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How to Buy a First-Year Wedding Anniversary Gift - eHow.com Clear Instructions on How To Do (just about) Everything Web eHow.com Home Family & Relationships Center Family Life How to Buy a First-Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Celebrate one year of marriage with paper gifts from the traditional list. Clocks represent the contemporary alternative. Steps: 1. Decide between the traditional gift and the contemporary for the first anniversary of your marriage. When shopping for a couple, keep both partners in mind. 2. Try to think creatively, not literally. 3. Shop successfully for a couple by asking around for insight into their taste and style, if you don't know them well. 4. Consider the following paper gifts, if you opt for a present from the traditional list: engraved stationery, a book, a scrapbook, a newspaper or magazine subscription, or even a tree to plant in the backyard. 5. Interpret clocks to mean watches, calendars, weekend getaways, babysitting, maid or chef services, or a grandfather or mantel clock. 6. Consider a more unconventional purchase. Think of something they wanted but didn't get for a wedding gift, or something fun that would enhance their marriage, such as rock-climbing lessons. Tips: An expensive gift might overwhelm the couple so opt for a moderately-priced item. The card enclosed should set the mood; funny cards indicate joke presents. Tips from eHow Users: Show tickets by Bonnie My husband, Ken, and I celebrated our first anniversary April 2nd. He gave me the most wonderful "paper" gift of Broadway show tickets to see "Phantom of the Opera" in NYC. Please add tickets to your list. I loved it!! Rate this tip: Floral arrangement by aimee T. For their first anniversary, my brother took a picture from their wedding album to a florist and asked that an arrangement be made using the same types and colors of flowers that were in her wedding bouquet. He had it delivered to her office. Rate this tip: View 6 More Tip(s) from Users Please Share Your Tips with Us E-mail this page to a friend Write an eHow Article Suggest a Topic More Resources: Related eHows: Give the Gift of Flowers Buy a Fifth-Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Wrap a Present in a Unique Way Find Unusual Gifts Buy a Second-Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Things You'll Need: calendars music gift certificates magazine subscriptions chef services garden sundials grandfather clocks mantle clocks personalized stationery theater tickets newspaper subscriptions anniversary greeting cards women's watches wrapping paper gift bows tissue paper gift bags gift ribbons Project Details: Skill Advisory: Easy Printable Page Questions Answered and Topics Addressed: How to get an anniversary gift How to buy an anniversary gift Give an anniversary gift How to get a first anniversary gift Choose a one year anniversary gift New! -- Related eHows: Give the Gift of Flowers Buy a Fifth-Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Wrap a Present in a Unique Way Find Unusual Gifts Buy a Second-Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Check out Thousands of How-To Solutions in eHow's Centers Automotive Careers & Education Computers & Home Electronics Family & Relationships Finance & Business Food & Entertaining Health Hobbies & Games Holidays & Traditions Home & Garden Personal Care & Style Pets Sports & Fitness Travel How to: --? Web eHow.com Home | Site Map | About Us | How To Books | Link to eHow Subscribe to the eHow of the Day Mailing List : Have the eHow of the Day appear on your My Yahoo! Page: Add the eHow of the Day to your RSS reader: © 1999-2005 eHow, Inc. How things get done. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy .

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Yet another wedding? Give great gifts for less! - Fashion & beauty - MSNBC.com Skip navigation Today Show Cookbook Working Mom Guide Hometown Wedding Concert Series Entertainment Health Money Fashion & Beauty Kitchen Relationships Books Parenting Home & Garden Weekend Edition Early Today U.S. News World News Business Sports Entertainment Tech / Science Weather Health Travel Blogs Etc. Local News Newsweek Multimedia News Video Most Popular NBC NEWS MSNBC TV Today Show Nightly News Meet the Press Dateline NBC MSNBC Home Today Fashion & beauty Yet another wedding? Give great gifts for less! You want to give the happy couple something stylish; on the other hand, you don't want to go broke. Judy Gordon has some suggestions PotteryBarn.com All tied up! Your gift will be appreciated - and they think it cost much more! By By Judy Gordon "Today" Style Editor Today show You're thrilled for the bride and groom, of course, but the typical line-up of summer weddings can really do a number on your bank account. The answer? Gorgeous gifts that look like a million bucks, but ring in for under $50. We show you some great ideas of what to get (and where to get them) in the latest edition of our weekly fashion and beauty update! JCPenney.com Cheers! These champagne flutes are stylish but not expensive. The perfect toast Give the happy couple even more reasons to celebrate with the gift of beautiful champagne flutes. They're particularly striking in a color (such as deep ruby). Leave it to style guru Colin Cowie to create a wonderful line of well-priced stemware and china that's a great source for chic wedding presents (available at JC Penney; $19.99 for the set of four). Don't be surprised when you're invited back to the couple's first dinner party! Trend Tip: A set of two very special champagne glasses - ones that a couple can use on special, private occasions - is also a lovely gift, and one that will bring back happy memories every time they use them. Target.com Cool! An ice cream maker is a sweet gift. Just desserts They've got their toaster, their microwave, their blender.. So how about an ice cream maker to satisfy a sweet tooth or wow dinner guests? It's not only easy to use, it can also handle the creation of sorbets or frozen cocktails. And it all takes about 10 to 20 minutes. Check out Target for a stylish selection (the one featured here runs $49.99; with other models available). Trend Tip: Other innovative appliances that make great gifts include a panini press, a rice steamer (sushi, anyone?), a smoothie maker or a dehydrator (used to dry flowers, herbs, fruits and more). Spiegel.com Stylish! These vases are sure to please. Home sweet home Yes, it is possible to find striking, wedding-worthy home accessories for under $50 - you just have to know where to look. We're big fans of home dcor catalogs and Web sites such as Horchow and Spiegel, where you can find surprisingly modern gift ideas for a song, like this set of three ceramic vases ($39 by Jonathan Adler at Spiegel.com). Not sure of the couple's taste? You can't go wrong with something simple that's adaptable to any dcor. Trend Tip: Trendsetters love Jonathan Adler's home and textile accessories for their great style and even better prices. At his Web site (JonathanAdler.com) you'll find more gift ideas. TheKnot.com Classy! A picnic can be super-romantic. Couple time We love gifts that encourage the new bride and groom to spend time together after all the wedding hoopla settles down. A classic picnic set is a wonderfully romantic idea for couples who love to head outdoors, whether it be a hike in the woods or to listen to a symphony at a local park. This $49.99 wonder (available at TheKnot.com) includes service for two plus a cheese knife, cutting board and corkscrew. Trend Tip: If you'd really like to give a gift that's unexpected and unique, give a collection of games. Consider mixing old classics like Monopoly or mystery games with new trends such as poker or even a Game Boy! PotteryBarn.com Together at last! Your frame and their picture. Photo finish Those wedding day photos will be reviewed fondly for years to come, so what better gift than an archival-quality photo album embossed with the words "I do"? A gift like this (available at Pottery Barn; $39), a great frame or a travel photo album will be appreciated forever. Trend Tip: For a truly personal gift, you could even take a camera to the wedding and then send an album like this afterwards, filled with your own photos and special notes. Sweet! Only on TODAY.MSNBc.com! 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Berkeley Parents Network: Baby Gift Suggestions Berkeley Parents Network Home Members Post a Msg Reviews Advice Join BPN Help/FAQ What's New Search Baby Gift Suggestions Berkeley Parents Network Advice Babies Baby Gift Suggestions What's the one ''must have'' item? What was your best baby shower gift for under $20? Memorable Baby Gifts Gifts for Twin Babies Present for New Family in Hong Kong Checklist for Baby Needs related page: Baby Gear what/where to buy Present for New Family in Hong Kong November 2001 My brother and his wife are about to have a new baby inHong Kong. I'd like to send them a gift that would be useful, and perhaps difficult to get in there. Does anyonehave any sense of an American item that would be usefuland harder or more expensive to get there? Thanks. Have you seen the Birthday Cakes that FTD Florists make up? All theingredients are things for the baby made up to look like a birthday cake.Or throw a shower for them with your friends and then send everything over.Hong Kong pretty much has everything we have so it would be difficult tofind something unique unless you want to go the antique route (earlyamerican cradle or crib). I don't suppose they have too many of those around there.marianne When I had my baby in Hong Kong my friends and family inthe States sent lots of clothes....probably because theyare light and easy to send. However, it was like sendingcoal to Newcastle....since HK makes a lot of baby clothes.What I appreciated most were parenting magazines, books for me (What to expect in the first year, travelling with children, etc.), books for the baby, music - especially a tape of lullabyes, the black and white infant toys- expensive in HK, the baby bjorn backpack - also very expensive in HK- but available, a cheap nightlight that can stick to the wall (with batteries). You also might wait until after the baby is born to findout what they need. US medicines - baby tylenol, etc. are expensive there and a medicine kit for baby would be a great gift. As would some bathing products thatare natural - try the Real Goods store next to Smith Hawkins. HK is very dirty and something 100% cotton, cuddly, or just non-toxic is great. Good luck! Amelia It's pretty easy to get mainstream baby stuff in Hong Kong, soyou might want to go alternative (Berkeley) stuff. We had lotsof success with a "boppy" nursing pillow, Sear's Baby Book, and "natural" baby wash stuff. My sister sent Tucks Pads andLasinoh, neither of which are readily available there. What was your best baby shower gift for under $20? Gwynne What was your favorite baby-shower gift for $20 or less; and where can you get one? I got a ton of great gifts, but the best thing is what I bought for us afterward (and what I now buy for new parents): a set of burp cloths. With our 5-month-old, our motto is "you never can have enough burp bloths." You can buy a set of really good ones on Baby Center (www.babycenter.com). It sounds really dull, and it won't get the ooohs and ahs at the party. But later your friends will thank you and remember you. And the burp cloths will still be in use long after Baby has outgrown the clothes. Fran my favorite gift for under $20 are packages of flannel receiving blankets from Target. I used them all the time for my newborn, and they made great (heavyduty) spit-up cloths too. Susan favorite baby shower gift for $20.00 or less: 1) diaper covers try barefoot baby catalog or biobottoms catalog for really nice ones 2) gift certificate to a used baby clothing store Dianna Baby gifts: My two best baby gifts were: a very large, colorful, translucent scarf. This was actually the wrapping for a tiny pair of booties which my son never wore. But I got more use out of that scarf that you would believe. I used it to shield me when we were breastfeeding in public, as a blanket, as an emergency changing or napping surface, to carry things in, to play peek-a-boo with, the list goes on an on. I'd bet this tie-dyed scarf was bought on Telegraph ave. for under $10 (admittedly, 11 years ago). Second was a gift from my sister of baby tylenol, pedialyte drink, and various things of that nature such as a dropper, and medicine measuring spoon. It's just the kind of thing that one, in the happy euphoria of having a baby, doesn't think of needing, and just the kind of thing you will need some morning at 2 am. Perhaps this last present is best coming from a close friend or relative, though. I felt we got the most use out of bath toys. Two, three years later, we were still playing with bath toys we got as a baby gift. Another gift that was billed to me as "guaranteed to put your baby to sleep" was a "Lullaby Light Show." It's a wind up musical light. I've seen them at Toys R Us. We didn't really use it until our son was closer to one year old, but then it became part of our bedtime routine until he was about 3. After my baby was born, my view of shower gifts changed quite a bit. I had always gone for cuteness when giving baby shower gifts, but after my daughter arrived, I found myself returning gifts we'd received. I exchanged several adorable but impractical outfits from BabyGap and gave away a number of gadgets that went unused, and I decided then that when my next pregnant friend had her shower, I was going to do something based on actual, real maternal experience. So I put together an assortment of little things that had each turned out to be perfect for their purposes -- the perfect teething ring, for example, was one that could be frozen but that had a small nonfreezing handle so the baby wouldn't have to grip ice. The perfect carseat toy was three plastic fish that hooked together and hung from the carseat handle. (They could be unobtrusively nudged to one end of the handle when not in use.) The perfect burp cloths were a dozen cloth diapers. The perfect newborn t-shirt was the type that snapped or tied on one side instead of directly over the umbilical cord. And the perfect baby toy (which was also good for a knowing laugh from the experienced moms when it was opened) was an empty paper towel roll. I popped in a board book because I always like to give kids books, and I wrapped each item individually and then placed them all in a cute gift bag. I've given these bags to perhaps half a dozen expectant parents now -- they're always a source of fun and, well, people seem to appreciate them. This is a gift that can be tailored to any budget -- how thoughtful the choice of items is will make or break the gift's real value. David A gift of a full dinner to be delivered on a evening sometime (first week or two) after baby is born. I got both the take-out pizza and chinese on paper plate variety as well as the full home cooked chicken dinner with homemade apple pie on nice dishes variety. Both types were wonderful. The meals were delivered on a previously agreed upon evening and then the generous givers promptly left us to ourselves. In the case of the chicken dinner, the whole meal was delivered in an ice chest with instructions to return dishes to chest UNWASHED for pick up the next day. A coupon from a local restaurant that delivers would be good too. Although I didn't fully appreciate these gifts until after the birth of my daughter, these were by far the best! I generally give a toiletries kit: For about $20 you can get the teeny finger nail clippers, shampoo, cheap washcloths, mild soap, A&D, tylenol, a little tiny hairbrush. I expand the gift for closer friends to include a cute hooded towel, a bathtub and some tub toys. tampine The best shower gift I got was a sort of receiving blanket with feet. I know you said under $20 and this is about $40 but go in on it with someone because it's truly great! Imagine a five-point star. The baby's head goes at the top point, the two side points fold across her/his body, and the little feet go in "pockets" at the two bottom points. It's perfect because it doesn't get all bunched up in the car seat and baby bjorn-type things since it sort of has legs. Hard to explain, but go look at them at Rockridge Kids. The one I got was long-john fabric but I've seen them in flannel too. Oh, and it comes with a little cap too. Hadley The Fisher Price Soothing Sounds Aquarium! But I think it is $25. It is my son't favorite thing and I think he will love it for years to come. Available at Toys R US. Fisher Price Soothing VIBRATING (this is key) bouncer about $25. Available at Toys R US. Sassy makes a fish shaped rattle available only at Target it seems, and that is far and away my sons favorite toy. Probably around $4 Mustella makes a great starter kit of their soaps and it is about $20. Available at Rockridge Kids. This was a great gift. Judy a very high quality set of childrens nail scissors. Great for when the baby is small, and i *still* use them on my 10 and 6 year old. I have to say that the ONLY shower gift that I am still using is my Diaper Genie. I LOVE IT. I have a "very sensitive" sense of smell and often gag while changing poopy diapers. I would not be able to live in our house if they were not sealed up in the diaper genie. (I remember baby sitting in houses that reeked of diaper pail. I could smell it as soon as I crossed the threshold.) I know that this is not a very "Berkeley" type gift, but I highly recommend it. The gift I give at baby showers is homemade receiving blankets. The moms just nod and say thanks at first, but a couple of months down the road they are very grateful, raving about them. In case you haven't noticed in the stores most commercial receiving blankets are small rectangles of cloth... 30'x36' or 36'x40'. These are usually 100% cotton and shrink up so that they are much smaller and often no longer rectangular. They make swaddling difficult, are thin, and get ratty looking very fast. Instead, I buy 100% cotton flannel and make square receiving blankets. (2 pieces of flannel sewn right sides together, then turned right sides out, and sew around the edge with a blanket stitch to finish. I usually pick one print for the top and then a solid in a complementary color for the back.) The first ones that I made were 36'x36' but as I started making more I began making them about 40'x40' (have them cut 1 1/4 yds of each fabric to do this) just to waste less fabric. These swaddle a little more bulky, but most parents I know give up on swaddling after the first two weeks... and use receiving blankets as regular blankets after that anyway. Because they are double thick flannel they are quite warm, and are good for use in the winter months. Linda Baby shower gift: I love the little mirrors that hook onto the rear-view mirror in the car so I can see my kid in the back seat without turning around. My kid is 9 now, and I still use it! I've seen them at various baby stores, usually with the childproofing things. Memorable Baby Gifts Feb 1999 Someone gave us a lovely picture frame with our baby's name engraved on it,which we really liked. They are easy to get at Things Remembered (in mallsall over the bay area), there are many styles to choose from, and they arenot expensive. Ann Quilts are always memorable gifts, but there is a catalog called"Exposures" which not only does a quilt, but it puts your pictures that yougive them on the quilt (as sepias or black/whites). I always thought itwould be cool to do a "family tree" quilt and put a picture of the parentsas kids/babies, and then their parents. I don't have Exposure's number offhand, but if you call the 1-800 operator, they'll have the number and youcan request a catalog. It is expensive though, as I recall. Around 250$.But it would be memorable and special! Hilary A really special and unique baby gitf is a DREAM CATCHER. A Dream Catcheras I understand it was designed years ago by the Native Americans and comein many sizes shape and colors. They are a type of hanging mobile that youhang on or over the baby's crib or in their room not just for the baby tolook at but legend has it that it catches all the baby's bad dreams so thatthey will never have a bad dream or nightmare. I have seen some reallybeautiful ones sold right on Telegraph and run anywhere from $10 to $65depending on size and complexity. They have always been received extremelywell by mothers when I have given them. Margie Someone had a horoscope chart done for my son. It was pretty cool to readabout how he would turn out (at least according to the stars!) Of course,this is a pretty expensive gift, especially if you have limited belief inastrology. Diana One of my favorite baby gifts is a music box. The music box that I wasgiven as a baby played the theme from "Romeo and Juliet" and to this daywhenever I hear that song I think of my music box. My Aunt and Uncle gaveme my music box when I was born, and in turn we gave my their daughter amusic box when she was born. I had comptetely forgotten about the musicboxes until I opened the gift from my aunt for my baby. It is so nice tothink that he will have a special connection to a song (His plays "ZipityDo Dah"). Rose I was given a memory box on the occasion of my baby's birth and have reallyappreciated it. I don't know where it came from, but it's basically like acigar box decorated with antique-y Winnie the Pooh figures on it, andentitled "a box to put thing in." It's nice because it can accommodatethings other than papers (like the hospital bracelets, etc) and you can useit in about one second--just open the lid and drop the item in--no need towait for time enough to write/glue/label etc. as you would with a regularscrapbook. Meg Gifts for Twin Babies Nov 1999 I would appreciate some advice regarding twins. I have friends whowill be new parents of twins next spring, and I want to get them a nicechristmas present. Any of you who've recently had twins - can you tell me what was a really useful and fabulous thing [not a service, but an item] that just made life so much better for you? And all of that for around $125 -$150?I thought about a comfy rocking chair, or one of those doublebaby-bjorn things [although that's not the brand], but I'm just not sure.Thanks. I have 9 month old twins and the most useful items so far were:bouncy chairs with toy bars, baby bjorns, snap-n-gos - you attach the car seat to them to make a strollerI found that two of everything was needed so two of one of the above wouldbe a great present. By the way - the double snuggly (like the baby bjorn)was really cumbersome - two baby bjorns are much better. We have 6 month old twins, and the best gifts we got were: a doublejogger (more than your budget but a great gift if you want to go inwith a few other people), a double stroller, and vibrating bouncy seats. Home | Reviews | Advice | Members | Post a Message Join BPN | Help | What's New | Search Please send questions and comments to Berkeley Parents Network . Last updated: May 20, 2004 © 1996-2005 Berkeley Parents Network The opinions and statements expressed on this website are those of parents who subscribe to the Berkeley Parents Network . Please see our Disclaimer for details.