Eight Year Anniversary Gift Ideas for a Gay Couple
- If the couple shares a love for music, a great eighth anniversary gift would be a specially created CD. Simply using a plain CD cover, a blank CD, and a list of the couple's all-time favorite songs a memory making gift can be achieved. After collecting the chosen songs from different CDs or the computer, arrange and burn the play list onto the blank CD. Print an adhesive CD label to cover and decorate the disc, or, for a more personalized touch, use permanent markers to write special eighth anniversary decorations such as favorite quotes or a personal message to the couple directly onto the CD. In the included cover, be sure to include a special sheet listing each track and explaining what meaning the song has to the couple. This gift can be played during the anniversary party to entertain guests or alone for the couple to reminisce.
- Using only Epsom salts, essential oils, a decorative jar, food coloring, a plastic bowl and wax paper, create a personalized gift of relaxation for the special anniversary couple to enjoy. Measuring enough Epsom salts to fill the chosen jar. After placing the measured salt in a large plastic bowl, add a few drops of the chosen essential oils, depending on how fragrant you wish the finished salts to be along with a enough food coloring to sufficiently achieve the favorite color of the anniversary couple. Mix the oil and color thoroughly into the salt and spread onto the wax paper to totally dry. Fill the decorative jar with the dried salt and tie the container with a large, colorful bow.
- Using only six 3.5 inch square wooden pieces, any color acrylic paint, carpenter's glue, six selected photos, hairspray and a high-gloss varnish, one can make a set of personalized coasters, perfect for a unique anniversary gift for any couple. Paint each of the wooden pieces. The chosen hue could reflect a favorite color of the couple or compliment their decorating scheme. Allow the squares to dry. Spray each photo evenly with hairspray and allow to dry. Photos used could be those of the special couple from meaningful times in their past or pictures of them in their youth. Adhere each dried photo to one of the six squares using the carpenter's glue. Allow 12 hours of drying time, then evenly coat the squares with the high-gloss varnish and allow to dry completely once more. The finished photo coasters may be stacked neatly and tied with a corresponding color of ribbon and a large bow.
- Using only a meaningful photo of the couple, printable canvas paper, a wooden frame and a few staples, you can create a custom piece of canvas art to be given for any anniversary celebration. Simply print your desired photo onto a piece of blank canvas paper in a chosen size. A typical printer can print a picture to accommodate a photo large enough to wrap a 5-by-7-inch frame. Achieving a larger canvas size can be accomplished by printing the picture in separate pieces and carefully sewing individual sections together, creating one large canvas. Services online are also available to print and stretch your photo canvas to a larger size. After the canvas has been printed, wrap the photo around the wooden frame, stretching the material taut and stapling the fabric neatly to the back of the wood.