Examples of beautiful gifts that you can create at a lesser cost: - Oil painting or Acrylic painting of a romantic landscape, still life, and relevant artistic style/themes fit for silver anniversary gift - Homemade embroidered bedroom sets like quilts, flat sheets, pillows case sets - Framed Cross-stitched display designs, as wall accent The example of works will be most valued by the celebrants because of the amount of time spent on finishing them. If you are going to do this, make sure that you have informed the couple of what you are doing. This will ruin the surprise, yes but that would vastly be much better than having two of the same thing! You ll never know, they might have already decided to buy one. Know your budget You can narrow down your search further if you know just how much you can spend for the wedding anniversary gift. Ideas for a Personalized Anniversary Gift Gifts for wedding anniversary seem to be always the same things, picture frames, photo albums, appliances, glassware, chinaware, kitchen utensils, etc. Sometimes, the list of possible anniversary gift ideas is so short that couples even receive two or three of the same thing when they unwrap the gifts. The couple always talked flying down to Florida but was shocked to see two first class tickets to the Bahamas. Mary got out of bed and started to pack but Jack had already done that. There were two bags in the closet, which were ready so there was already nothing to worry about. Two hours after freshening up, there was a knock on the door. 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. You can also place the year that they are celebrating their anniversary. Notice how most people would give the same gifts during weddings and anniversaries? This is the reason why! Gift ideas for anniversaries are very few and some are so expensive that it is not even within thinking distance. Still, there are still ways to make your anniversary gift shopping a more fruitful experience than some people.