's plenty of romantic gestures which aren't disturbing and saccarine. Then there's what's been suggested in this thread. I never met a fella yet who didn't appreciate a nice romantic home-cooked dinner for two.

Princess Peach wrote: »

Don't make assumptions based on gender.

Er, I didn't. I simply suggested that most fellas would find receiving a handprint card or a severed torso model to be a bit bunny-boilerish.

sunflower27

Cavehill Red wrote: »

There's plenty of romantic gestures which aren't disturbing and saccarine. Then there's what's been suggested in this thread. I never met a fella yet who didn't appreciate a nice romantic home-cooked dinner for two.



Er, I didn't. I simply suggested that most fellas would find receiving a handprint card or a severed torso model to be a bit bunny-boilerish.

Severed torso... so dramatic :rolleyes:

The guy can buy his own whiskey if he wants it. Not ever lad is made up to get free booze.

Cavehill Red

sunflower27 wrote: »

Severed torso... so dramatic :rolleyes:

The guy can buy his own whiskey if he wants it. Not ever lad is made up to get free booze.

That's why I suggested the DVD alternative!