Great ideas for wedding anniversary Gifts
Choosing an anniversary gift that the special couple will love and treasure is quite a task. Unless you know the couple very well, such as close family or friends, the art is in finding something meaningful that they will love and treasure whilst not being overly familiar or having to spend too much.
One way to narrow down a suitable anniversary gift is to find out exactly which anniversary is being celebrated. Whilst anniversaries are based upon number of years married, they each have an individual material associated with them that can give you a good hint as to what kind of gift you can choose.
It is fair to say that anniversaries have become increasingly commercialised. Until just before the mid-21st Century, only the very special anniversaries had a material associated with them. Now, someone has endeavoured to think up a material for each and every year of marriage. In this blog, we are only concerned with the important milestones because, whilst the celebrating couple will treasure each and every year, family and friends tend only to mark the major years.
The major anniversary milestones are:
1st Anniversary Paper
25th Anniversary Silver
40th Anniversary Ruby
50th Anniversary Gold
60th Anniversary Diamond
Whilst for 25 years and upwards there is an obvious clue as to what you could buy the happy couple, we can’t always afford precious stones for presents and we might not know the couple intimately enough to even dream of buying gems.
Whichever anniversary you are buying a gift for, you can’t go wrong with traditional, keepsake items. Photograph albums are always a winner no matter which anniversary it is and you should choose one which represents the occasion you are buying for.
Hand crafted, paper covered albums are perfect anniversary gifts for the first wedding anniversary (paper). Other paper gift ideas include calendars, scrolls and dated newspapers.
Photograph frames are also brilliant keepsake anniversary gifts and in fact, some couples keep a framed picture taken at each anniversary milestone to mark the years past and the memories to come.
Silver plated frames are ideal for the 25th anniversary (silver) but of course can be given at any anniversary you want.
Twin sets of mugs and glasses are also popular and can be used or kept as keepsakes (or both) and won’t break the bank. Perfect for the anniversary of a couple you don’t know well or as a supplement to a present for close friends or family members.
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