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YOU HAVE MY HEART

January 31, 2025 By Cathy Habermann 8 Comments

You Have My Heart

 

I was looking around the house, picking out pieces of ‘Habermann marriage memorabilia’ to include in this year’s Anniversary Token photograph.

I have pretty clear memories of the silver tray – it was a wedding gift (it was the 80’s…I think it was a required gift).

The card standing up in the background is a 1-year Anniversary card from my sister (a row of paper houses…she knows me well).

The 2 metal love birds…well, this resulted in a 20-minute conversation between Bill & I trying to figure out where & when that we bought them!! I do remember what happened: Bill liked them & walked out of the gift shop – no birds in hand. I went back in & bought them, wrapped them up for a Christmas gift – no easy way to get out of the obvious joke here 😉

I guess since we have reached #37 in the Anniversary timeline, we are allowed to forget a few of the lesser details!

 

Please enjoy ‘You Have My Heart’.

Something new for this year, we are offering a finishing kit for sale on the website for the heart shape. The kit includes 2 laser cut mat board hearts & step by step written finishing instructions.

A heart template is included in the chart if you wish to cut your own mat boards or finish as a sweet pillow.

 

print ‘you have my heart’ here

 

You Have My Heart Finishing Kit

 

Enjoy the Stitch

Cathy & Bill

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Comments

  1. Linda says

    January 31, 2025 at 9:04 pm

    Thank you, I have always enjoyed your designs and your anniversary free ones are darling.
    Happy anniversary and valntines.

    Keep on designing.

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  2. Annalee Mages says

    January 31, 2025 at 9:25 pm

    Happy Anniversary! Thank you for the Beautiful stitch…my husband and i have those birds i also bought them!!!

    Reply
  3. Kath says

    February 1, 2025 at 5:41 am

    Thank you!

    Reply
  4. Jackie says

    February 1, 2025 at 8:31 am

    thank you !! Our anniversary is in february also. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Suzanne H says

    February 4, 2025 at 10:24 am

    Thanks so much!

    Reply
  6. Catherine A Laurent says

    February 17, 2025 at 1:04 pm

    Thank-you Cathy for your lovely designs.

    Catherine❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    Reply
  7. Debra Susan Wiggins says

    August 10, 2025 at 8:27 pm

    Thank you for this sweet heart design. Also happy anniversAry to you love birds. We also received a
    Round silver tray for our wedding cake the day we were married 11/3/1973 engraved with the date. That was one of the best decisions of my life – to marry this man I love more every day that passes!

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  8. Lorraine Crance says

    January 27, 2026 at 9:18 am

    Was looking forward to this email from my favorite designer. You kindly share your heart designs with us. Just the perfect gift we stitch each year, cant help but have warm FUZZIES as we stitch these for our loved one. Thank you.

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