Commemorate wedding anniversary milestones with a mix of time-honored and modern themed gifts and party supplies/decor.
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1st - 25th Wedding Anniversaries
30th - 65th Wedding Anniversaries
1st - 25th Wedding Anniversaries
Discover the meanings behind the themes of those early years, from paper, wood, rose, silk, and all the way up to silver.
Paper, like the first anniversary, is waiting for wonderful things to be written upon it!
The 1st Year: Baby Steps!
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The growth, strength, and foundation that a couple have built over the first five years of their marriage is a good analogue for wood.
5 Years: Building the Foundation
Amethyst symbolizes the harmony and stability of 6 years together. The purplescent gemstone repeats for 33, 47, and 48 years of marriage.
6 Years: Harmony & Stability
Copper symbolizes the strength and safety that a couple provides to each other over the course of a 7-year marriage. Copper repeats for the 22nd and 49th wedding anniversaries.
7 Years: We Can Count on Us
The beautiful lapis lazuli gemstone symbolizes the empathy, wisdom, and strength that come with 9 years of marriage.
9 Years: Wisdom & Strength
Tin represents the ability to weather life's storms together and come out stronger.
10 Years: A Decade of Love
12 years together deserves the luxury of a silk-themed celebration!
12 Years: Your Love is A Luxury & A Blessing
The rose is for a romance that's still going strong after 15 years of marriage. This flower repeats for the 26th and 36th wedding anniversaries.
15 Years: R is for Rose & Romance
The traditional gemstone for 24 years of marriage, opal symbolizes love and inspiration for the future. The opal repeats for the 14th, 34th, and 43rd wedding anniversaries.
24 Years: An Inspirational Love
Hit the quarter of a century mark? Break out the silver for this lauded milestone.
25 Years: The Silver Lining
30th - 65th Wedding Anniversaries
Pearl, gold, sapphire, and emerald: gemstones and metals helm the next decades of marriage.
3 decades of love is a marvel that's as amazing as a naturally cultured pearl! The pearl repeats for the 46th wedding anniversary.
30 Years: Precious as Pearls
Bronze is emblematic of a commitment to a long and loving relationship. It repeats for the 8th wedding anniversary.
32 Years: A Long & Lasting Love
Like coral, beauty and longevity are the hallmarks of a 35-year marriage.
35 Years: Beautiful & Enduring
A 39-year marriage is an intricate, beautiful, and layered relationship – just like agate!
39 Years: Complex, Strong, Beautiful.
4 decades of devoted commitment to each other is a rare feat. What better gemstone to symbolize this than the ruby? This prized gemstone repeats for the 80th wedding anniversary.
40 Years: Rubies are a Couple's Best Friend
Turquoise is a stunning gemstone that symbolizes the bonds, wisdom, and protection forged by a 44-year marriage. This gemstone can also be used for the 11th wedding anniversary.
44 Years: The Abiding Bonds of Love
50 years together is the most recognized of wedding anniversary milestones, and is fittingly a golden achievement!
50 Years: A Golden Achievement!
55 years of marriage merits the emerald, a gemstone cherished for its rarity, beauty, and enduring nature. The emerald repeats for the 20th and 38th wedding anniversaries.
55 Years: Perfection, Thy Name is Emerald
6 decades together is an extraordinary achievement -- a diamond in its own right! This most prized gemstone repeats for the 75th wedding anniversary.
60 Years: Diamond Dedication
The sapphire symbolizes the enduring devotion and fidelity of 65 years of marriage. This gemstone repeats for the 45th and 51st wedding anniversaries.