Anniversary gifts - Traditional & Modern

Family Hardie Portrait Edited (164)

This is actually a pre-marital photo of my eldest nephew & now neice who have many happy anniversaries ahead of them! Christopher is a bit of a traditionalist so he'd probably choose from the first column for their anniversaries & I think Sian from the modern, but either way, they'll have some lovely presents from each other.

 

Anniversary Traditional Modern
1st Paper Clocks
2nd Cotton China
3rd Leather Crystal/Glass
4th Fruit/Flowers Appliances (please no!)
5th Wood Silverware
6th Sweets/Iron Wood
7th Wool/Copper Desk sets
8th Pottery/Bronze Linen/Lace
9th Willow/Pottery Leather
10th Tin/Aluminium Diamond jewellery (yes please!)
11th Steel Fashion jewellery
12th Silk/Linen Pearls
13th Lace Textile furs (I’d prefer the real thing…)
14th Ivory Gold jewellery
15th Crystal Watches
16th Wax Peridot
17th Shells Furniture, watch
18th Feathers Porcelain, Cat’s eye jewellery
19th Chilli pepper (?) Bronze, Aquamarine
20th China Platinum, Emerald
21st Brass, Nickel
22nd Copper
23rd Silver plate
24th Musical instruments
25th Silver Silver
26th Original pictures
27th Sculpture
28th Orchids
29th New furniture
30th Pearl Diamond
31st Time pieces
32nd Conveyances (cars etc!)
33rd Amethyst
34th Opal
35th Coral/Jade Jade
36th Bone china
37th Alabaster
38th Beryl, Tourmaline
39th Lace
40th Ruby Ruby, Garnet
41st Land
42nd Developed real estate
43rd Travel
44th Groceries (Really?)
45th Sapphire Sapphire
46th Original poetry tribute
47th Books
48th Optical goods
49th Luxuries – any kind (to make up for last year)
50th Gold Gold
55th Emerald Emerald, Turquoise
60th Diamond Gold, Diamond
Every year after Diamonds
100th 10 Carat Diamond!
July 05, 2014 by Sue Smith