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A wedding anniversary is a big event, and yet it is a very personal one to the couple, too. Choosing a gift for your wife can be a challenge, particularly since you must think of something new to give each year. Many people gain inspiration from the item that represents that many years of marriage. For example, the first year is paper. Two years of marriage are represented by cotton, and three equates to leather. The fifth year is wood, and the 10th is tin (or aluminium, if you prefer). And we all know the silver wedding anniversary is marked at 25 years of marriage, with other valuable items marking other years. But supposing you aren’t inspired by the item representing your year this year? Perhaps you want to buy something more unusual, or simply something that will be treasured both now and for many years to come. If you […]
We all know that it’s important to remember any anniversary, especially if it’s a significant one such as a wedding anniversary. It doesn’t matter if it’s big milestone such as celebrating ten years or just a simple first year together. It’s tradition for a couple to celebrate both the love they have for each other and the reminiscence of the good times. The tradition of this dates back many years with some historians dating the origins back to medieval times where silver and gold gifts were given to each other as a way to celebrate 25 and 50 years of marriage. This has kept on going to this day where it is customary for the wife and husband to give each other something that relates to the milestone they have reached. In the early 1900’s most people only celebrated the first year together and then the bigger anniversaries however in […]