Ideas for 1st Anniversary (Paper) gift?
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
person when it comes to things like this. And given the wealth of
knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you won't
thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
OB Food: I'm very anxious to see how our princess cake wedding cake held
up in the freezer. Because of the style of our cake (several 8-serving
cakes, arranged in a tiered step-up swirl, we were able to save and freeze
an entire cake!
Anne
William - 4/11/98
Jessica - 8/28/78
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> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
> person when it comes to things like this. And given the wealth of
> knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you won't
> thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
> given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
My brother gave us an excellent paper present for Christmas, an 1836 map
of Dublin. It's beautiful and I've always been fascinated by maps! The
street we live in was built about then (the title deeds show the land
was subdivided for housing in 1833). It's amazing to see how much the
city has grown - we're only a mile from the centre of town, but we're on
the edges of the map. It took him longer than anticpated to organise - a
book dealer bought it at auction for him, and then he had it framed. One
of the most thoughtful presents I've ever received!
M.
Steve Calvin
>
I have no clue what your financial shape you're in or where you're from
but
a thought may be airline tickets to a romantic place?
--
Steve
Alan Ladd
this was an easy one...considering this is a food newsgroup.
How about giving a menu of dinner that you will cook for your SO? A very
nice old parchment paper type with quill ink writing perhaps? Just a
thought.
As for the menu...perhaps some "known" aphrodisiacs is in order? Start
off with oysters on a half shell? and ummm....damn I knew I should've
read that food aphrodisiac thread.
Anyway, if you must eat your defrosted cake, there is no reason to go
all out on it. Perhaps serve it with some chocolate sauce on it, drizzle
some raspberry glaze or serve with creme anglaise. The cake will
definitely not be as good as you had it a year ago but with some
creativity, you might even enjoy eating a year old defrosted cake.
BTW, I have catered a lot of weddings and it seems more and more couples
opt for a fresh baked cake for their first year anniversary. Apparently,
some of the local pastry chefs now suggest that instead of keeping a
piece of the cake in the freezer, that they will instead bake a small
version of the same cake....included in the original price. What do
others think of this idea? Sounds like a great option to me though
deviant of tradition.
Hope this helped.
Alan
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almighty 'One' you still have to answer the telephone. :-)
J A Nelson
> but, what have some of you
> given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
>
How about a gift certificate to somewhere your SO loves to shop. One size fits
all. jane
Ranee Mueller
> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
> person when it comes to things like this. And given the wealth of
> knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you
> won't thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
> given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
Tickets to the opera, sports event or some other activity you'd both
enjoy, a letter telling him how much you love him and what the first
year of marriage meant to you, calligraphed family tree, or saying,
framed, books, like coffee table books, framed print or lithograph, or a
gift certificate.
> OB Food: I'm very anxious to see how our princess cake wedding cake held
> up in the freezer. Because of the style of our cake (several 8-serving
> cakes, arranged in a tiered step-up swirl, we were able to save and
> freeze an entire cake!
How wonderful! The cake place that did ours gave a gift certificate
for an anniversary cake when you turned in the stand and such. We were
living out of state on our anniversary, so my MIL got the cake, froze
it, wrapped it in plastic and foil and next day aired it to us so we'd
get it on our anniversary. We ate it in the hotel that night. It was
wonderful.
Regards,
Ranee
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brenda...@my-deja.com
> BTW, I have catered a lot of weddings and it seems more and more couples
> opt for a fresh baked cake for their first year anniversary. Apparently,
> some of the local pastry chefs now suggest that instead of keeping a
> piece of the cake in the freezer, that they will instead bake a small
> version of the same cake....included in the original price. What do
> others think of this idea? Sounds like a great option to me though
> deviant of tradition.
>
> Hope this helped.
> Alan
>
>
Personally, I think having a freshly baked cake for your anniversary
would hold no significance whatsoever. That, to my mind at least, would
make it "just another cake". BTW...we did eat our anniversary cake. It
was wrapped VERY well, and tasted very nearly as good as it did the first
time. I was shocked. LOL
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shed...@stop.mail-abuse.org (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.) wrote:
>
> person when it comes to things like this. And given the wealth of
> knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you won't
> thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
> given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
>
A gift certificate to his favorite resturant or store. Perhaps coupons
that you make youself for him...be they for washing his car, giving him a
backrub, going to see a movie he wants without grumbling :)
Melba's Jammin'
shed...@stop.mail-abuse.org (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.) wrote:
> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
> person when it comes to things like this. And given the wealth of
> knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you
> won't
> thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
> given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
Personalized stationery
A papier mache mold of his....
A photo album
Photos
toilet paper
paper airplanes
paper towels
Barb
"Are we going to measure, or are we going to cook?" --Mimi Sheraton
TwinkleToes
on whatever his favorite subject/authors are). Maybe really nice
coffee-table books, or a signed first edition or something. Or a love
letter (no, this isn't something bought, but it can be infinitely more
precious). Other (not very romantic) suggestions might be:
subscription to a magazine or newspaper that he likes, a photograph or
print/painting (framed to hang on the wall), old maps (if he collects
them), a calendar.
In article <903C258Cshedev...@204.152.184.108>,
shed...@stop.mail-abuse.org (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.) wrote:
>
Jill McQuown
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>
> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
> person when it comes to things like this. And given the wealth of
> knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you
won't
> thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
> given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
>
> William - 4/11/98
> Jessica - 8/28/78
>
a long, long time. When I was, we certainly weren't observing the
traditional anniversary type thing. But my SO and I have been together for
years. It wasn't an anniversary, but I gave him a book. He has a minor in
Art from LSU and his idol is Rockwell. We saw an exhibit of his work on our
first date. It was two years later I gave him a copy of the book "Norman
Rockwell's America" as a gift. I thought he was going to cry. He didn't
think I'd remembered. How could I forget? I didn't know he had a degree in
art that first date. We went to the zoo; him wanting to go to the art
museum (on the same grounds) was a surprise to me. So I say, find something
he likes and do as others have suggested. Paper comes in many forms.
Books. Tickets. Personalized coupons. Kites. Whatever! Happy
Anniversary!
Jill
Martha Hughes
Meryne <mer...@online.ie> wrote in message
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What a fabulous gift! You probably spend a lot of time looking over that
map. I love maps, I can read one for hours.
>
Jamie Utter
"Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." wrote:
> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
> person when it comes to things like this.
Nonsense! You're one of the most creative people I've ever
heard of. You must crush your opponents when you play poker...
> And given the wealth of
> knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you won't
> thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
> given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
I believe I gave my husband a book, because he loves books.
Does anyone know what the second anniversary is supposed to be?
Is there an on line reference that tells what material a gift should
be made from and for which year? I used to go into Hallmark
stores to find out. Now they don't seem to know either. I
think it is a fun tradition. I forget which anniversary it was, but the
material was supposed to be clay. I bought Brian a ceramic wine
cooler. Over the years, when we've dragged it out for a bottle of
bubbly, we have scratched dates in the side with blurbs like:
"Graduated" and "New Job".
> OB Food: I'm very anxious to see how our princess cake wedding cake held
> up in the freezer. Because of the style of our cake (several 8-serving
> cakes, arranged in a tiered step-up swirl, we were able to save and freeze
> an entire cake!
Let us know. Our cake was really dry. On our third anniversary
I had a little cake made by the lady who made our wedding cake. She
worked up a nice one from the pictures of our wedding cake.
Jamie
Ranee Mueller
> Does anyone know what the second anniversary is supposed to be?
> Is there an on line reference that tells what material a gift should
> be made from and for which year?
It's cotton, if you go the traditional route. The more modern route
yields more expensive things earlier, I guess so you can get rich things
before you move on to the next marriage.
3rd year -- leather
4th -- fruit/flowers
5th -- wood
6th -- candy/iron
7th -- wool/copper
8th -- bronze/pottery
9th -- pottery/willow
10th -- tin/aluminum
11th -- steel
12th -- silk/linen
13th -- lace
14th -- ivory
15th -- crystal
20th -- china
25th -- silver
30th -- pearl
35th -- coral
40th -- ruby
45th -- sapphire
50th -- gold
55th -- emerald
60th -- diamond
I'm pretty sure that 75th is platinum, but can't remember for sure.
Nancy Rivera
"Jamie Utter" <but...@csusm.edu> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." wrote:
>
> > Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
> > person when it comes to things like this.
> > And given the wealth of
> > knowledge and experience here, I thought I'd ask, and I hope that you
won't
> > thwack me too hard, as it's sooo off topic - but, what have some of you
> > given as clever variations on the "paper" theme for a one year wedding
> > anniversary (a gift to your spouse, on _your_ 1st anniversary, that is).
Our first anniversary was filled with books, gift certificates and
stationary.
Second anniversary is cotton. I got Hubby a nice cotton shirt. He gave me
earings and a bag of cotton balls. LOL
Won't know about the third til next November!
Nancita
snipped the cake stuff cuz ours was gross after a year!
Jim Weir
->"Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." wrote:
->
->> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
->> person when it comes to things like this.
My lady met me at the door after work in a tissuepaper chemise with nothing
underneath. Anything else was superfluous.
{;-)
Jim
Dan Abel
shed...@stop.mail-abuse.org (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.) wrote:
> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
I'm not very good at these things either. However, to keep this on topic,
how about a meal cooked in paper? I've seen lots of recipes, although the
only thing I've ever tried myself is Chinese chicken in paper, which is
really tasty.
--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
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Cyndi
> Ok, I confess, I'm at a loss. I am just not a very creative or clever
> person when it comes to things like this.
<<SNIPPEROO>>
It's because you don't like Krispy Kreme Donuts! They add to one's sense of
creativity.
Sorry, Anne. I couldn't resist.
Cyndi
Cyndi
My MIL offered to buy a cake for our wedding but I told her no because I
intended to bake ours, myself. I made a 3-tiered cheesecake that was
absolutely divine! It froze beautifully, too. Hindsight being 20/20, it's
too bad you weren't able to get the cake that you wanted. I am so glad that
I held out for what we wanted. Of course, I'm blessed with a wonderful Mom
(MIL) who is very considerate and listens to us.
--
Cyndi
"Kim" <jtem...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> x-no-archive: yes
>
> I havent a clue about the paper gift!
> My hubby is very into that though! He gave me an old book for our first
> annivesary.
> it is all in German and it is a cut out book (insides were removed to hide
> things) the book is dated 1914 and inside it had a tiny book of scriptures
in
> it.
>
> We saved our wedding cake top too, unfortunately we had my husbands mother
save
> it in her freezer and she wanted to see if it still tasted good after 6
months
> and she served it for dessert! she tried telling the hubby it was my idea
but
> it didnt work!
> She is the one who bought the cake for our wedding anyway, It was the most
icky
> tasting cake too! Thats what ya get when you try to get off cheap! She
thought
> that the cake I wanted to go get was too expensive $375. hers only cost
$75. So
> I let her buy it. Well the Hubby was devistated at this. So every year I
go to
> this awsome gourmet bakery with my picture of our cake top (they dont need
a
> picture anymore)
> and have them reproduce our cake for our annivesary! Except now the cake
tastes
> good!
>
> I hope your cake has weathered the freeze!
> --Kim
>
>
>