Wedding anniversary gifts: a date engraved, and a name for every year
A wedding anniversary has what other dates do not: a name for every year. Paper the first, wood the fifth, tin the tenth, silver at twenty-five — and wood is ours, since every bracelet carries a bead of solid cherry. What gets engraved is the date: two initials on one line, the wedding day on the second. It is what you give each other, or what children give their parents for a silver wedding. The family that marriage made fits on a tree with one to five branches, one initial per child. And for two wrists, the puzzle locks two initials into pieces that only read together, one bracelet each. A bracelet is €23.90, engraving included, and everything is made to order in Aveyron, in the south of France.
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Initials and Date Bracelet – Wedding Anniversary Gift
Two initials, the wedding date beneath them in figures separated by dots, exactly as you type it. The only bracelet on this page that engraves the date, and the wooden anniversary gift by its very nature, since the bead is solid cherry.
€23.90
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Family Tree Bracelet – Engraved Initials
A trunk, two roots, and one branch per child, up to five, each carrying an initial. The gift children give together for a silver or golden wedding: what that marriage made.
€23.90
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Puzzle Couple Bracelet – Two Engraved Initials
Two interlocking pieces, your two initials, no heart and no date: for a couple who are not ones for grand gestures, or to give as a pair — one each, letters in the same order.
€23.90
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Couple Bracelet – Two Initials and Two Symbols Engraved in a Cross
The boldest: a cross in the centre, an initial on either side, two symbols above and below. After twenty years there is nothing left to hide — this is the one for the round anniversaries celebrated in front of everyone.
€23.90
Which to choose
| If… | Then |
|---|---|
| You are giving to each other | The initials and date bracelet |
| The children are giving | The family tree, one initial per child |
| It is the wooden anniversary | Any of our bracelets: the bead is cherry |
| You want it to show | The initials and symbols bracelet |
| You are giving one bracelet to each of you | The puzzle, one piece for her, one for him |
The anniversaries, and what to give for each
| The anniversary | Its name | What to give |
|---|---|---|
| One year | paper | The date engraved: the initials and date bracelet |
| Five years | wood | Any of our bracelets: the bead is solid cherry |
| Ten years | tin | The puzzle, one bracelet each, the same two initials |
| Twenty years | china | The initials and symbols bracelet: the one that shows |
| Twenty-five years | silver | The family tree, given by the children |
| Fifty years | gold | The family tree again, as a pair, one branch per child |
The names shift from one country to another: in Ireland the first year is paper, in France it is cotton. Wood at five, silver at twenty-five and gold at fifty are the same everywhere. Allow ten days ahead for Ireland.
Frequently asked questions
What wedding anniversary gift do children give their parents?
The family tree: a trunk, roots and one branch per child, each carrying an initial, up to five. It is the silver and golden wedding gift, ordered by the children together, and it is given as a pair so that each parent wears their own. The children bring the only thing needed: their initials, in order of birth.
What do you give for ten, twenty or twenty-five years of marriage?
The initials and date bracelet works for every year: it carries the date, not the number, and it is read again at each anniversary. For a silver wedding, the family tree is ordered by the children together, one letter per child. For a round anniversary celebrated in front of everyone, it is given in its kraft box and opened at the table.
What is the wooden wedding anniversary, and what do you give?
Five years of marriage. Tradition calls for an object in wood, like a marriage that has taken root: every bracelet on this page carries a bead of solid cherry, and the one that engraves the wedding date under your initials is the most fitting. The name varies by country — Hölzerne Hochzeit in Germany, bodas de madera in Spain — but the idea of wood is the same.
Wedding anniversary gift for your husband: what do you engrave?
The date, and nothing more: the initials and date bracelet engraves your two letters and the wedding day on a 17 mm bead, on a 4 mm cord with no clasp. It is not men’s jewellery in the usual sense — it is a cord he wears to the office and to the sea, and the date can only be read up close. To mark the day you met rather than the wedding, the dating anniversary page offers the heartbeat and the coordinates of a place.
Paper or cotton for the first anniversary?
Both are used, depending on the country: in Ireland, Germany and Spain the first year is paper, in France it is cotton. The lists diverge from the second year and only meet again at a few anniversaries — wood at five, crystal at fifteen, china at twenty, silver at twenty-five, gold at fifty. If you are giving to a couple from another country, it is their list that counts.
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Designed in Aveyron, FranceComposed in our family workshop, checked before it ships.
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Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.