I need help with engraving an anniversary gift - Specifically, the text. Is it OK to have a two initial monogram? What about additional text? [more inside]
posted by MysticMCJ on Oct 8, 2009 - 3 answers

I have no idea what to do for our first wedding anniversary. There are time and money complications. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 23, 2009 - 9 answers

Myself: absent during anniversary. Boyfriend: potentially finding gifts around the house. You: help me! [more inside]
posted by chronic sublime on Sep 21, 2009 - 18 answers

What is a good, relatively cheap, long-distance anniversary gift to give to someone on the other side of the world? We talk on skype, but I think it'd be nice to actually get her something. [more inside]
posted by zinge on Apr 19, 2009 - 9 answers

Help me make a special t-shirt [more inside]
posted by Advocate, I on Oct 24, 2008 - 6 answers

Can you help me figure out a gift for my husband for our fifth wedding anniversary? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 19, 2008 - 12 answers

Two weeks after my girlfriend treated me to the most thoughtfully-indulgent birthday weekend imaginable, I broke up with her. Just a week has passed since we went our separate ways, but that means two weeks until what would have been our three-year anniversary and three weeks until her birthday, upon which I would otherwise be reciprocating her generosity. Is there anything I can do or say or give to mark the occasion appropriately? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 1, 2008 - 45 answers

Anniversary gift needed! I need to help my father get something for my mother for their anniversary. In the past, he's gotten her jewelry...but now he can't. [more inside]
posted by slo on Jul 29, 2008 - 13 answers

My parents' 25th wedding anniversary is Tuesday and I'd like to get them something significant but not typical. [more inside]
posted by rinosaur on Jul 17, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I help my parents celebrate their 30th anniversary of emigrating to Canada from Britain? [more inside]
posted by krunk on Jul 13, 2008 - 8 answers

My 6th wedding anniversary approaches. Looking for interesting ideas for traditional 6th year gift which i understand is iron. We have a full set of iron cookware already which we love.
posted by dougiedd on May 28, 2008 - 17 answers

Which of these gifts should I buy my wife for her birthday, and which for our anniversary? Alternatively, how can I make one a little more romantic? [more inside]
posted by chndrcks on Mar 11, 2008 - 11 answers

my parents have their 25th wedding anniversary this year. What can I do for them that is special yet inexpensive (I'm a graduate student)?
posted by esolo on Oct 7, 2007 - 6 answers

2-birds-with-one-stone-filter: Where can I find Anise de Flavigny in Denver/What are some inexpensive 6th anniversary gift ideas? [more inside]
posted by monkeymadness on Jul 11, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm getting married in a little over a year and would like to get my intended something for the -1st anniversary, as it were. I'd like something relatively inexpensive that ships easily and would have sentimental value. Has anyone here done this before or seen something that would fill the bill?
posted by The Beezer on Jul 7, 2007 - 9 answers

My parents met on a flight to Hawaii a little more than 35 years ago. Help me make their next anniversary really special. [more inside]
posted by MsMolly on Oct 5, 2006 - 9 answers

What can I get my younger brother and his wife as a first anniversary present? [more inside]
posted by Vorteks on Sep 8, 2006 - 11 answers

My future in-laws are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this month. What can my fiancee, his 3 siblings and I get them that will make their day? [more inside]
posted by elvissa on Jul 17, 2006 - 13 answers

I'm looking for an anniversary gift I can order online to be delivered in London tomorrow. It's for my fiancee; he's in London and I'm in Australia (boo!). [more inside]
posted by hot soup girl on May 2, 2006 - 11 answers

What is appropriate for a same sex first anniversary gift? [more inside]
posted by benjh on Oct 22, 2005 - 12 answers

It's my one year wedding anniversary and I’m struggling with what to get my wife. I know the traditional one year anniversary gift is paper, what are some creative interpretations of that?
posted by tichance on Oct 19, 2005 - 21 answers

Those of you who gave the gift of paper for the first anniversary of your wedding: What did you give? [more inside]
posted by DakotaPaul on Jul 26, 2005 - 20 answers

Got any last minute (dating) anniversary gifts? She's not into flowers, jewelry, spas, or much girly stuff, and I don't trust myself to get her clothes.
posted by anonymous on Nov 4, 2004 - 20 answers

Portraits. Desperately trying to think of a suitable present for my parents' Ruby Wedding, we came up with the idea of a family portrait. Photography would probably be safer, but how to find something distinctive (they already have a portrait from about 20 years ago, with us looking uncomfortable in "best" clothes, printed on "canvas", all in a heavy gilt frame, bleagh)? Alternatively, how do you arrange for painted portraits (hopefully in a style everyone likes, and is it horribly expensive)? To make things more complicated, we'll only be visiting for a few days, normally living the other side of the world (they're near Leeds, northern England). Advice? Recommendations?
posted by andrew cooke on May 18, 2004 - 7 answers