| Wedding anniversaries are nice to celebrate. Some | | | | memories. Have a few favorite photos or |
| years are more momentous than others - but I | | | | appliqued symbols to represent them. Using pieces |
| think that we can all agree that a 70th wedding | | | | of favorite old and outgrown items of clothing |
| anniversary is quite the anniversary celebration. If | | | | that contain special memories will add a nice |
| you are privileged enough to know a couple about | | | | personal touch. |
| to commemorate this anniversary you will know | | | | A special gift for a special couple. Try to find one |
| that it can be hard to figure out what kind of gift | | | | of these: Pictures now that from a certain angle |
| to get them. | | | | change to another picture. It would be neat to |
| To celebrate 70 years of marriage would be a | | | | have the couples original wedding picture and then |
| miracle and a feat. Choose something that | | | | what they look like today. What a keepsake! Your |
| celebrates that 70-journey and all the fruit of it. | | | | gift should be memorable item, something that |
| Enlist all the descendants (children, grandchildren, | | | | shows how uncommon a 70 year anniversary is. |
| great-grandkids, cousins, etc) to submit memories, | | | | Getting together the family for a dinner would |
| photographs, drawings, newspaper headlines on | | | | make a nice 70 year anniversary present. |
| scrapbook paper and I would compile a "This Is | | | | Somebody from the family will prepare a video |
| Your Life" type of memory book for the couple. | | | | with the history of the family included the sad and |
| Also give them a DVD, a retrospective on their | | | | the happy moments. At the end of the video |
| life before and throughout their marriage with | | | | saying does not matter how hard or how easy |
| family members speaking of and to them. A gift | | | | the life have been, whats really matter is that the |
| like this acknowledges the anniversary couple | | | | couple have been together for 70 years and will |
| respectfully. | | | | be until the end. |
| A great 70th wedding anniversary gift for a | | | | These ideas for 70th wedding anniversary gifts |
| couple is a photo or story quilt designed and sewn | | | | are only the beginning. Try to think of some |
| by a family member. The quilt could represent the | | | | yourself to trying pay tribute to the couple |
| highlights of the couples achievements and | | | | celebrating 70 years of marriage. |