Wedding Anniversary Gifts Your Partner Will Never Forget

It’s a year since you tied the knot, and while besotted with your bride, the reality of a lifelong commitment to choosing the perfect wedding anniversary gifts each year has begun to sink in.

Remembering the anniversary alone can often feel like an achievement as it is, let alone sourcing the perfect wedding anniversary gifts too. We get it, wedding anniversary ideas can be overwhelming.

And while we’d all love to take notes from celebs like Blake Lively who commissioned art for hubby Ryan Reynolds, it’s fair to say they are perhaps a little out of the average budget.

Whether your bride is into gold jewellery or silver jewellery, rings, necklaces, charms or gemstones, there are a range of traditional wedding gifts to suit every woman.

 

Wondering just what will suit your beautiful bride best? We’ve curated a list of thoughtful jewellery wedding anniversary gifts to suit every type of woman. 

For the bride that’s a true romantic and naturally drawn to sentimentalism, this lover will likely be particularly enamoured by romantic anniversary gift ideas that hold symbolic meaning between you. 

Wedding anniversary gifts that likely speak to this bride are jewellery that holds a dual meaning or purpose. The best romantic anniversary ideas for her could be:

True magic is capturing a moment and freezing it in time to cherish forever. The locket is the keeper of beautiful moments, with a picture from your wedding together along with a solid gold or sterling silver chain, beautiful wedding anniversary gifts that she can keep close to her heart forever.

Within the Francesca collection, we have both gold and silver necklace options and a choice of an oval locket (the Oval Locket) and rectangular locket (the Bevel Locket), both with the option to keep a precious moment in time from your wedding or a special memory you shared close to their heart.

Charm necklaces or bracelets

Charms are such a divine way to symbolise a loving connection, a story, a memory of your time spent together. Within the Francesca collection, we have a beautiful array of charms that could be linked to bracelets or necklaces and act as symbolic wedding anniversary gifts.

Charm ideas could include: Infinite charm (the infinity symbol represents an eternal bond and limitless love, the Lock charm (to represent that you hold the key to unlock her heart), Luminous charm (to represent that her inner light always shines bright in your life) or the Behold charm (because she has your heart, need we say more?).

In the book she outlined the best jewellery inspired wedding anniversary gift ideas for the first anniversary, followed by the fifth anniversary, and then every five years, concluding at the 50th wedding anniversary. Over time the American National Retail Jeweler Association expanded on this list in 1937 by filling in the missing years.

Read on further below for a summary of the traditional wedding anniversary gifts from the first to the 20th wedding anniversary. For now, we have listed key Francesca pieces that tie in nicely as traditional anniversary gifts.

All that glitters is gold

Solid gold jewellery is often considered much more traditional than silver and timeless in its beauty.

Within the Francesca collection, we have a beautiful array of solid gold jewellery from rings to necklaces and bracelets that could be the perfect wedding anniversary gifts.

With the first year or marriage a very symbolic time, we recommend adding a subtle solid gold ring band to stack on top of her wedding ring and engagement ring duo.

Solid gold ring bands we adore include the Binding band (braided gold ring), Align band (solid gold plain ring), Entwine band (one way braided gold ring) or to be a little ‘extra’ the Twine band  - braided solid gold ring that features a beautiful diamond at the centre.

‘Diamonds are a girls’ best friend,’ according to Marilyn Munroe and well... every woman ever.

Be it your tenth wedding anniversary or any other year of marriage, diamonds are iconic milestone pieces and traditional wedding anniversary gifts that forever symbolise love and adoration.

Within the Francesca collection, we have beautiful and unique diamond and solid gold pieces that suit all jewellery preferences - from diamond earrings to diamond necklaces and rings.

With wedding anniversary gifts in mind, we recommend Wembley diamond necklace, Mayfair diamond studs or for a diamond ring to commemorate the decade or year, the Andre diamond ring or Blanc diamond ring are subtle but beautiful solid gold bands that can be stacked on top of a wedding ring for a little extra bling.

Top 20 Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts By Gemstone Type
Read on for the best gift ideas for wedding anniversary according to tradition.

19th wedding anniversary gifts - Aquamarine

To buy your bride a gift she will remember forever or to find wedding anniversary idea inspiration, go to Francesca shop to view our full range of wedding anniversary gifts including latest gemstone, diamond and gold jewellery pieces.