Coffee Art and Creative, Comfortable Relationships

For the past few months my husband has been dabbling in latte art. Technically, if we’re being correct, it’s breve art since our coffee contains cream, not milk.

He made everything shown in the above collage.  His go-to art is typically designing leaves or hearts.  Every now and then he’ll try something completely unique though, like you see in three of the pictures above.

I love the artistic work!  I feel so lucky to be married to this amateur barista.  I’m receiving Starbucks service and quality for a fraction of the price at home.

If someone had told me that my husband would be making graphic images and shapes in beverages a few years ago, I would never have believed that person.  My husband is more artistic than I realized.  We’ve been married for over 12 years and I’m starting to think he’s craftier than I am.  I may be the wizard with words but he is a true artist when it comes to nearly everything else.

His gingerbread house he made with our daughter for her first grade school project easily could have enticed Hansel and Gretel away from the witch’s home.  His alignment of Christmas tree ornaments and lights over the holidays could be admired in New York City street display windows.  His perfectly shaped omelet that accompanies my ghost shaped coffee scares me into a romantic submission.

Over a year ago Kirk bought an espresso machine for our home.  Then slowly he began studying, learning and practicing more techniques with the machine and our caffeine-filled drinks.  He has watched videos on how to make the art.  He has asked coffee brewers when we go to visit cafes and shops about how they form shapes together.

I like that he has this side small hobby.  When we have visitors over, he may wow them with his coffee art.  He dazzles me nearly every day.  I’m a lucky woman to have a supportive, loving spouse who is also handy in the kitchen.

I am grateful for the comfort that we have in our seasoned relationship; yet I am happy to still find unexpected surprises (like coffee art or love notes) in our marriage too.  I wrote about our relationship, our family and our married life for a site called Simple Marriage in 2014.  Each month I covered a new topic.  I even shared several sexy details into our romance.  I figure why not, I’m not embarrassed.  If it can help another couple out there, I’m happy to share some insights into what makes our marriage successful.  My stories may prove insightful for others or help partners figure out their own unique plan.

Like my spouse’s imaginative coffee, I realize that we need to continually try innovative tasks and develop new ways to show we care using creativity.  However, we also need to be thankful for the comfort, ease and routine that have seeped into our lives.  This goes for our relationships with people, our careers, our goals and life aspects in general.