30+ First Anniversary Gift Ideas for Every Type of Couple

Transforming your hand-written or typed wedding vows into a beautiful piece of art is the perfect first anniversary gift. If your vows were long, pick and choose a few key phrases from each to feature on the art print, and then hang it somewhere you’ll both see often — such as your bedroom or bathroom.

Picking one of your favorite photos from the wedding and turning it into a beautiful photo art print is another quintessential first anniversary gift. Minted’s photo art prints come in a huge variety of layouts (including designs with space for multiple photos, if you can’t pick just one!), sizes, and frame styles, so you can create the perfect print for your home.

If your first year of marriage involved moving into a new home, consider turning that milestone into a beautiful custom art print for a first anniversary gift for your spouse. You could also consider commissioning a custom print of another building that is a part of your story as a couple, including college campuses, your favorite restaurants, or even your wedding venue.

A custom map art print is another sentimental twist on a location-based paper anniversary gift. This could be the neighborhood you called home on your wedding day, where you first met, or even the city where you honeymooned.

If you’ve already printed and hung photos from your wedding day, consider turning your favorite picture of the two of you into a custom portrait. Minted’s art commission program allows you to work directly with one of our talented independent artists from around the world to transform your image into a one-of-a-kind family heirloom.

If your spouse is the kind of person who loves putting pen to paper, consider giving them a set of personalized stationery for your first anniversary. Start by choosing a design that you think they’ll love, then customize it with their favorite color and name.

Help your spouse document every moment of wedded bliss by giving them a beautiful journal for your first anniversary. Minted’s offers a huge selection of journals featring cover designs by independent artists that can be customized with your spouse’s initials, as well as insert paper to fit their needs best.

Your first wedding anniversary is a great opportunity to help make your house feel more like a home for you and your spouse…and a beautiful piece of art printed on luxurious paper certainly fits the bill for a traditional anniversary gift. When picking an art print, try to tie it back to something sentimental about your relationship—go for something that reminds you of your spouse, a place you both love, or even a detail from your wedding.

For an even sweeter twist on the vows idea we shared above, go for an art print that features a space for you to include a beautiful picture of you and your spouse.

If your interior style as a couple leans bold and minimal, you can still find fun and creative ways to nod to your wedding in your decor. A print that features your wedding date in graphic typography is the perfect way to do so—and an excellent first anniversary gift idea.

The best anniversary gifts are the ones that encourage you to make memories together, which is exactly what you’ll be doing when you hit the court with a set of custom monogrammed pickleball paddles.

If you and your spouse love to host your friends for dinner and drinks, help your wife channel her inner hostess with the mostess with a playful set of custom embroidered cocktail napkins. In addition to your last name, consider adding in a few playful details like bows, olives, or cherries.

Though you have some years to go before you hit anniversaries associated with jewelry (silver is the first at 25 years), you can never go wrong with giving your wife a beautiful piece of jewelry she’ll treasure for years to come. For a way to nod to the paper first anniversary theme, look for a pair of chic paperclip earrings or a paperclip chain necklace in silver or gold.

If your wife constantly has a candle lit, give her one that feels extra special! A hand-painted candle that features your initials and your wedding flowers is the perfect sweet, sentimental, and budget-friendly anniversary gift.

Though making it to your first anniversary is a huge accomplishment, you’ve only just begun your story together as a couple. A beautiful customized box where you and your wife can fill with keepsakes and mementos from your years together is a beautiful first anniversary gift.

Help your wife keep all of her favorite jewelry safe and organized by giving her a beautiful jewelry dish engraved with her initials for your first anniversary.

There will be plenty of milestones worth celebrating with a bottle of bubbly over the years, so an ice bucket and set of champagne flutes monogrammed with your initials is a beautiful way to show your wife how committed you are to celebrating life’s precious moments with her.

They say that scents can help us evoke our most precious memories, which is why perfume is such a lovely gift, no matter the occasion. Help your wife remember how beautiful and loved she felt on your wedding day by giving her a fresh bottle of the perfume she wore as you tied the knot.

Your wife will always appreciate a bouquet, but go above and beyond for your first anniversary by giving her an arrangement of the same flowers you used on your wedding day in a stunning handmade vase.

If you’re heading on a romantic weekend getaway to celebrate your first anniversary, consider upgrading your wife’s carry on luggage. A duffel bag in an art-inspired print featuring her name or initials is a gift she’s sure to love—and use for years to come.

If you’ve run out of space for photo prints on your walls, turn snaps from your honeymoon or first year of marriage into an editorial-inspired custom coffee table book. If you’re not creatively inclined, look for a company that offers beautiful templates that you can drop your photos into.

If your husband has developed a whole new appreciation for wine during your first year of marriage, a personalized wine box—stocked with a few bottles with the same vintage as the year you got married—is a sentimental anniversary gift he’ll love.

Your first anniversary is a great opportunity to upgrade your nights in. Assemble a date night kit full of ways to intentionally spend time together, such as a list of movies you’ve both been meaning to see, a cozy blanket for the two of you to cuddle up under, and playing cards with your monogram on them.

If you really want to spoil your husband on your first anniversary, you can’t go wrong by splurging on that watch he’s been eyeing up. Get the back of the watch engraved with your wedding date, a nickname you call him, or “happy anniversary” to make the gift feel even more special.

Whether he loves inviting his friends around for an evening catching up over his favorite whiskey or you enjoy having a glass alongside him, a set of heavy crystal glasses etched with his initials or your last name is a gift he’s sure to appreciate.

If you want to upgrade his whiskey habit even further, gift him a beautiful decanter featuring your last name or a version of your family crest alongside a set of custom glasses.

Whether your husband loves to grill or you’re trying to encourage him to up his cooking game, a set of custom-engraved wooden grilling tools is a great first anniversary gift idea. (And one he’ll love showing off at your next barbeque.)

Though cotton is technically the domain of your second anniversary, it’s never a bad idea to encourage your husband to unwind by giving him a luxe robe. Bonus points if it comes with the promise of a massage!

Help your husband stay organized on romantic getaways and big adventures alike by giving him a dopp kit with space for all of his essentials, and personalized with his name on an embossed leather tag.

If your husband is a music lover, use your first anniversary as an excuse to level up your home sound system by giving him a record player. To make this gift even more sentimental, get his record collection started with a vinyl of your first dance song.