Grandparent Gift Ideas

Top 3 Amazing Grandparents Day Gifts!

“Grandparents make the world a little softer, a little kinder and a little warmer.”

Grandparents are often the glue of the family, bringing everyone together and keeping traditions alive. Start a new tradition and warm your grandparents hearts this Grandparents Day with a thoughtful and special personalized gift! Grandparents’ day is coming up quickly, but you can celebrate and thank these special people all year round! We’ve rounded up our Top 3 Grandparents Day Gifts for an amazing grandparent’s day!

Personalized Photo Frame

Grandparents love to keep photos of their most prized memories! A personalized photo frame made just for them will stand out among all the other frames and memories they collect. Add their family nickname and your favorite photo together and make this a truly amazing gift, that will be displayed for years to come!

Personalized Vase for Grandma

Wow your grandma this grandparent’s day with this personalized glass vase! Adorned with elegant olive leaves and the heartfelt message “Grandmothers leave fingerprints all over our hearts from holding us up until we can fly”, this vase is sure to be kept with fresh flowers weekly! Add all of the grandchildren’s names to make it an amazing grandparents day gift!

Custom Coffee and Tea Mugs 

Every Grandma and Grandpa enjoy a hot cup of coffee or tea! Spruce up their morning and bedtime routine with personalized coffee and tea mugs!

If you’re still undecided which gifts to give your grandparents, then you might want to look at this website for more options!

Expert Advice on Top 6 Wedding Anniversary Gifts Questions!

Choosing the right anniversary gift is tough enough, now the question is how to personalize it properly and appropriately? From names, to dates and special messages it can all get a little confusing! While personalizing a special gift please keep the recipient’s preference in mind, but overall it is personal preference and just what feels and sounds right! Here are our Expert Advice and Answers to our most frequently asked questions for Wedding Anniversary Gift giving and etiquette.

Q1 – Is there specific wedding anniversary gift for each milestone?

Yes! Celebrating an anniversary milestone can be a big deal whether it’s the first anniversary or the 50th there are special traditions and new modern themes! For example, the 25th wedding anniversary is celebrated with Silver, so personalized silver anniversary plate makes the perfect gift.  Another common wedding anniversary gift is the prized golden 50th! Commemorated with the color gold, an engraved anniversary gold clock makes the perfect gift to symbolize the time spent together! You can find a complete list of wedding anniversary milestones and themes here.

Q2 – What are the specific flowers for each wedding anniversary milestone? 

Flowers are a classic way of celebrating an anniversary! For every anniversary milestone, there are specific flowers to match and that represent a theme! A great example is the first wedding anniversary is represented by carnations which symbolize lasting vows and joy for the upcoming years. Another great example is the 50th wedding anniversary, represented by yellow roses that symbolize virtue, humility and faith. For a complete list of anniversary flowers and symbolism, check out this helpful blog post. Now, that you have the perfect flowers, we have the perfect vases for any anniversary milestone!

Q3 – What date should a wedding anniversary gift be engraved or personalized with?

Both the wedding date and anniversary date are appropriate for an anniversary gift. It is more common to use the current anniversary date, rather than the wedding date. For example, if Joan and Bill Collins are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and got married on 7/24/1968 the date on the gift should be personalized with 7/24/2018 or July 24, 2018.

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Q4 – Whose name goes first on the wedding anniversary gift?

The order of names is usually determined by the formality of the gift and just what sounds good! You can personalize with nicknames like Mom and Dad or Nana and PawPaw or you can use more formal surnames and titles. For example, if they like to use their titles, Dr. and Mrs. Bill Collins OR less formal but totally appropriate, Joan and Bill Collins.

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Q5 – Should you engrave who the gift is from on a weeding anniversary gift?

Along with the recipient’s names and anniversary date, a lot of our anniversary items have the option to add an additional message. We find it best to keep other names and individuals omitted from the engraving to keep the focus and integrity of the anniversary gift. Adding who the gift is from in the message is a nice sentiment but can also clutter the engraving.  Best is to add it to a gift card message with a special note from you just for them. If you are looking for more options, see here this shop consciously review.

Q6 – What is an appropriate message engraved on a wedding anniversary gift?

Remember, the message for engraving is something that will be read and displayed prominently! Forego adding your name or others individuals names, to keep the engraving classic and uncluttered. We find that appropriate messages include, short sweet poem excerpts, treasured religious passages, or even a list of their familial accomplishments make a great message. If all else fails, we have a variety of appropriate example messages on all of our Anniversary items. If you would like the example message to be used, just enter the following into the personalization “Same as example” and we will use the same message shown.

Example of personalization messages:

An anniversary is a time
to celebrate the joys of today,
the memories of yesterday,
and the hopes of tomorrow.

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Love is patient, love is kind,
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

Here at Memorable Gifts, we have been in the gift-giving business for over 20 years and pride ourselves on our industry expertise! We carefully curate amazing gifts for all occasions and celebrations with original and unique designs. With thousands of satisfied customers over the years, we have learned the ins and outs of personalized gifts! How do you like to celebrate anniversaries? Do you have any special family traditions or gifts? Have you ever received a personalized wedding anniversary gift? We would love to hear how you celebrate this special occasion!

First Christmas Gifts for Everyone on your List!

Throughout life, we all celebrate many firsts. First birthday, first Halloween, first day of school and first Christmas! The first Christmas is a special experience, and is the start of a new holiday tradition. Whether you’re celebrating a first Christmas for a baby, as a grandparent or as a new couple we have gifts and ornaments for all of the special first Christmases!

Baby’s First Christmas

A first Christmas is the start of a new holiday tradition! This is a special occasion for the precious baby celebrating their first Christmas and also for the special new parents and grandparents. Commemorate this special Christmas with a personalized Baby’s First Christmas Ornament. Have a special Christmas themed photo or a super cute photo from the year? Put their sweet little face on a First Christmas Photo Ornament. Make it extra special by adding their name and the year of their first Christmas! For a modern spin on the classic birth stats ornament with this classic First Christmas Crystal Ornament that is sure to impress.

First Christmas as a Grandparent

A baby’s first Christmas, a holiday grandma and grandpa have been not-so-patiently waiting for! Help the new Grandparents celebrate this special Christmas with a special Baby’s Birth Record Christmas Ornament. Add a photo of the sweet little one or add their birth specs to make it a really special gift! Do you have a special photo of the new grandparents in action? Add it to this engraved grandparents photo frame and personalize who it’s from for a heartwarming gift.

First Christmas as a Couple  

Newlyweds, recently engaged or first Christmas as a couple, this Christmas will be the first of many that they will celebrate together! This first Christmas together will be a challenging one, meeting and merging families with double the celebrations! Commemorate this special holiday season with a personalized Christmas Ornament. Have a special or exceptionally cute photo of the love birds? Put it on a custom Couple Photo Ornament for a really thoughtful Christmas gift. A classic engraved crystal ornament or personalized glass ornament make a great gift for the lovely couple.

First Christmas in New Home

The holiday season is already exciting and overwhelming and moving into a new home can make it even more stressful! Help the new couple or family setting into their new home this holiday season with a thoughtful personalized gift!  An Engraved Tea Light Candle Holder can warm up any room and a cozy set of Personalized Throw Pillows can bring it all together. Spruce up their new home with Personalized Wall Art or an Engraved Cutting Board for their new kitchen!  Help make their new house a home with a personalized First Christmas gift this holiday season!

Pets First Christmas

Whether you adopted or rescued your fur baby, this year is your first Christmas together! Make this a Christmas to remember with a personalized photo ornament! Add a cute photo of the two of you together or a photo of them playing with their favorite toy. Add some personalized touches to your home with an engraved leash and collar hanger. A personalized Treat Jar and matching food bowl make a great addition to your kitchen! Any of these items make a great First Christmas Gift for your beloved pet.

This Christmas season, celebrate this First Christmas milestone with a personalized gift. Make this First Christmas a memorable one with a thoughtful personalized gift that will be treasured and used for years to come. How do you and your family like to celebrate a First Christmas? We love hearing from you – Drop your Christmas traditions below!

Thoughtful Gift Ideas for your Parents Special Anniversary

Anniversary gift giving is hard, especially for the special couple that is your parents. Where do you start for the couple that seems to have it all? Celebrating anniversaries is a tradition in all cultures that has been adapted for modern times. Whether they are celebrating their 10th or 60th anniversary, you can find a list of gift types ranging from traditional to modern to even flower type here in our Traditional vs. Modern Day Anniversary Gifts chart..

Toast to their love and future with our engraved toasting flutes or wine glass set. Throwing a surprise anniversary party for them? These glasses are the perfect toasting accessory and will surely make them feel special with this personalized touch. The best part is that they can be used for future anniversaries to come and look great on display.

Give them something to display in their home for years to come! An engraved plate or personalized tray is the perfect gift to display on a mantle or china cabinet. Engrave with their names, date of wedding or anniversary date and a special message. It will remind them and anyone who enters their home how special their love is.

Do they have that one special photo from their wedding day or a special memory from their time spent together? Display it in a special photo frame or canvas wrap personalized with their names, and special date. Give as a gift with the photo already displayed inside for a special surprise when they open it!

Tired of gifting plain flower bouquets? Spruce it up with a personalized anniversary vase to display that anniversary bouquet. Flowers will die, but this vase will last and can be filled with fresh flowers year after year. Extra points if you include their anniversary year flowers – like yellow roses for a 50th anniversary.

They have always been there for you, picked you up when you fell down and kept you up through tough times. Their love serves as a great example of what a relationship should be; after all their marriage has survived when many others have not.  Celebrate your parent’s anniversary milestone with a thoughtful anniversary gift that will truly honor their love and make them feel special!

However, it is becoming increasingly popular for couples to choose to live together before marrying, as this can be a more affordable way to put a relationship to the test. A cohabitation agreement (sometimes referred to as a ‘living together agreement’) is a legal document that details the agreement between an unmarried couple who live together or plan to live together. But, do you know what can be included in a cohabitation agreement? Check it out for more info!

Our Favorite Celebrity Grandparents

Grandparents Day is coming up quickly and we want to celebrate some Celebrity Grandparents. They might be celebrities and constantly in the limelight, but they are humans just like our grandparents. So when it comes to being grandparent and all the spoiling duties, they are just like us! Here are our top five favorite Celebrity grandparents with their adorable grandchildren!

Goldie Hawn – Not the average “Glam-ma”, you can be sure that there always fun times with this firecracker!

Kris Jenner – Another self proclaimed “Glam-ma”, with her large brood only a true Matriarch can balance time equally like her.

Jim Carrey – Funny man Jim Carrey, recently became a grandpa. With his silly faces and funny antics you know there is never a dull moment!

Sharon Osbourne – With Ozzy as your Grandpa and Sharon as your Grand”mum”, their grandchildren are sure to grow up with a little Rocker in them!

Steven Tyler – I’m sure you never though you would see the day that Aerosmith frontman would be a tender grandpa!

Congratulations to these Celebrity Grandparents and Happy National Grandparents Day! Keep spoiling and loving your new additions to the family! Here at Memorable Gifts we celebrate all of the special moments in life and are glad to help you celebrate Grandparents Day! Find some unique gifts and ideas for Grandparents Day, to show them that you truly care.