Comments on: Paper gifts for 1st wedding anniversary?

Question: Paper gifts for 1st wedding anniversary?

DakotaPaul — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:29:29 -0800

Those of you who gave the gift of paper for the first anniversary of your wedding: What did you give?

Love letters and photographs come to mind, but I'm looking for something more unique/different/memorable. Cash doesn't count. :-) Thanks!

By: princelyfox

princelyfox — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:43:17 -0800

My girlfriend recommends plane tickets; I think I get the hint.

By: cajo

cajo — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:54:09 -0800

I gave my husband season IV of MASH. He gave me a really sweet gift: a lovely new journal (paper, natch) with three short stories he wrote in it (he is a writer). Made my heart melt, it surely did.

By: macadamiaranch

macadamiaranch — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:08:49 -0800

Cash doesn't count. :-) Thanks!

What about one share of stock in a company that has some sort of meaning for you (I dunno -- maybe you met at a McDonalds or she was wearing Gap when you met her.) Then frame the stock certificate. The share, much like your love, will continue to increase.

By: geeky

geeky — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:59:19 -0800

You could name a star after her, since the actual object you would be giving her would be a certificate. It's not 100% official, but it's a nice romantic gesture.

If she's into books, you could try getting her a first edition or signed copy of her favorite book. Might be tough to do, though.

Building on princelyfox's idea, tickets for a concert or show would be a nice gift.

Gift certificates, say to a spa, are often made of paper...

I find surprise.com good for coming up with original gift ideas.

By: Lyn Never

Lyn Never — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:04:34 -0800

Horchow has some really nice stationery, from really formal to casual, most of which can be personalized. It's a little old-fashioned, but in a nice way. You can find lots of other options by googling "stationery wardrobe".

By: leapingsheep

leapingsheep — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:12:31 -0800

Maybe...

-An origami fun kit

-A homemade kite and a day in the country flying it

-Have a newspaper printed with stories about all the memorable events of your first year

-Give her a book about something she loves, then "oops," whip out the real thing to go along with it. Such as a book about kitties, then produce a real kitty.

By: picea

picea — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:15:19 -0800

My wife and I are buying ourselves the traditional anniversary gifts as they come along as a sort of fun, creative challenge. For paper, we got ourselves a big, expensive art book (Andy Goldsworthy).

By: shallowcenter

shallowcenter — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:45:19 -0800

The missus had a conference in San Francisco, so I flew out after it was done and we celebrated there; our anniversary was that Sunday, and I put a personal ad in the San Francisco Chronicle wishing her a happy anniversary.

Also I bought her jewelry, which I knew she would like. But it was the paper part that *I* thought was pretty cool.

By: Ruki

Ruki — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:49:35 -0800

I got tickets to a Broadway show.

By: AgentRocket

AgentRocket — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:22:27 -0800

Friends of ours were in a long-distance relationship for much of their courtship; she printed out e-mails that they sent between them on nice paper, edited them to look pretty, and bound them into a book.

This would work for non-long-distance folks too if they were proficient e-mailers. It would be cool to see your relationship develop from one page to the next.

By: amarynth

amarynth — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:31:27 -0800

Concert tickets.

By: superkim

superkim — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:50:56 -0800

My husband and I bought each other posters (and framed them although I'm not sure what anniversary year would be for wood or glass).

By: box

box — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:17:46 -0800

Second (third, fourth, whatever) the idea of a first edition/signed book.

By: inviolable

inviolable — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:38:43 -0800

How about a Life Poster made from a collage of pictures from your wedding?

Instructions for how to do it on a PC.

By: bendy

bendy — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:28:37 -0800

My sister's husband gave her a framed copy of the email he wrote when he asked her out on their first date. It was cute because they met in an assertiveness training class, and he was joking about "trying out his new skills."

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 06:30:36 -0800

well, i didn't, and the idea of giving plane tickets or anything similarly expensive seems strange when it's "our" money, but a cute, simple, self-made paper gift is one of those folded paper hearts. they appeared in a link here - something to do with danish celebrations (xmas?) i think?

By: mendel

mendel — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:52:21 -0800

Hi! Curmudgeon here.

You could name a star after her, since the actual object you would be giving her would be a certificate. It's not 100% official

In fact, it's exactly 0% official. For romance points only; don't do this thinking that anyone anywhere will ever reference the "registry".

Such as a book about kitties, then produce a real kitty.

Please please please don't bring an animal home without warning; your gift is a 10-to-20-year commitment to a living thing. Most shelters won't adopt out without all of the adults in the household agreeing to the adoption in advance anyhow. This article talks about the problem in a bit more detail.

Now, on to the positive bits: The photographer we've chosen for our upcoming wedding is in the process of getting out of the bulky-photo-album business and into the coffee-table-book-album business. This seems to be the Next Big Thing for wedding photographers working digitally. A coffee-table book of wedding photos seems like a great paper-anniversary gift, doubly so if you don't have an album from right after the wedding.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:27:33 -0800

Y'all must have lots bigger budgets than we did as newlyweds; I gave my husband a card.

By: DakotaPaul

DakotaPaul — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:51:43 -0800

Heh. Lynsey, I'm in the same boat as you. Plane, broadway and concert tickets are a bit much for us. And don't worry, mendel: we both volunteer with a local animal adoption group, so we know better (we have two kitties, anyway). And we're also getting the "coffee table" wedding album you mentioned, too.

I'm liking the origami and nice stationary ideas. The framed first email would be neat, but she already has a binder full of our first month's correspondence.

Thanks for the ideas, all!

By: null terminated

null terminated — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:41:08 -0800

Does she have a favorite book? Can you get her a first edition, maybe signed?