A one year anniversary gift that holds the year
A website is a one year anniversary gift with room for all twelve months: your first date, your first trip, the song you played to death, and a letter about what this year meant. Making it takes about 15 minutes, and it's more personal than anything off a shelf.
Free to make. No card until you send it.
For Ava, from Chloe
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One year anniversary
What to put on it
Starting points. Keep what sounds like you, skip the rest.
- A timeline of the year: first date, first trip, first inside joke
- The live counter, ticking past your first 365 days together
- The sky the night you met, exactly one year ago
- A quiz on your first year, like where your second date was
- Love coupons for year two: a weekend away, a home-cooked dinner
Why a website suits a first anniversary
The first anniversary is the one where everything is still new enough to remember in detail. You know what you ordered on the first date. You know the song from the car. A website turns that year into something they can open and replay. It also fits the stage you're at: thoughtful without being over the top, personal without needing a big budget. Plus is $4.99 a month, and building it is free, so you can see exactly how it looks before you decide to send it.
What to put on it, month by month
Open your camera roll at the first photo of the two of you and scroll forward. Pick one moment per month and you have twelve entries for Our story, hanging in a row like prints pegged to a line. Add the live counter, which will show a full year and change, ticking by the second. If you have a song, put it on the retro TV. Then write a quiz about the year with questions only you two can answer: where you went on the second date, who said "I love you" first. Leave the letter for the end.
How to give a one year anniversary gift like this
Give it on the day, at a moment that echoes the first date. If you met for coffee, hand over the card with the QR code at the same café. If you're apart for now, send the link at the hour you first met. You can also have the surprise opening, an extra $0.99 a month, hold the page shut until midnight. And if you'd like something to unwrap as well, the gift section lets them pull a ribbon to reveal a note, or a boarding pass for a trip you've booked for year two.
The sections we'd start with
Already ticked when you start from this page. Swap any of them: there are 18 to choose from.
Our story
The moments that made you, hung on a string like instant photos.
Photo trail
Your photos along a path, each hiding a surprise to scratch, shake or peel.
Jar of reasons
A jar full of notes: each tap pulls out one reason they're special to you.
How well do you know us?
A little quiz you write, with a message for each score.
Free to make. €4.99 a month to send.
Build the whole page and see it exactly as they will. Pay only when you're ready to send it. Cancel anytime.
While you make it
Free
- Build the whole page
- See it exactly as they will
- Keep your draft as long as you like
- No account, no card
Plus
€4.99/month
- Your own link: coupleswebsite.com/your-names
- Up to 20 photos and 30 moments
- 3 sections of your choice
- A QR code to print or tuck into a gift
- No branding on the page
- Edit it anytime, cancel anytime
Extra sections and extras €0.99/month each.
Questions about a page for your one year anniversary
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What do you get someone for a one year anniversary?
Something that shows you remember the year. A website does that well because it can hold photos, a timeline, your song and a letter in one place. Pair it with a small physical gift if you like, and put the QR code on the tag.
Is a website too much for a first anniversary?
Not really. It's as simple or as full as you make it. A letter and three sections make a sweet, low-key gift, and it costs $4.99 a month rather than a big splurge.
Can I make it if we don't have many photos yet?
Yes. Lean on sections that run on words: a jar of reasons, open when letters, a quiz about your year. Plus allows up to 20 photos, but nothing requires you to use them all.
Do they need an app or an account?
Neither. They open the link or scan the QR code and the page plays in their browser. Only you sign in, and that's with a 6-digit code by email, no password to remember.
Can we keep it for next year?
Yes. As long as Plus is active the page stays online, and you can edit it anytime, so year two can join the timeline next anniversary. If you cancel, it goes on a break and comes back intact when you subscribe again.
More ways to use it
Start from the page closest to what you have in mind. Everything changes as you write.
For your person
For an occasion
Make the thing they keep
Fifteen minutes tonight, a link they open tomorrow. Free until you send it.
Make yours