• Celebrate your first anniversary by giving your spouse a cute gift.happy anniversary image by Galina Barskaya from Fotolia.com
  
  A first wedding anniversary is an important event for a married couple as it marks one successful year of marriage. If your first anniversary is approaching, you can celebrate the event in several ways. You may choose to give your spouse a traditional paper gift, or you may opt to give the modern gift of clocks. You may also decide to plan a trip or relive your wedding day.
  
  

Love Notes

• For this gift, you will need to begin preparations soon after you get married. When the moment strikes you, write your spouse a love note. It can be a short note, or it can be long and detailed. Purchase a keepsake box, which you could have engraved with a sweet sentiment. Inside the box, place the collection of letters that you have been writing during the first year of your marriage inside the box and present it to your spouse on your first anniversary.
  
  

Engraved Watch

• This gift is based on the modern gift of clocks for a first anniversary. Purchase a watch that suits your spouse's taste. Have the back side of it engraved with a meaningful statement. One idea is to have the date of your wedding inscribed, as well as the saying, "On this date, time stood still." When you present the watch, have it set to the time that you and your spouse said "I do" the year before. Your partner will be reminded of your wedding each time he checks the time.
  
  

Wedding Vows

• Your partner will surely be touched when you present her with a printed copy of your wedding vows. If you wrote your vows, or even if you were wedded by traditional vows, have them printed on eye-catching stationary--perhaps in the same color as one of your wedding colors. Have the vows framed and give it as a gift for your first anniversary. This is a cute way to include paper in your gift.
  
  

A Romantic Evening

• On your first anniversary, recapture your wedding day as much as you can. Take your spouse out for a night of dinner and dancing. Ask the band or whoever is playing music to play your wedding song. Give your spouse a piece of jewelry as a gift to mark the occasion. Make sure to tell her how much she means to you, just as you did on your wedding day. If you saved the top tier of your wedding cake, indulge in it for dessert, or you can have a mini replica of your wedding cake made.
  
  

A Second Honeymoon

• Celebrate this important day in your married life by surprising your spouse with a second honeymoon. You can either plan a trip to the same destination you traveled to on your first honeymoon, or plan a trip to a new location. Wait to tell your spouse about the trip until your anniversary, or you can inform him a few days before your anniversary so that you can celebrate the event while you are on vacation.