The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
Every February I make sure to mention this sweet little book called I Like You
I was introduced to the book by my roommate Renae, during my freshman year of college. It’s seriously so charming — I bet I’ve given away 30 copies since then. Hah!
P.S. — If you don’t have time to order it online, try your local Anthroloplogie, they often keep it stocked.
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I love this book. My mom gave it to me a long time ago, and it’s so cute, w/ such nice sentiments.
i gave this to my husband on our first valentine’s day when we were dating!
Aw, this brought me back….my best friend in college bought it for me. We’ve fallen out of touch, but this inspires me to give her a call tomorrow!
I love this book! I received it long ago and had forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder!
I got mine from Anthro Gabrielle! I love/adore/REALLY LIKE this book — I used it to illustrate the relationship between my daughter and her BFF, you might like to see!
http://www.juliasbookbag.com/2011/11/i-like-you.html
Happiest of Happy Pink Love Days to you and your family tomorrow! :)
Oh, I’ve never heard of this book but it looks so charming. I love giving books as gifts. The gift that literally keeps on giving.
i photographed a wedding and this was their reading. so sweet!
This is a wonderful and dear book. I bought it years ago and have also given it as a gift. My kid also love it!
We love this book!
You realize you’ve just given me permission to go to Anthropologie? You may never hear from me again.
oh, i love this book. i gave it to my husband when we were still dating. i might go pull it and re-read it in honor of valentine’s day :)
I have loved this book for as long as I can remember, and have given it as gifts to many, many people — it’s marvelous.
This is a special book for us! When we married, we had only one person who spoke (besides the officiant)…my beloved niece who was 13 at the time. She read a section of this book and it was just so perfect and sweet. I still really like my husband :)
Thank you for reminding me of this lovely book!
I bought this book for my husband’s birthday–we had only been dating for two weeks, so it seemed like a romantic and sweet gift without being too much. While we were dating we’d sometimes go to the library and read children’s books (because I love them). He proposed by writing and illustrating a book modeled after this one, called ‘I Love You,” hiding it in the library, and reading it to me on one of those dates. Now we read it to our kids!
I bought this at the BYU bookstore my Freshman year and sent it to my boyfriend, thinking I was so original. Turns out everybody else did the exact same thing! Embarrassing.
This is one of my favorite books! I actually did a 1 act play spin of it in college;)
Gaby,
You sent me this book last year after I guested for you, and I cherish it. Such a beautiful book. xx, Chassity
I love this book! My husband actually took out pages from it and had it framed along with pictures of us. It’s hanging in our bedroom! :)
I just bought this for my husband for Valentine’s Day! It’s honestly so sweet. I love it and I bet I’ll give away a ton of them from here on out, too.
Yes- I love this book too! I bought it for my husband, then boyfriend, way back when we were high school sweethearts!
My roommates passed it around, too….think the BYU bookstore was well stocked for a couple of years! Still a favorite to give ;).
I absolutely adore this book! I gave it to a dear friend of mine years ago. IT’s just perfect.
I remember this book! I gave it to my hubby in college! I’ll have to go dig it out again. Love this, thanks for the reminder.
I love this book too. I ordered five of them online to give away as gifts to special people in my life. I probably need to order some more. I am glad to see you share this online so others can learn about this great book.
Oh, how I adore this book! My now-husband gave me a copy on my 23rd birthday. We had just started dating. He had fond memories of his amazing grandmother reading this book to him when he was little. What a treasure. I keep my copy in my china cabinet with all of my favorite save-forever things.
This made me smile today! I still like you :)
Love, love, love this book! Thanks for reminding me . . .
OMG, I have this book from my husband’s childhood collection! It’s a favorite of ours, especially seeing that it has a special little note from Ben’s grandmother to him when he was a young child.
Thanks for the smile. :)
Jennifer