Have you forget your wedding anniversary again? They always seem to sneak on us and caught us unprepared! Anniversary gifts are always so troublesome because they need to be unique and fresh every year. But the most important year is the first wedding anniversary.

As you celebrate the day you exchanged vows after a year, its good news that you have made it all the way through the first year of matrimony and love each other more than ever. However the bad news is that now you have to locate a 1st wedding anniversary gift that will express your feelings of commitment and love.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.”

So here are some wedding anniversary gift ideas that will continue to ignite your love!

• Send the kids away, if any. Turn down the lights, light some candles and sit down for a romantic dinner. On this particular day, it’s a traditional practice for couples to relax and reminisce during an intimate dinner for two. If you’re not in the mood to cook, there is always a take-out option. Of if you decide for a more enviable evening, you can book your favorite restaurant for a candle-lit dinner.
• How about giving your partner a small gift basket filled with past happy moments, roses, a bottle of wine and maybe some aroma candles. The roses can be arranged on the dining table and the wine for a more passionate evening. The aroma candles will smoother the atmosphere with romantic music playing on the background.
• If you prefer to follow the customary way of a paper gift, a gift certificate is a wonderful choice. It’s still paper and can be used to buy anything. This could include your partner favorite concert or musical tickets.
• Another inexpensive option paper gift is self made love coupons. These coupons could be use for treats such as a exciting massage, an opportunity to avoid doing the dishes for a whole week, or a night of pampering from head to foot, all served by you! Wrap the coupon elaborately, or put it in a box within a box to make the unwrapping process more exciting and fun. Gifts are nice, but a gift alone can never prove your love. Tell your spouse how much you adore and cherish him/ her.
• Message in a Bottle, this can be an extremely romantic and exhilarating gift item. Just imagine the moment when they discovered the message after a story set up or plan by you. When they found the bottle and read the note that was written for them, they will be in for a surprise.
• Handmade paper gifts, this may well be the ideal present for a first anniversary. You’ll get the wow aspect of your handiwork and the romance of following tradition with paper.
• Customized Poetry, this is an great gift idea as you get romance with both your creativeness and effort. If you’re not much of a poet don’t worry, you can easily find fill-in-the-blanks type poetry on the web for free and there are even writers who specialize in writing poetry for others.
• How about a gift of their favorite photos together with you framed up, a fine do it yourself gift can be a photo frame.
• Art print/poster, this item can be customized and edit to include both of yours pictures into it, with especial message written.
• The traditional romantic love letter is still a great gift on its own, and as an addition for other gifts. If you’re not good at expressing feelings and writing them down don’t worry, there are plenty of free love letters online that you can edit and make your own.
• Award certificates, you can create certificates like, the greatest spouse or soul mate or friend and award them to your partner. There are loads of free printable awards certificates on the Internet, all you have to do is fill in the blanks and print then roll into a scroll or frame and you have a considerate gift of paper

Anniversary gifts must be simple yet should evoke a promise of more joyful years to come. Although paper is the traditional gift for a first anniversary, a modern couple can give just about anything to each other.

What gift do you plan to give to your spouse this coming wedding anniversary? Share it with us and tell us why you decide to give such gift on your special wedding anniversary!