imported_Loved1

Ok...I need some ideas! My boyfriend is amazing and whenever an aniversary or somehting like that comes around his presents are sweet, typically at least partially made by him and just wonderful! Las time he had a picture drawn of us together with the music to one of our favorite songs engraved around the edges, and made me personalized stationary thats just beautiful! I'm not the most creative person in the world adn have just about NO artistic talent. I was wondering if any of you had any cute gift ideas that mean more than just something he might like that I picked up at the store. Any ideas would be great! Thanks!!

imported_princess

Your boyfriend is very creative, unlike mine...lol....he still gives me money to buy what I want. One time for my birthday, we made a build-a-bear. It sounds a little childlike, but we both found it to be very romantic. Since, this is for a guy...you can get him the "dog" version of the build-a-bear. Its actually kinda cut because you both get to throw a heart inside of the bear and create it together. You even get to name it...lol. Just an idea

imported_adalmi

Nice to hear that.

I hear that something creative is always good in a relation.

imported_Loved1

The build a bear sounds like a cute idea, but I live in an area where there is no build a bear workshop....i don't think there's one in the state! It's a cute idea tho and I'd totally do it if there was a workshop in t area! Thanks for the idea. I'm about to leave for college and i want to do something special to say goodbye...I'm going to give him a large batch of forget-me-nots, a cd with a voice letter on it instead of a written note along with a special song, and then a cute lil-kid like valentine type deal. Any ideas to add? or even something that i can do while im away or when I come back? All ideas are great!

imported_August

Making him he's favorite dinner would be a good idea.. Or maybe suprising him while he is at work with his favorite lunch? Maybe you can give he's boss a request to come steal him at work and suprise him with a day off where you can go do whatever you guys want?

imported_summer

Hi,

I think making him a romantic dinner would be perfect! My boyfriend and I had lived 2.5 hrs away from each other for the past 3 years b/c of colleges and when I went there for one of our anniversaries he did something that I will never forget! He had all his roomates leave and b/c I LOVE salmon, he made me the best salmon dinner ever!! He made absolutely everything...from the salmon, veggies, and rice down to the salad dressing and croutons!! He had candles all around us with one of our favorite singers playing on the stereo.

Another idea if you two like wine. Go to any store where they sell wine glasses and get them engraved at a "Things Remembered" store, that would be another cute anniversary present along with your favorite wine/s (a bottle can go real quickly between 2 people!!) and some good chocolate!!

Hope this helped and Good Luck!!!

imported_bel

wow your boyfriend sounds great i need one of thos.. how about making up a romantic box for him of al the things that mean some thing to only you and him.. I done this for my boyfreind who is over saea's in the army of the things that remind us of us.. i put shells in tht was of our big night together. and tooth floss as one night he flossed my teeth gross i know but it was al the things that meant some thing to us.. i als cut out heart shaped papers and wrote out the week days and put smething sweet on them so we wuld have a special night f every week together..

I hope this gives you some idears..

Bel..

rcatfl

When my boyfriend had to move to Boston, and I was stuck in Florida, One of the things I gave him was a webcam and I got a matching one for myself. It was nice because it was a gift that kept on giving. Its nice to be able to see and hear your loved one when you can't be there with them. I know a lot of laptops and such have those already in the computer, but if not its not a bad gift.
The cd gift sounds really great. A similar idea would be be a video, either of just you saying how much you'll miss him and how wondeful he is, or of a bunch of his friends, you included, letting him now how appreciated he his. I did this for my long distance bf's birthday one year and he said he'd played it more often than he ever thought he would.
Along the lines of the build-a-bear type thing, there may be something else that you can make together. If he's the creative one then even if you're not so artistic if you do something together it might turn out alright.
If you decide to get him something like a book, movie, or cd it may be a good idea to slip a personalized note in the front so that every time he opens i, he can read it and think about you.
Another idea is giving him something of yours that smells like you. This may sound kind of strange, the olfactory sense (smell) is actually the strongest and stays in the memory longer than any of the other senses. I've had boyfriends give me their old t-shirts and stuff like that that i could wear but seeing as he probably won't be able to wear any of your clothes. If there's a perfume you always wear, you can spray a little bit of it on a card or note to him.
Another thing you can do is trade things, even if its just for a little while. Of course dont suggest trading something that he wouldn't want to give up and don't make him feel pressured, but for example: My boyfriend and i had very similar unisex watches that we used for a sport we played, so we swapped them for a month so that every time we looked to see what time it was we thought of each other. Another time, he accidentally took my pillow and left his after spending the night. We never traded back because it was so nice to smell and be able to hug something that smelled like the other person when we were going to sleep alone. Or if there's anything else that's yours that he sometimes borrows-- like afavorite baseball hat or something-- you can let him have it and tuck a note inside the lining.