insideKENT Magazine Issue 23 - February 2014 | Page 56
WEDDINGS
YOUR Anniversary
YEAR-BY-YEAR
Gift List,
Though giving your hubby the latest gadget or bestowing your wife with a department store
gift card are both great gift ideas, surprising your other half with a romantic and traditional
anniversary pressie can be so much more meaningful (and fun).
Whether you’ve been married just a few years or 60, the gift possibilities are endless
when you stick with this traditional anniversary theme.
1st: Paper
Ideas – Love coupons, newspaper
from your wedding day, photo
album filled with memories, tickets
to an event
7th: Wool or Copper
Ideas – Cashmere scarf, copper
sculpture or artwork, wool blanket
for snuggling, copper mug or kettle
13th: Lace
Ideas – Clothing, underwear/lingerie,
handkerchief, wrap a present in
lace, personalised lace cushion
2nd: Cotton
Ideas – Matching dressing gowns,
luxury bed linen, clothing
8th: Bronze
Ideas – Trip to the beach to get
‘bronzed’, sculpture or artwork,
jewellery, new bed frame or furniture
3rd: Leather
Ideas – Wallet or handbag, shoes,
personalised luggage tags or
passport holder for a weekend away
9th: Pottery
Ideas – Flowers in a beautiful pot,
ceramic sculpture, a pottery class
together, coffee mug
14th: Ivory
Ideas – Tickets to a piano
performance, visit to an elephant
sanctuary or zoo, ivory-coloured
clothing or bed linen, trip to the Ivory
Coast
4th: Flowers/fruit
Ideas – Bouquet of flowers,
chocolate-dipped strawberries, fruit
tree for the garden, floral or fruity
perfume/cologne
10th: Tin
Ideas – Personalised number plate,
tin of specialty food (caviar), flowers
in a large tin, rent an AirStream
caravan for a vintage holiday
5th: Wood
Ideas – Plant a tree together,
jewellery box, wooden game,
weekend away in a log cabin,
sculpture or carving
11th: Steel
Ideas – Stainless steel watch or
jewellery, engraved keychain,
stainless steel cookware, cocktail
shaker, bicycle, trip to the London
Eye
6th: Iron
Ideas – Gym membership (pumping
iron!), iron skillet (for cooks), tools,
trip to Paris to visit the Eiffel Tower
15th: Crystal
Ideas – Wine glasses or goblets,
bowl or vase with flowers, jewellery,
a crystal massage, candlesticks
20th: China
Ideas – Vintage china teacups,
home-cooked dinner served on your
best china, a trip to see the Great
Wall of China, home
accessories/decorations
25th: Silver
Ideas – Jewellery or cufflinks, picture
frame with a favourite photograph,
clock, cinema date (the silver
screen), engraved pen
12th: Silk
Ideas – Silk sheets, scarf or tie,
underwear/lingerie, matching silk
robes, new razor or spa treatment
(to make you smooth as silk)
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30th: Pearl
Ideas – Fancy dinner with oysters,
mother-of-pearl jewellery or cufflinks
35th: Coral
Ideas – Scuba-diving lessons and
trip to a coral reef, dinner at a
seafood restaurant, coral jewellery,
coral-coloured clothing/accessories
40th: Ruby
Ideas – Ruby-red roses, red-themed
party, ruby jewellery, vintage red
wine
50th: Gold
Ideas – Gold watch or jewellery,
huge bouquet of gold-coloured
flowers (sunflowers, tulips, gold
roses, etc)
60th: Diamond
Ideas – Diamond jewellery or
cufflinks, a holiday at a Diamond
Resort (www.diamondresorts.com)