So far as anniversary gifts go, your first anniversary gift is among the most fun to shop for or create! No matter which item you choose as your gift, keep in mind that your creativity is the greatest gift you can possible give. No person or thing in the planet can match the uniqueness individuals!! Take a moment to evolve your own feelings and thoughts into whatever you do this anniversary. Your lover will thank you for it!
Traditional Gift: Paper
Paper as an anniversary gift offers you a lot of leeway. There are lots of things that are created or can be created from paper. Here are a few suggestions to keep:
Origami. Origami is beautiful, especially when created in the hands of a master. There are many shapes that can be produced from origami and the variety of paper patterns, material, and colours are limitless! If you’re feeling a little creative or simply want to try you (so to speak) at crafting origami, there are many sites and resources for you to test it! I personally recommend the book Absolute Beginner’s Origami, by Nick Robinson. A Google video search for “how to fold origami” is also a worthy venture! A simple heart shape with rice (or some other small trinket) out of your wedding day creates a really unique keepsake and first anniversary gift!
Scrapbook. If you’re thinking of the scrapbooks you may have made or saw floating around in senior high school…stop it! This isn’t that. Scrapbooks is definitely an amazingly sentimental and powerful keepsakes. The thing about scrapbooks is that your own creativity and thoughtfulness are what determine its emotional value. And they are VERY fun to make! Binders and supplies can be purchased online at stores like allscrapbookalbums.com or at “brick and mortar” shops like Michael’s. The really important stuff, of course, is what’s inside. With this, collect as many items as you can which help to document your first year together…pictures, poems, letters, tickets to special attractions, etc. Tape or glue these items towards the scrapbook pages along with your own notes and comments about each one. “Remember when…” or “I loved our first…” are wonderful types of notes to add.
Paper Mache. Along the lines of origami, paper mache could be absolutely gorgeous! The sculptures and items constructed from paper mache take many, great shape. Like origami, it can be difficult to complete well yourself though there are lots of resources online that will educate you on how you can do it. And, in fact, a paper mache gift that you make yourself might be a lot more meaningful than something store-bought. That having been said, you will need a form, paper, paint, along with other supplies to help you get started. A simple Search for “paper mache” will yield very good results. One quick note about paper mache: There isn’t any real right or wrong way to do it. Simply create something from the heart. Something simple but meaningful will go a long way!
Love Coupons (IOUs). This is a simple gift to give and makes for a great gift whenever your budget is a constrained. Simply pull-up your favorite text editor or word processor on your computer and kind in stuff that you’ll do for the honey within the upcoming year. They can cover any topic or category…anything that will make your lover happy! Play one item per line (a treadmill item per cell if you want to make a spreadsheet to conserve paper) and print the page(s) out. Then cut the items out, insert them in a box having a bow on it and you’re done! Almost. Bearing in mind that the first anniversary gift ought to be something you both may have for a long time, try to make (or purchase) a paper mache box. This way, even when the coupons happen to be consumed, you both will have a wonderful keepsake to cherish! A fast word of caution on this one! Make sure that you are actually willing to do anything you put on those coupons. When the time comes for your better half to cash one in…be pleasant about this. Gladly do it! If that’s not possible (because we all get moody, busy or lazy sometimes), plan a time that you’ll make good on it. It is important to make this happen is: to get it done! Work out some guidelines with your partner, if you’d like, regarding the number of he or she can cash in at any given time and at what intervals. Just be sure that you do what you say you are going to do. It could actually end up hurting the relationship if you do not.:(
Tickets. Get tickets to anything that your partner has truly wanted to see or do! It can be something that they’re interested in but hasn’t actually attended enjoy yet. Perfect! This is the time to give the chance to experience whatever that’s! Whether or not this s a play, a concert or sporting event doesn’t matter. The objective is to make your significant other happy and to show that you understand her or his wants and needs. When that evening is performed, save the tickets!!! They can go into a scrapbook on a future anniversary!
Modern Gift: Clocks
Clocks really are a pretty straight-forward topic, but the amount of thought and creativity required to turn it into a special gift are no less critical. Maybe even more so. They can be a simple, yet elegant symbol of the love…a keeper of your time marking the hours and days of your lives together. A timeless (pardon my pun) observer from the sweet and fleeting moments inside your relationship. I like the symbolism.