What would make a good "negative anniversary" gift?

July 7, 2007 3:23 PM

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 to Society & Culture (9 answers total)

Best answer: Something they could wear at the wedding, perhaps? Even something like monogrammed Groom or Bride underwear would be really cute with a note that says, I can't wait to see you at our wedding!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 3:32 PM on July 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

TPS has a sweet idea. Similarly, perhaps a book that you've found a reading in for the wedding that you can also inscribe? Or music?
posted by vers at 4:08 PM on July 7, 2007

Best answer: Get a nice, leatherbound journal that you two can use to record the year leading up to (and including) the wedding. All the mundane details, nervousness, excitement, frustrations, etc., may become valuable memories someday. This assumes that you would take the time to actually enter details as they happen...
posted by arco at 4:49 PM on July 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

2nding arco. My hubs and I kept a journal in the year leading up to our wedding, and since we were living apart we'd mail it to each other. It was a great experience for us. (Ours wasn't a fancy-shmancy one, rather it was a thin paper journal that was easy/cheap to mail).
posted by Bella Sebastian at 6:42 PM on July 7, 2007

Best answer: Okay, first anniversary is paper, so if you want the negation of paper... how about an elaborate paper cutout, like a custom die-cut design from these people, or a version of these handmade 3D-cutout snowflakes?
posted by allterrainbrain at 7:26 PM on July 7, 2007

Best answer: I would go with a time capsule. You guys could fill it with sentimental items/notes/letters/predictions for your future and go bury it somewhere special to you both. Pick an anniversary that you will dig it up on and when that day arrives have a little picnic party to mark the occasion. So, along with the other items that represented the moment, stick in a nice bottle of champagne.
posted by bkeene12 at 8:12 PM on July 7, 2007

Get legit married peoples stationary, yo.
posted by cior at 11:26 PM on July 7, 2007

Response by poster: Thanks for the suggestions. I liked the journal idea very much so I'll pick one of those up. And I'll hang on to these other ideas for in the future.
posted by The Beezer at 11:11 AM on July 8, 2007

Chiming in late just to say "awww... how romantic...."
posted by desjardins at 8:06 AM on July 9, 2007