8th Anniversary Ideas & Gifts
By: Amy Cunningham
You made it through the seven year itch and are celebrating your 8th anniversary! Now it's time to find a unique and romantic anniversary gift. The traditional 8th anniversary gifts are bronze or pottery and the modern 8th anniversary gifts are linens or lace. While both may require a little extra creativity, we've got some romantic gift idea to help you out.
8th Anniversary Flower: Clematis
8th Anniversary Gemstone: Tourmaline
8th Anniversary Traditional Gifts: Bronze/Pottery
Send her a bouquet of beautiful bronze roses .
Send her a bouquet of beautiful pottery roses .
Get a set of matching pottery coffee mugs and promise to sit and share a moment each morning together while using your mugs.
Get a beautiful pottery vase and fill it with roses.
Surprise her with a bronze sculpture for her garden.
Take a tropical vacation together where you can relax on the beach and bronze yourselves.
Take a pottery making class together. You'll have a great time together while learning something new.
8th Anniversary Modern Gifts: Linens/Lace
Get a gorgeous tablecloth and pair it with a romantic candle-lit dinner.
Surprise him with sexy, lacy lingerie.
Surprise her with new bed linens... silk or satin works well.
8th Anniversary Romantic Ideas
Relive the past. Re-watch your wedding video, look at your wedding album together, and reflect on the last eight years.
Vacations are normally 7 days long. Break tradition and take an 8 day honeymoon together.
Give her 8 single roses (or whatever flower you used in your wedding) to celebrate 8 years.
Match the number of gifts to your anniversary: Give him/her eight small gifts for the eighth anniversary.
Create a 8th anniversary time capsule!