Wedding Anniversary Presents That Are Always Appreciated
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anniversary presents or gifts don’t have to be elaborate, expensive, party ready, or painstaking to find and buy. Especially now that we have
access to all of the products, services, ideas, and guidelines the Internet affords, we can get the most traditional or most unusual of wedding
anniversary presents.
For starters, we can consult the anniversaries traditions list, searching for the wedding anniversary presents that meet the appropriate
material criteria from the marriage years.
We can consider all of the possibilities that fall within that range if we want to buy a gift or present already produced and packed-one that
is generic, but still thoughtful, that is. It's not that different to birthday presents.
Buying Wedding Anniversary Presents
Given the above list, it is easy to find the gift for the anniversary of weddings that is best for the hallmark anniversary. For instance, a
silver frame, to include a photo of the anniversary couple, is classic for the 25-year anniversary. Or a money tree is still a great no-brainer
that gets a great reception for the first year-not only because money is made of paper, but the first year marrieds can likely use that extra
money!
So accordingly, here are a few of the many possibilities for wedding anniversary gift ideas:
1st year: paper - money is good, but how about tickets to a show?
2nd year: cotton/straw/calico - how about “pretend” straw? One company makes a thatch bowl that is actually ceramic but looks like straw.
3rd year: leather - faux leather might be better these days, so what about a leather stuffed animal?
4th year: fruit/flowers - do you really want your inlaws to hate you for sending cases and cases of prickly pears, that arrive every month for
a year? How about a lemon tree for the back yard?
5th year: wood - What culture does the couple identify with? A wooden menorah in December or a pair of decorator dutch shoes filled with
potpourri might work nicely.
Ideas For Making Wedding Anniversary Presents
If you go with more personalized, home-crafted items, you may wish to still use the traditional materials but customize gifts (or have it
customized if you don’t feel all that artsy):
20th Twentieth year: china - get the signatures of the guest book (signatures of all the guests at the wedding who are now at the anniversary
party) by handing them a glass marker (pen that marks on anything and doesn’t erase) and having them sign the china platter you bought.
25th Twenty-fifth year: silver - use silver embroidery thread to embellish one of their favorite materials/clothing items/bedding items.
30th Thirtieth year: pearl - you could buy an Egyptian-made mother of pearl backgammon board, or you could buy the pearl (opalescent paint and
cover the pawns of a chess game with it. Neatly, of course.
35th Thirty-fifth year: coral - How about buying a painting of coral reefs (or of anything, really) and gluing to it some lovely coral from
the pet fish store or arts and crafts store-making a beautiful 3-D piece?
50th Fiftieth year: gold - There are gold yarns and threads-great for matching gold sweaters, mittens, or throws. What else could you use gold
yarn in? How about gold flakes? What could you put the flakes in or on?
You get the idea. Now have fun coming up with more of your own wedding anniversary presents!
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