The wedding took place not so long ago,just a year earlier, and family psychologists, depressed by experience, are already vying with each other to predict the future 1st crisis in relationships in a young family. At the end of the first year together, as experts in the field of family relationships believe, even those couples who are destined to live together for a long time can expect a sharp decline lasting 2 years, and a small improvement in the relationship awaits them only between the 3rd and 5th year of marriage. Even in that case, it still makes sense to arrange a celebration, celebrate the 1st birthday of your family, give each other small gifts. After all, nothing improves the mood like a wonderful celebration! After all, this is a small anniversary of your wedding - a year.
A bit of history. Why is it chintz?
1 year of cohabitation is called"chintz wedding". This happened because of the ancient custom of giving young spouses "chintz for diapers" on this day: after all, earlier, on the first anniversary in a young family they almost always expected the birth of a baby. At the moment, by the way, this is becoming relevant again: after all, almost all couples live in a civil marriage for a long time and decide to put a "stamp in the passport" only with the appearance of a new family member. So it turns out that the first year is marked by the birth of a baby. On the anniversary of such a family, you can safely give diapers and undershirts for the baby.
What gift to choose for the first anniversary
As for the gift itself, the chintz itself is likeonce you shouldn't give it for the first wedding anniversary. Products made of this fabric will lose their original appearance after the first wash and will become not festive at all. Therefore, for the anniversary, the concept of "chintz" can be somewhat expanded to the concept of "textiles". In other words, you can give the spouses fabric curtains that will decorate the look of the apartment, or a warm blanket, under which you can hide together on cool winter evenings and again feel like the happiest couple in the world. Here are a few more ideas for the 1st wedding anniversary. If the spouses really like to read, you can amuse them with a funny blanket with sleeves: you can crawl under it completely and at the same time continue reading the book. You shouldn't give something more serious for the anniversary - pajamas, underwear -. This is considered too intimate a gift. Another practical and definitely desired gift for the wedding anniversary can be a new and beautiful tablecloth or napkins made with your own hands. Giving such things is doubly pleasant. If you decide to give such a popular gift as a bedding set to the spouses for their anniversary, try to find out the dimensions of their sleeping place in advance. Agree, it will be very unpleasant if your friends will not be able to see beautiful dreams on linen with a beach pattern only because instead of a “Euro set” you bought for them for the anniversary the usual “two-room”. When choosing a fabric, it is best to opt for calico. This fabric does not lose its original color, like chintz, does not “freeze”, like silk, and will not cost as much as satin or satin. Therefore, you can simply buy and give several different sets for the wedding anniversary, which the spouses will be able to change depending on their desire. Such a gift for the 1st wedding anniversary will definitely please the spouses.
A few more ideas of an original interesting gift
For the "chintz" anniversary you can give practicallyany wardrobe items. At the same time, if the anniversary is celebrated in the summer, then the item can be purchased from a currently popular lightweight fabric. In this case, the main aspects when choosing an item will be the density of the fabric and its color. The best option is to opt for “opaque” single-color summer items: a T-shirt, a shirt with a small sleeve, short shorts, a light tunic. Or simply present the newlyweds with a certificate for a purchase in a popular clothing store for their anniversary. In addition to gifts that have a practical application, you can also give “aesthetics” for an anniversary. Try buying an embroidery kit in a handicraft store, and with it - special fabric, suitable threads and, perhaps, practical recommendations for work. Having spent a little more time on this gift, you will be convinced that the spouses will receive something truly original and unique from you. By the way, you can turn on your imagination a little and simply paint a picture using watercolors directly on the fabric. In any case, it is important to sign your own masterpiece and put it in a beautiful frame: let the "newlyweds" feel proud of the new part of the interior. Also often give beautifully processed photos, take note of this. It is also possible that you have not learned to draw beautifully at all. This is absolutely not scary! Here is an idea for the gift itself and a joyful joint holiday: buy a lot of fabric, plain T-shirts for your husband, wife and all the guests present and even more bright colors for the fabric. The only thing left to do is organize an art party and show your imagination together. Something interesting will definitely turn out, you can leave it as a long memory, you can completely change the interior of the young spouses with the help of creative efforts, or you can just sometimes remember this day and laugh hard every time. Such joyful moments are given not only by things, but also by pleasant memories that are so important. If you know exactly what both your husband and wife want for the first anniversary, it is better to buy this desired gift. Wedding anniversaries, of course, have names for a reason, but almost all the signs can be bypassed. For this holiday, buy something that will become an attribute of the current day, and prepare appropriate symbolism for the gift and solemn words. You can give almost anything you want, it will be enough to use chintz, which is significant for this day, as a packaging material. And if you embroider beautifully or you have someone to whom you can entrust this, try to add a neatly embroidered flower or a small poem to the wrapper.
To think of another way to remember this for a long time
The bride and groom probably have thisjoint 1st year, a lot of beautiful photos have accumulated. Some of them, of course, were saved in electronic form, but the most attractive and especially liked ones want to have at hand. For such cases, a photo storage box is perfect. You can buy it in a store, but it is quite easy to make it yourself. To do this, you only need to attractively decorate a simple cardboard or tin box, using a special technique "decoupage", you can simply cover it with a primer and then paint it to your taste. Also, young spouses can use this gift for the 1st wedding anniversary and as a box for storing jewelry, cute trinkets and even something tasty. The 1st birthday of the family is a very important stage. If the young family was able to live for so long after the wedding, this means that the grinding in at the everyday level is over and a completely different stage of life together begins. The year has passed, and this is very important. 1 year after the wedding, the young wife learned the basics of culinary skills. A recipe book would be a completely appropriate gift for a chintz anniversary, because she probably already has favorite recipes, and now she doesn’t have to look for them on countless sheets of paper or web bookmarks. A wonderful culinary notebook will take its rightful place in the kitchen. This gift can be safely given to any girl. She will certainly find something to write down there even before the wedding. A good “paper” gift would be tickets to the theater or a concert of her favorite band. Or you can give a certificate for visiting an exciting master class (for example, sewing) or some seminar. You can give a horse ride or a bike ride for two. A great gift option for a 1st wedding anniversary would be a magical family photo session.
The conclusion. A little bit about family life
A chintz wedding is the so-calledthe first boundary that the newlyweds somehow managed to overcome. 1 year is behind them, and ahead of them there are now even more joyful days of life together. 1 year is actually a very significant period of life together. Give your spouses your own smiles on this festive day - and they will certainly smile back at you! But whatever you give them, it is important to remember that now your goal is not only to amuse your loved ones, but also to simply rejoice with them on this wonderful day. We hope that your family will celebrate more than one year of life together.