Traditionally, wedding anniversaries are represented with a specific type of gift for each year of marriage. The first year’s traditional anniversary gift is paper, which tends to sound boring and plain to most people. With just a little creativity and love, your paper anniversary gift can be special and memorable.

Tickets
Take an adventure on a train, plane or even a hot air balloon. Or stay close to home and see a movie, sporting event, play, or concert.

1st edition book
What could be more special that tracking down the first edition or signed copy of his favorite book? That would be something that he would treasure forever.

Cookbook of family recipes
Organize his favorite family recipes with yours and create a cookbook for you and him that you can pass down to your family one day.

Coupons
Save some money and create “anniversary coupons” for things like massages, breakfast in bed, a strip-tease and more.

Love letter
Write a love letter telling him how you can’t wait to spend years to come with him. It will be fun to look back at this letter 20 years later.

Framed invitation
Have your wedding invitations framed and maybe include your favorite photo from the wedding.

Framed photo of you two
Choose your favorite photo from the last year and have it framed. You can even add a “first anniversary” caption.