Anniversary
Every year it arrives quicker than you realise and every year you’re asked the same question. What on earth do you give someone to commemorate the fact that you picked each other, and you continue to pick each other? And this number of years in feels like something meaningful. It’s a question that’s trickier than it seems. The answers that seem obvious fall flat. Jewelry feels…required. Experiences can feel contrived. And a card with a nice message written inside just won’t cut it because we all know that’s not enough.
At some point we sat down and gave this some serious thought. Because we don’t believe your anniversary deserves a two second glance through Google before making a lucky guess. The ones that are any good do one thing. They celebrate you as a couple now. Not a stereotypical idea of what a spouse or partner should be. They have substance but aren’t too serious for happy occasions. And most of them will stick around. Not in an ode to nostalgia keep-it-in-a-junkdrawer sort of way. In a this Really is a part of who we are now kind of way.
So we haven’t categorized what follows by price point or by number of years together. We didn’t organize it by those cornerstone anniversary gifts things made of because lets be honest nobody follows that stuff. We sorted our favorites by us trusting our instincts; instincts that say a great anniversary gift should feel like someone was paying attention. Some are personal and handmade. Others are crafted exceptionally well and will stand the test of time. But everything you find here is meaningful. We scoured to find all filler regardless of how pretty the box it comes in is wrapped.
There’s nothing here that feels like it’s trying to make up for a lack of effort with exaggerated sentiment. Only gifts that made the cut because they felt like the kind of thing you give someone because you want to, not because you have to because a calendar told you it was time. An anniversary isn’t a milestone that has to be met. It’s an excuse to convey something meaningful about your relationship without having to actually say those words. These gifts do just that. We think.
