What are some gift ideas during monthsary days?
More importantly, what is a monthsary anyway?

Recently, I just also found out the word “monthsary” isn’t in even in the dictionary! However, lovers or couples keep using the term for their “every month celebration” which happens on the same date of the month when they came to be. I don’t know how to explain, but for those who are taken and in love or what you know what I mean to say – so let’s get going!

Here are some of the gifts you might want
to give your special someone on your monthsary!

1. Handmade Crafts/Items or Things You Made

Who wouldn’t love handmade items? Girls like it most when the gifts given by their boyfriends were made with so much effort and time. Why not make a handmade keychain? And as for guys, I think it’d be thoughtful to give them a customized scarf or wristband. It may be too mushy, and guys might deny how much they appreciate it, but in fact they really feel you’re so sweet.

This one looks cute, for a girl who loves kittens <3

There was actually a time when I made a little stuff toy for Christian, it was supposedly a little teddy bear. But in the end it ended up looking like a goofy cat-like-teddy-bear. I didn’t have much knowledge with stitching, but Christian appreciated it a lot even though what I made was so funny looking.

Think of it this way, no need to spend money – unless you’re going to buy materials in making your handmade crafts. As for me, I used old clothes and I know there are other things you can reuse and make something of.

Better yet, you can check out stores like BeadsandCrafts that provide handmade keychains, clips and rosaries that your loved one might adore – they’re cheap, and affordable.

2. Love Letters/Happy Monthsary Cards

The cheapest and yet the best gift of all monthsary gifts! And most of all, no couple has ever lasted without sweet notes given to each other every now and then. You can simply write a love letter to the one you love – tell how much you love them, how much happy you are with them, tell how much blessed you are God gave them to you.

Often, when I write letter I tell how much I love the person and in Christian’s case, I never forget to tell that I’ll always be there for him. That way, you make a person feel safe and loved.

And that no matter what happens you’ll be at his/her side.

Christian's letter for me on our Monthsary!

Love letters are simple yet full of words that touch the heart, which simply explains why they are loved no matter how short or long they are.

Same goes with Happy Monthsary Cards – especially if they’re self made. Be it a guy or a girl you’re giving it to, as long as you pour in all your heart and care your partner will definitely love it and cherish it forever.

3. Cook something for him or her (for girls to their loved ones)

Yummies for baby <3

On your special day, wouldn’t it be special if you cooked something for your hubby? Right! Who wouldn’t like a special meal made with all effort and heart? This is especially surprising if you’re the kind of girl who rarely cooks – because for sure your guy will feel so touched that even if you didn’t know how to cook you tried your best to cook something for him. Try to find out his favorite food, bake a cake or make a heart-warming dessert! Not everyone knows how to cook, but if you really are eager you can do things and how much for if these are the things that are for a special person, right?

And if you don’t know what to cook or how to cook something, there are gazillions of recipes online you can find.

The best are sweets – but of course men eat a lot, so cook a lot of food they really crave for!

4. Have special date (guys to girls)

Girls actually love dates – they really do. Taking your girl to a movie or simply treating her at a restaurant makes

Aww, that's sweet <3

her feel really loved. It doesn’t really matter how expensive and it only does sometimes. What only matters at these kind of events is the effort you made to save enough to take her to a restaurant where you two can eat your favorite food, tell your stories to each other, share jokes to make each other laugh – and at the end of the day walk together holding hands with so much love.

And if you plan to take her on a movie, why now choose a love themed movie? You can also choose horror because some girls enjoy horror instead – make sure you let her choose something you both can enjoy. And lastly, make her feel comfortable every time you take her on a date.

5.  Join special event you two might like.
I know a couple who spends their time together by watching basketball games, and another couple who enjoy joining sport events like running. Same would do with other couples – wouldn’t it be fun if you go to an event you two might find different yet enjoying? It’d be cool to try something new with the one you love. Why not join a contest, and then you might even win! You can even meet other people; friends who’ll you’ll cherish and later maybe invite them to your “wedding to be”.

Nice get up

Then there’s an event we call as “Cosplay” wherein people dress up as anime/fantasy game characters – it’d be really cute if you go join and dress up as an anime couple for the day. It’d be definitely unique plus enjoying.

There are a lot of different events that happens everyday, and if you have one it will surely be better if you can take with you the person you love the most.

6. Do a hobby you both enjoy doing!

Does she love drawing? Does he love basketball? Or do you both love computers?

Try to think of a common thing or hobby you two love doing most, say – he likes writing and you love writing poems as well, why not make a song together?

And if he/she has a hobby you know of, you can always try it out yourself

because in the end who knows, you might enjoy it too.

Not only does doing a common hobby count in celebrating a monthsary – a common interest as well can do. If

Playing basketball together no matter how old you get.

you both love singing you can hang out a karaoke bar and spend the whole day singing your lungs out – or maybe, if you both like a sport such as badminton why not play together on your special day! Not only will you have a great time, but also be able to enjoy your talent together and improve your body health.

7. And a last, but not the least – the best monthsary gift :

YOU AND YOUR TIME

Any couple would love to have a monthsary wherein they are together. Of course, being far isn’t really fun at all. When you are with the one you love – money and gifts doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re together; you enjoy each other’s company. You can spend a minute just staring at each other while smiling with all love. And it will always be a happy monthsary if you two are in love with all your heart.

Gifts are very important to everyone, but there sometimes we forget such kind of occasion such as monthsaries; that we really need to give gifts to our love ones.  It is really easy to know her likes and to buy it for them as a gift but what is the most important gift for monthsary? For me it is the time that you will spend for that certain occasion, because it is very different to give your time to make that person happy than to give her luxury. I know all of us here tend to love each other in a way that we want us to be with that person every time for many reason like to assure that she is always safe. Through this kind of gift we can surely show our care and how much you love her. And if ever she will need you she can see and find you, time can give such different meanings to every one for an instance, if some one never spend time with you, you may think that she doesn’t like you. Yet if she has time, you assume and feel that you’re close enough to her that makes you to think that she or she cares for you and there is something between you and her that is unique. Time is really special it is like a simple poem that tells a story which is different to what it wants to say.

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How you spend a monthsary isn’t really what matters – or what gifts you give and receive. What matters most in the end is that you enjoy, and that best of all you stay in love no matter how far, no matter the time, no matter how much money and everything else. Because in the end, the person you like being with will be the person you spend your life with, and life is short so make the best out of it – be in love, care and love as well.

And in the end, it is the TIME which is the valuable in a relationship and along with that is ATTENTION. Make sure you make him/her happy, no matter how simple your gift will be, it is the thought that counts. Monthsaries are just like with Christmas and any other occasions, only these are the days you celebrate how long you’ve been in love with each other.

Until my next post everyone, stay in love!

Happy monthsary to those who are spending their monthsaries today

And advance happy anniversary to my very own special someone (Christian).

I only gave seven ideas because those were only I could think of as of now, and because of a simple reason that we celebrate our monthsary every 7th of the month! We also do on the 5th and the 6th…but that’s another story.

I’ll post more of this soon. Take care and God bless!<3

Happy Monthsary

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