Every year, Kacey and I following the modern/traditional anniversary gift guide for our anniversary gift exchange. It’s really a challenge, but I always love the results. I think it’s my favorite gift to give him all year!

Last year, for our leather/glass/crystal anniversary, I gave him glassblowing classes. You can see the gift I gave him here and how our class went here. The year before that, I gave him a trip to Savannah, Georgia and made it all about cotton. You can read more about it here.

This year, I wanted to follow the box + card + experience tradition. The fourth anniversary is linen, silk, fruit, flower or appliance – depending on which guide you follow. After much searching and debating, I decided to give him silk screen printing classes. They offer them locally and we can print our own images on 12 or so pieces of clothing.

For the tangible gift, I designed a couple of cards – one small, one large. The small one contained the gift information, and I tucked it into a mini envelope that I glued onto the larger card. I put the large card inside a pretty blue envelope. I went to the fabric store and picked out a sea blue and a pretty iridescent deep purple/pink dupioni silk. At first glance, the silk is pretty pricey. However, I was able to get 1/8 of a yard of each color – since I didn’t need that much of it – which brought the cost down. I filled the box with the silk that I cut into strips and confetti squares and placed the sealed blue envelope on top.

He absolutely loved it! Once we get a babysitter lined up, we’re going to have three and a half hours of silk screen printing fun!