Wedding anniversaries. Sometimes we forget, sometimes we make a fuss, sometimes we are lost for ideas. Early on, finding gifts including paper, cotton and leather, are small and easy to manage. Once you get into the big numbers, the expectation can become higher. Here are some ideas for both ends of the budgetary spectrum – what others have you used or heard about?
20 Years (China) – Splurge: Plan a trip to China with your partner or family and really embrace the culture and beauty China has to offer.
Save: Visit local markets and find interesting pieces of china that reminds your spouse about a happy or romantic time.
30 Years (Pearl) – Splurge: Take a once in a lifetime pearl diving trip in Bora Bora! Pack your bags, and book your flights to the stunning island of French Polynesia. This tropical paradise is less than five hours away and whether you decide to search for pearls yourself or visit the people that do, this will be one anniversary present you can both enjoy and remember for ever. You can do the same type of pearl trips in Fiji, the Cook Islands and the west coast of Australia.
Save: Repurpose unworn family jewellery by resetting or threading a pearl necklace. Search antique shops for a pearl handled letter opener or inlaid box as a keepsake.
40 Years (Ruby) – Splurge: Go to Australia and stay at Uluru (Ayers Rock) and have dinner in the shadow of this iconic Australian landmark.
Save: find 40 red items that your love will appreciate and make a care box – red wine, candles, home-made jam, or a flower. Get creative and have fun with the 40 ideas- what a way to say I love you!
50 Years (Gold) – Splurge: Throw a gold-themed party for all your friends and family to enjoy! Find shiny decorations, outfits and party treats, play music from 50 years ago and kick up your heels. Remember one bottle of gold bubbles to share only with your beloved!
Save: A gold picnic – use metallic tissue as a table cloth, and roast a chicken until it’s golden and remember a few hershey’s kisses for dessert.
60 Years (Diamond) – Splurge: re-create the moment you proposed or were proposed to, try and remember all the smaller details can plan it out again, as if it were the first time. It could mean a trip away, or visiting that special place you never thought you would return to. A nice and extravagant touch would be to add another diamond ring! Design your own and visit a diamond factory or re-set the original from 50 years previous.
Save: Diamonds are forever, and so are honest words of love and appreciation. Take a leaf from the ’40 red ideas’ of the ruby anniversary and write a letter, poem or list of 60 things that your partner has added to your life that you consider priceless. Write it on a beautiful piece of stationery or frame it. Tears of love and happiness guaranteed!
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