What is a good first Christmas gift for a married couple?
Something that belongs to their wedding and to nobody else's: a photo of the two of them from the day, or their names and the date they married. A first Christmas married comes once, and a gift built from the wedding itself marks that rather than the season in general.
We make three things, each made to order from your details. We don't make anything to hang on a tree, and we don't sell greetings for the day; these are pieces for a wall, a shelf or the kitchen cupboard. Buying for a couple who are not newlyweds? See Christmas gifts for couples.
A portrait of the two of you, made by AI from your photo
Upload a photo of the couple and choose a style: oil painting, watercolour, pencil sketch or pop art. An AI image model restyles the photo in that style; no person paints it. A likeness is not guaranteed, which is why you see it first. Verify your email and you can make up to three free watermarked previews a day, and you approve one before it goes in your basket. The print is made from the preview you approve. The couple portrait has every format and size, and how couple portraits are made explains the process.
Their wedding photo, printed as it is
If there is already a photo from the day they love, we print it without restyling it. Each size is checked against the photo once it is uploaded, and a size the photo is too small for cannot be chosen, so you find out before you pay. Print your wedding photo lists the formats.
Their wedding date, set in type
Their names, the wedding date and the venue, under the heading "The Wedding Of". No photo is needed, so it is the one to choose if you do not have a photo you may use. It comes as a poster, framed poster, canvas, framed canvas, mug, water bottle or digital file. The wedding date print has the sizes.
What to buy a newly married couple for Christmas
If you are a guest, a parent or a friend, the question is what you have to work with. With a good photo of the two of them that you took, or that they or their photographer have said you may use, the portrait or the photo print is theirs and nobody else's. Without one, the date print needs only their names, the date and the venue. If you want something they will use every day rather than hang, all three come on an 11oz mug.
More ideas for the couple, by how well you know them: wedding gift for a couple and personalised wedding gifts.
What to get your husband or your wife for your first Christmas married
A picture of the two of you works whichever of you it is for, because it is about both of you. Pick the photo you both like best from the day, or one from the year since. If you would rather it did not look like a photo, the portrait restyles it; if the photo is already right, print it as it is.
If your first anniversary is still to come, it is the paper anniversary on the traditional British list, and a poster is printed on 250gsm uncoated off-white archival paper. The paper anniversary covers what to give for that one.
Frame or no frame
A poster comes unframed. A framed poster, in A3 or A2, comes in a black or natural wood frame. A canvas comes unframed, stretched over a 2 cm stretcher bar; the sides carry a soft, blurred band taken from your picture's colours. A framed canvas comes in black, dark wood or natural wood.
Timing for Christmas
Everything is made to order. For free UK delivery, allow 4 to 9 working days from your order; with Priority delivery at checkout, allow 3 to 6. We deliver to UK addresses only. We do not promise a date, so leave room. A digital file is emailed as a download link, valid for 30 days, with no delivery charge.
Arrives damaged or with a print fault? We reprint or refund it at our cost. Delivery and returns
