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Finding The Perfect Wedding Anniversary Gift

 

Wedding anniversary gifts are a special way to honor a couple. It serves as a wedding gift only given to a couple who is faithful to each other. In this lens we take a look at the traditional wedding anniversary gifts based on how many years the couple has been together.

Anniversary wedding gifts are usually made of the material that traditionaly symbolizes it. Paper will remind the couple of the importance of being together like the threads used to make strong paper. 10th anniversary wedding gifts are made of tin or aluminum. This symbol means that the couple is already strong and flexible, and they have continued to maintain these attributes. 20th anniversary wedding gifts are traditionally made of China. China speaks of the beauty and the delicate idea of marriage.

25th anniversary wedding gifts is always made of silver to symbolize a great milestone for the couple staying together. The Silver anniversary is traditionally a cause for celebration. 30th anniversary wedding gifts are usually made of pearls, and it symbolizes love and marriage and makes the woman shine among many. 40th anniversary wedding gifts are traditionally made of a ruby that tells of the inner flame and love that is still there after 40 years.

50th anniversary wedding gifts rightfully deserve gold, since this mineral is resistant and will continue through time. A golden anniversary celebration is always imperative. 60th anniversary wedding gifts uses diamonds, as this is the hardest stone which continually symbolizes endurance and continuing love among the couple.

Gifts may not be so constricted to these symbols. A personalized anniversary gift can be full of meaning since it comes from the heart and is personally crafted only for the couple. A gift silver wedding or a gift gold wedding would really look nice since it's of course these types of gems which are very expensive. But what is important is the idea of being there for the couple and giving a wish and a prayer for them to be stronger.

A wedding anniversary gift idea is a great way to give the couple what you like and inspire them to strive more in their marriage and inspire you in return.

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Traditional Anniversary Gifts by Year 

First: Paper
Second: Cotton
Third: Leather
Fourth: Fruit or Flowers
Fifth: Wood
Sixth: Candy or Iron
Seventh: Wool or Copper
Eight Bronze or Pottery
Ninth: Pottery
Tenth: Tin
Eleventh: Steel
Twelfth: Silk or Linen
Thirteenth: Lace
Fourteenth: Ivory
Fifteenth: Crystal
Twentieth: China
Twenty-Fifth: Silver
Thirtieth: Pearls
Thirty-Fifth: Coral
Fortieth: Ruby
Forty-Fifth: Sapphire
Fiftieth: Gold
Fifty-Fifth: Emerald
Sixtieth: Diamond

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Find Wedding Anniversary Books on Amazon 

Our Wedding Anniversary Memory Book

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The Meaning of Wedding Anniversaries

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Wedding Anniversaries: From Paper to Diamond

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Happy Anniversary!: A Guide to Fun and Romantic Anniversary Celebrations

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Wedding Anniversary Idea Book

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Buy Wedding Anniversary Toasting Flutes on Amazon 

Waterford Lismore Toasting Flutes, Set of 2

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50th Anniversary Set of 2 Toasting Flutes

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60th Anniversary Set of 2 Toasting Flutes

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Buy Wedding Anniversary Party Decorations on Amazon 

50th Wedding Anniversary Swirl Decorations

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50th Anniversary Centerpiece

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Golden 50th Anniversary Lunch Napkins

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Great Wedding Anniversary Stuff on eBay 

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Marriage Advice 

Marriage Advice

Many couples enter into marriage having no clue what they are really getting into. Everything seems great while they are dating and then boom, the married life takes hold and things begin to get a little rocky. They think, it's okay, we really have everything under control, or I won't say anything I don't want to make him/her upset. Well, years later you are still trying not to say anything to the other person, and now you are thinking to yourself, how did we get here? You can't stand watching her put on lipstick, she can't stand listening to you slurp your soup, and on and on. You know that you are slowing driving each other to the brink of insanity and you just wish that you had realized that this is what being married was all about. Well, this is not what marriage is about, but it is what happens when initial problems in a relationship are not addressed.

The problem is that too many couples allow their marriage problems to fester for too long. The longer they fester the worse things get until one day one of the two of you reaches their breaking point, and when you do you will start calling around to marriage counselors to stop divorce. To save marriage most people will do anything, but maybe this should have been thought about earlier, way earlier. Why waste precious years away at each other's throats when it would have been a much easier plan to seek out marriage advice before getting married. While you are still in the honeymoon phase of your relationship is the perfect time to take a good hard look at your relationship and iron out some of the little kinks. Don't wait until you are on the brink of divorce and bring to the table 20 years of bitterness and anger and expect some poor counselor to fix it all for you in a few short sessions. I think that we all know that the more time you take in doing the damage the more work it takes to fix it.

This is why the new trend is towards pre-marriage counseling, getting the counseling to become a better couple before you begin instead of a bitter couple down the road.

Wedding Anniversary Photos on Flickr 

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Wedding Cake Ideas 

Wedding Cake Ideas

Almost all weddings are planned with specific color schemes in mind these days and one of the crucial step is to match the wedding cake to the chosen wedding colors. There are some very simple ways to do this as you will find out in this article linked above. You can also simply browse the many pictures of wedding cakes for different themes and seasons at http://www.dotcombride.com/cakes/ to get inspiration for using colors to match a particular color scheme.

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Unique Wedding Favor Ideas

The wedding favor is one of the most important items in your wedding. In fact, you have virtually unlimited choice on it. So, how you select the most suitable one becomes an essential question here. You will certainly have your own unique wedding favor ideas in your mind. You have to match your ideas with your budget and theme so that the wedding favor will be the most suitable and also the most special one. Another essential item in your wedding is the wedding invitation. Couples tend to allocate fewer budgets to it but the fact is that the cost of a really unique wedding invitation can be as expensive as your wedding dress! Again, you may match the style your wedding invitations to your wedding theme. For example, if you are going to have an Asian theme, modern Chinese wedding invitations will be excellent for you.

Wedding Ring Sets

There are a number of different rings in the world today and one of the interesting things about that is that wedding rings are perhaps the most important item when it comes to the ring. Titanium Wedding rings have a number of different purposes and when you look at the multi-level significance of most wedding rings, you can see right away why the significance is important to them. This articles aims to take the wedding ring apart and examine the different ways in which a wedding ring is significant. There is the visual significance, the bonding significance and the symbolic significance that are all worth talking about and indeed are discussed below.

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Wedding Anniversary Gifts in the News 

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Wedding Anniversary Gifts Guestbook 

AkayLama

This gift has to be really special and expressing the feelings. Diamonds a very common one to express the love.
Akay
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Posted June 28, 2008

PeopleLive

Hey thanks for checking out my Custom Koozies lens. I actually just got engaged and I'm a little disappointed to see that the traditional gift for our first year is paper. I think every year should be diamond. :)

Posted March 29, 2008

DTanner

Great lens and lots of great ideas.

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Posted December 28, 2007

CJPate

Great lens! I could't agree more!

Posted September 29, 2007

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Hi! Great lens! I rated it with 5 stars.

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