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Purple Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas

Use the chart below as a guideline for buying wedding anniversary gifts for your purple-loving spouse. A remarkable number of wedding anniversaries can be celebrated with purple.

1-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Paper
Modern: Clocks 		9-Year Anniversary
Modern: Leather 		30-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Pearls 		45-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Sapphire
Modern: Sapphire
2-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Cotton
Modern: China 		11-Year Anniversary
Modern: Fashion Jewelry 		33-Year Anniversary
Modern: Amethyst
3-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Leather
Modern: Crystal or Glass 		12-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Silk
Modern: Pearls 		35-year Anniversary
Traditional: Jade
Modern: Jade
4-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Silk
Modern: Appliances 		15-Year Anniversary
Modern: Watches 		38-Year Anniversary
Tourmaline
8-Year Anniversary
Modern: Linens or Lace 		28-Year Anniversary
Modern: Orchids 		40-Year Anniversary
Traditional: Ruby
Modern: Ruby


1-Year Wedding Anniversary: Paper (Traditional) or Clocks (Modern)
Paper Also consider starting a paper album of photographs, movie tickets, poems, etc. to give to each other and share as you celebrate each anniversary.
Clocks


2-Year Wedding Anniversary: Cotton (Traditional) or China (Modern)
Cotton
China


3-Year Wedding Anniversary: Leather (Traditional) or Crystal/Glass (Modern)
Leather
Crystal
Glass


4-Year Wedding Anniversary: Silk (Traditional) or Appliances (Modern)
Silk
Appliances


8-Year Wedding Anniversary: Linens or Lace (Modern)
Linens
Lace


9-Year Wedding Anniversary: Leather (Modern)
Leather


11-Year Wedding Anniversary: Fashion Jewelry (Modern)

Fashion Jewelry


12-Year Wedding Anniversary: Silk (Traditional) or Pearls (Modern)

Silk

Pearls

 Yep, pearls come in purple. It's a beautiful world, isn't it?


15-Year Wedding Anniversary: Watches (Modern)

Watches


28-Year Wedding Anniversary: Orchids (Modern)

Orchids

 One of the primary shades of light purple is named after the orchid. Buy bouquets to fill the house for a romantic anniversary indoors or plant some in the garden as a surprise.


30-Year Wedding Anniversary: Pearls (Traditional)

Pearls

 Yep, pearls come in purple. It's a beautiful world, isn't it?

If you celebrated your 12th anniversary with purple pearls, it might be time to hunt for the extremely rare Quahog purple pearl. These are a deep purple, and very hard to find, as the Quahog clams that make these only do so rarely and many never at all.


33-Year Wedding Anniversary: Amethyst (Modern)

Amethyst

 Congratulations! You've officially made it to the Wedding Anniversary that everyone celebrates with Purple!


35-Year Wedding Anniversary: Jade (Traditional & Modern)

Jade


38-Year Wedding Anniversary: Tourmaline (Modern)

Tourmaline

 Tourmaline does come in purple, though it can be hard to find. You're looking for Purple Rubellite Tourmaline when you start your search.


40-Year Wedding Anniversary: Ruby (Traditional & Modern)

Ruby

 Ruby does come in purple, though it can be hard to find. A purple ruby is usually called an Indian Star Ruby.


45-Year Wedding Anniversary: Sapphire (Traditional & Modern)

Sapphire

 Sapphires are traditionally blue but they can also come in purple. Sapphires that are purple will be referred to simply as Purple Sapphires.




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