Anniversary website: make a digital gift yourself

What goes on an anniversary website

The core is a number. The Our Days template shows how many days, and in a friendly breakdown how many months and years, you have been together. Around that number you put the things that make it yours: photos in date order, a few lines about the year, and a promise for the next one.

It is a gift that gets more interesting each time she opens it, because the number changes.

Why a counter beats a card

A card marks one day. A counter marks every day since. When she opens the page in March and sees "412 days," then again in April and sees "447," the gift is still working. It is also a quiet way to say "I count the days," without having to say it.

Picking the right start date

This is the one decision that matters, so take a minute.

• Use the day you would both call "the start." For many couples that is the first date, not the day they made it official.
• If you disagree, pick the first one and put the other in the note. "Day one, by my count. You say it was the second date."
• For a wedding anniversary, use the wedding date and write "Married for" in the heading.

What to write in the note

Keep it under forty words, because the counter is doing the talking.

412 days with you.

Since the night we missed the last train and walked home instead.

Thank you for being the person I want to tell everything to.

Next: spring in the mountains. I already packed the playlist.

Photo order that feels like a story

1. The earliest photo you have of the two of you, even if it is blurry.
2. A trip or a season.
3. A candid one, where nobody is posing.
4. A recent one.
5. Optional: a blank-faced selfie that you both love for no reason.

Three to five photos is enough; more makes the page feel like a feed.

Anniversary ideas by milestone

• First month, first year. Fun and light. Mention the small firsts.
• Five years. Add a short list: "Five things I still notice about you."
• Long marriage. Use fewer photos and more of your voice. Say one thing you have never said.
• Long distance. Add the number of kilometres or time zones between you and the next date you will be in the same place.

Tips

• Do the sums yourself before you type. The counter is only as honest as the date.
• Preview on a phone. Most people will open this on a phone, so test the size.
• Keep the surprise: send the page together with a plan, not instead of one.
• Do not post the page publicly if it has details you would not share with strangers.

What it costs

Free to make and preview. $6.99 one-time to publish when publishing opens.

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