Wedding anniversaries are a great time to show your appreciation for your much loved significant other with a meaningful, romantic gift. Anniversary gift giving goes way back and dates back to the Roman Empire days, whereby the bride was crowned with a silver wreath on the 25^thanniversary and a gold wreath on the 50^thone.

These days there are more traditional or modern gifts for every year in early marriage and every 5 or 10 years after that, marking the success of your commitment to one another. These gifts generally increase in value to symbolise the deepening of your relationship and the lengthening journey you’ve been on together.

Years Married		Traditional Gift	Modern Gift		Gemstone
1st	Paper			Clock	Gold
2nd	Cotton			China	Garnet
3rd	Leather			Crystal or Glass	Pearl
4th	Fruit & Flowers or Linen & Silk			Appliances	Blue Topaz
5th	Wood			Silverware	Sapphire
6th	Iron or Chocolate			Wood	Amethyst
7th	Copper or Wool			Brass or Desk Set	Onyx
8th	Bronze, Salt or Pottery			Linen or Lace	Tourmaline
9th	Willow, Pottery or Copper			Leather	Lapis Lazuli
10th	Aluminium or Tin			Diamond Jewellery	Diamond
11th	Steel			Fashion Jewellery	Turquoise
12th	Silk/Linen			Pearls	Jade
13th	Lace			Furs	Citrine
14th	Ivory			Gold jewellery	Opal
15th	Crystal			Watches	Ruby
20th	China			Platinum jewellery	Emerald
25th	Silver			Silver jewellery	Silver
30th	Pearl			Diamond jewellery	Pearl
35th	Coral			Jade jewellery	Jade
40th	Ruby			Ruby jewellery	Ruby
45th	Sapphire			Sapphire jewellery	Sapphire
50th	Gold			Gold jewellery	Gold
55th	Emerald			Emerald jewellery	Emerald
60th	Diamond			Diamond jewellery	Diamond

  

The traditional gifts may provide you with an excellent context for meaningful pause and reflection, but of course we think that the gemstone list is much more exciting. Sure, you could construct a paper crane or give a boring book for the 1st wedding anniversary, or you could give something more lasting and desirable such as a solid gold chain, maybe with an engraved massage on the clasp or with a pendant like this if it’s for her: https://www.stunnadesigns.com.au/collections/necklaces/products/solid-18kt-rose-gold-or-yellow-gold-and-diamond-flower-necklace?variant=39358818779309 

 

The next important anniversary would be the 5^th year. Your relationship has endured the ending of the honeymoon period and now you are hopefully really enjoying the comfortable relationship you’ve created. Don’t forget about romance though, and is wood really a romantic 5^th year anniversary present? And who cares about silverware these days? We recommend opting for the other option of sapphires (in jewellery of course), which symbolise hope and faith, as the perfect gift to mark the occasion. https://www.stunnadesigns.com.au/products/sapphire-ruby-diamond-white-gold-ornamental-pond-ring?_pos=2&_sid=a5af137c1&_ss=r&variant=39612948807853

 

After reaching the huge milestone of a 10-year anniversary, you may think that giving something made of tin or aluminium a bit anti-climactic, and we agree! A decade of marriage is certainly something to be properly celebrated, especially these days where is seems to be more of an achievement, statistically speaking. So we are all for the sharing of diamonds embedded in some snazzy jewellery to represent a beautiful decade of love that you have shared.

 

If you make it to two decades, well that is incredible. Certainly it’s got to be worth more than a bit of china to go on display in a cabinet. Yes, that’s right! We love jewellery anniversary gifts and emeralds are a stunning gemstone to signify your long-standing partnership. Also, emeralds represent wisdom, growth and patience, which are certain to be plentiful by this stage of marriage.

 

And from this point on the traditional gift ideas merge with the more modern and thankfully we see gemstone after gemstone for each of the milestones. There is little in life that could be said to be more important than your life partner, so why not give them something that shows how much they mean to you and that they can wear proudly throughout your lives together.