Think Memories Memories can be great gifts to people. But as memories are abstract, you can only give photos, music and even cards instead. Why not take a picture of the couple and have it framed? Go to a local craft store and have the picture concerted into a cross-stitch pattern that you can make. You can even start the work and then have them finish it. Besides, it will strengthen your bond more than any gift would as you will both be transported by the happy memory. Other ideas for a gift is to keep tickets of a movie that you have seen together or receipt from a restaurant where you first had your date. Frame them or put them in a photo album. You can reminisce together while you eat your dinner and celebrate your first year anniversary. Anniversary embroidered gift ideas People better appreciate gifts if they are personally made for them. Gifts for anniversaries are no different. People can actually make gifts for couples. Some even prefer it that way because the gifts are more personalized and more fitting to the people who will receive them. Know what he needs. There is really no sense in surprising gifts if the person will not be pleasantly surprised. This always happen whenever the gifts that are bought are already exact copies of gifts that were previously given or those that the person will not have any use at all. Sometimes, it is better to just ask the person what else do they need and endeavor to provide that for him. If they are going to use the mugs at the office or at work, ask them to exchange mugs and take the one with the initials of the partner. This way, the mugs will serve as reminder of the person when at work. Handkerchief This is actually the standard item that you can have monogrammed. You can place both of their initials on the cloth or put a design that will remind them of each other. This is true for all, whether they are close or not to the couples. Some couples even abide with the annual themes and give each other gifts that are made of materials that are prescribed. According to the themes, paper is the material that is prescribed to be given at this period of the relationship.