Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas For the First 7 Years

Wedding anniversaries are wonderful times in atend to go with this theme.
relationship for you to get to show the personThe fourth year is traditionally celebrated with
you are in love with, how much you havefruit, flowers or linen. Take your pick or use all
appreciated their time spent with you. Committingcategories. You can send a basket of fruit to his
yourself to someone over many years requires aor her workplace with a handwritten note
lot of give and take and you get to celebrate thisexpressing how you feel. You can also
time every year with gifts that are appropriate.complement the fruit with flowers that expresses
The gifts you decide to give will depend on thelove and commitment. And you may use linen
persons likes and dislikes as well the traditionalgifts such as a linen suit or dress.
theme set forth.The fifth year is traditionally celebrated with wood
Anniversary gifts are grouped based on theand includes gifts such as wooden sculpture and
length of time you've been with the person. If it'sother art made of wood if the person is into art.
the first anniversary then it is traditionallyYou could take the person to a museum that has
celebrated with paper. This means your gift shoulda large collection of wooden sculpture and spend
be made of paper. A pack of cards with a specialtime learning who the artists are. You could also
message; a newspaper from the date thetake a walk in a forest that has a lot of trees
wedding occurred; paper flowers you made or(that's still sticking to the theme) and enjoy a
you bought and a handwritten letter expressingromantic time together.
how you feel.The sixth year is usually celebrated with iron and
The second anniversary is traditionally celebratedincludes iron fences and gates that enclose your
with cotton or straw. It's probably hard to comeyard. If the person is into art you may get an
up with a gift made of straw but you can decideiron sculpture that celebrates the person's taste
to spend a weekend in a straw hut somewhere iffor sculpture. You can also get a candle holder
you want to be extravagant or give a signaturemade of iron that both of you can use to
hat made of straw. But cotton is also a secondcelebrate romantic moments together.
anniversary theme idea and you can give anyThe seventh year is traditionally celebrated with
appropriate gift made of cotton such as awool or copper and include a wool sweater that
handmade cotton sweater with appropriateyou knitted together showing the effort you put
writings.into making this gift or one purchased with a
The third year is generally celebrated with leatherspecial writing or design. If you opt for a copper
and for this you could give a leather photo albumgift you could choose a copper collection if the
or a leather memorabilia that documents yourperson is into collectibles. Always know your
time with each other. You could also get leatherpartner's likes, dislikes and interests before you
furniture for the guys whose wives have beendecide on a gift. If you do so, you'll find that you'll
longing to upgrade the furniture in the house.give the appropriate gift that the person will truly
Leather is the theme here and anything leatherappreciate.