Anniversary Gifts by Year: Create Your Own Spin
How the heck did this wedding anniversary by year gift list ever come into being? Who was the genius that decided you should celebrate with groceries for your 44th wedding year? How about if you shopped for those groceries in Hawaii, Paris or Rome—that sounds like fun!
Paper to celebrate your first anniversary year? Hmmm, airline, concert or sport events tickets will do nicely. My nephew gave his wife a surprise vacation for their first anniversary: he whisked her away to their honeymoon spot. Don't want a fur coat for your 13th anniversary? So what can you do with textiles? You can have lots of fun with satin sheets!
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Anniversary Gift By Year Ideas
- Create your own time line.
- Get inspired by anniversary celebration ideas from reader submitted stories.
- A wonderful idea for any year is to create your own anniversary website.
- Learn about the meaning of flowers to help you add the perfect romantic sentiment.
- How to say I Love You and Happy Anniversary in different languages.
- Create an anniversary year love list and download a free printable background.
Put a creative spin on your anniversary year by combining traditional and modern gifts, flowers or gemstones. A linked year leads to a page with gift idea lists for that year. A link in other columns lead to a showcase gift page for that material, gemstone or flower.
Traditional and Modern Anniversary Gift by Year List
| Traditional | Modern | Gemstone | Flowers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paper | Clocks | Gold Gold Roses Gold Pendants Mens gold chains |
Pansy |
| 2nd | Cotton | China | Garnet | Cosmos |
| 3rd | Leather | Crystal, Glass Art Glass Engraved Crystal Toasting Glasses |
Pearl | Fuchsia |
| 4th | Linen (Silk) | Appliances | Blue Topaz | Geranium |
| 5th | Wood Gifts • Handcrafted Wood Gifts and Keepsake Boxes • Custom Gift Baskets |
Silverware | Sapphire | Daisy |
| 6th | Iron | Wood Objects, Candy Wood Gifts Handcrafted Wood Gifts |
Amethyst | Calla Lily |
| 7th | Copper, Wool | Desk sets | Onyx | Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
| 8th | Bronze | Linens, Lace | Tourmaline | Clematis |
| 9th | Pottery (China) | Leather goods | Lapis Lazuli | Poppy |
| 10th | Tin, Aluminum | Diamond jewelry | Diamond | Daffodil |
| 11th | Steel | Fashion jewelry | Turquoise | Morning Glory |
| 12th | Silk | Pearls, Colored Gems | Jade | Peony |
| 13th | Lace | Textiles, Furs | Citrine | Hollyhock |
| 14th | Ivory | Gold Jewelry Gold Pendants Mens gold chains |
Opal | Dahlia |
| 15th | Crystal Art Glass Engraved Crystal Toasting Glasses |
Watches | Ruby | Rose |
| 16th | Silver holloware | Peridot | ||
| 17th | Furniture | |||
| 18th | Porcelain | Cat's Eye or Tanzanite | ||
| 19th | Bronze | Aquamarine | ||
| 20th | China | Platinum | Emerald | Day Lily |
| 21st | Brass, Nickel | Lolite | ||
| 22nd | Copper | Spinet | ||
| 23rd | Silver plate | Imperial Topaz | ||
| 24th | Musical instruments | Tanzanite | ||
| 25th | Silver | Sterling Silver | Silver Jubilee | Iris |
| 26th | Original pictures | |||
| 27th | Sculpture | |||
| 28th | Orchids | Orchids | ||
| 29th | New Furniture | |||
| 30th | Pearl | Diamond | Pearl Jubilee | Sweet Pea |
| 31st | Timepieces | |||
| 32nd | Conveyances (autos) | |||
| 33rd | Amethyst | Amethyst | ||
| 34th | Opal | Opal | ||
| 35th | Coral | Jade | Emerald | |
| 36th | Bone china | |||
| 37th | Alabaster | |||
| 38th | Beryl, Tourmaline | Beryl, Tourmaline | ||
| 39th | Lace | |||
| 40th | Ruby | Ruby | Ruby | Nasturtium |
| 41st | Land | |||
| 42nd | Improved real estate | |||
| 43rd | Travel | |||
| 44th | Groceries | |||
| 45th | Sapphire | Sapphire | Sapphire | |
| 46th | Original poetry tribute | |||
| 47th | Books | |||
| 48th | Optical goods (telescope, microscope) | |||
| 49th | Luxuries | |||
| 50th | Gold Gold Pendants 18K gold & diamond pendants Mens gold chains |
Gold | Golden Jubilee | Violet |
| 55th | Emerald | Emerald | ||
| 60th | Yellow Diamond | Diamond | Diamond Jubilee | |
| 70th | Platinum | |||
| 75th | Diamonds, Diamond like stones, Gold | |||
| 80th | Diamond, Pearl | |||
| 85th | Diamond, Sapphire | |||
| 90th | Diamond, Emerald | |||
| 95th | Diamond, Ruby | |||
| 100th | 10-carat Diamond |
