Check out these 25 ways that you can celebrate your first wedding anniversary:

  1. Make a scrapbook of your photographed adventures during your first year of marriage.
  2. Enjoy the top layer of your wedding cake with a bottle of champagne. 
  3. Write out your vows on a photo mat and couple it with your favorite photo to hang up in your bedroom.
  4. Cook a favorite meal and enjoy a candle-lit dinner.
  5. Make a date book with 12 dates you can enjoy each month over the next year.
  6. Keep a journal of your year together to share on your anniversary.
  7. Attend a painting glass and create a one-of-a-kind piece of art for your home.
  8. Book a weekend getaway.
  9. Have the inside of your rings engraved with a meaningful quote, date, or verse. 
  10. Didn’t save the top layer of cake? Contact a baker to make a fresh anniversary cake.
  11. Plant a tree together at your home to watch it grow as the year’s pass.
  12. Create a time capsule where you can store your most cherished memories of each year. Reminisce through the capsule each year. 
  13. Had a hotel wedding? Book a night stay to relive the memory where your big day took place. 
  14. Make a coupon book they can cash in at any time. 
  15. Volunteer together and give back to the community. 
  16. Have a cozy blanket printed with your favorite photos from the past year.
  17. Plan a dinner party with your bridal party.
  18. Order custom jewelry with your initials, wedding date, or lyrics of your first dance song on it.
  19. Watch your wedding video together.
  20. Attend a pottery class and make a unique treasure to put in your home.
  21. Make a map of all of the places you have gone together. Put hearts around where you met, got engaged and said, “I do”.
  22. Find a musical event where you can find the opportunity to slow dance.
  23. Make a romantic scavenger hunt with a gift at the end of the trail.
  24. Compile a cookbook of your favorite recipes. 
  25. Personalize a MVMT watch, with the note “I will love you until the end of time”.

Photo by: Jana Marie Photography

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