It will be our 1st wedding anniversary in 3 weeks form tomorrow. We want to go the traditional way of gifts so will be doing the 'paper' thing this year. I have a few ideas on what to get DH but i have no idea on what i want for myself because i don't read a lot of books. Any ideas? So i can make up a list for him!
Also what did you get from DH and give to him on your 1st anniversary?
Do you do scrapbooking or anything like that? Perhaps a starter kit for something like that?
Or a family portrait? (it's printed on paper! LOL)
As for what I got DH, I can't remember! And it was only 3 years ago LOL. Can't remember what he got me either. I do remember we had a holiday in Singapore tho We aren't following the traditional giftgiving anyway. I probably got him some gadget from his wishlist. DH is hard to buy for, coz he likes to research everything he gets, and if I just go and buy something.. chances are he'll look itup and want to change it LOL.
I don't think we got each other anything our 1st anniversary LOL we don't usually go out to dinner very often, so that is a gift to each other we are so sad!! This year we are coming up to five years so I think we should do something special.... not sure what, but something
Paper ideas - I like the scrapbook idea,... gosh it's hard to think of paper things apart from books and money (but thats not really paper anymore either
BTW Tegan, congratulations on your 1st anniversary coming up and TTC again. I can't believe it's been a year since we were all counting down to your wedding!
For our first wedding anniversary we were getting ready to go o/s so I got DH some pounds and euros. We also both funnily enough bought each other reams of computer paper . Dh got me a beautiful "coffee table" book on photos which was lovely too.
congrats on almost being your first anniversary - i cant remember what i got (was married & divorced long time ago) but i do remember i gave him a print he wanted & had it framed
good luck with TTC
For our 1st I made DH paper lillies exactly like we had on our cake. DH got me a framed photo from our wedding day (we didn't have professional photos done, but this was a great shot so he got it enlarged & framed). The 2nd year is cotton so I got lillies made from material. he got me sexy undies lol. 3rd yr is leather, so I made him some leather lillies, he got me a handbag. 4th yr we went to cairns for aholiday so that was meant to be our gift to each other but he still got me a little box with flowers printed all over it (4th yr is flowers). 5th yr I got him a "lily of the valey" tree (wood) he got me a outside park bench. Our 6th is on Sunday & its Iron this year & I have a few ideas but having trouble finding what I want & running out of time!
I kick myself every yr that I stuck with making it something to do with lillies ( our weddin gflower) because eeach yr its getting harder to find something while sticking to the traditional gift for that year!
Good luck though, there have been some great suggestions.
I actually managed to get a back copy of the daily newspaper from the day we were married, i made a beautiful cover to preserve it. Dh got me a scrapbooking book!
Need some ideas please!
Reply With QuoteWe aren't following the traditional giftgiving anyway. I probably got him some gadget from his wishlist. DH is hard to buy for, coz he likes to research everything he gets, and if I just go and buy something.. chances are he'll look itup and want to change it LOL.
. Dh got me a beautiful "coffee table" book on photos which was lovely too.
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