Forty years of marriage is an amazing milestone in your lives. You’ve achieved so much together, and done so much, too! Perhaps you’ve raised a beautiful family and watched them grow and have children of their own. Maybe you’ve travelled the world and seen incredible once-in-a-lifetime sights. Perhaps you’ve spent many happy years together in the garden, or at your favourite café, or visiting your caravan in the countryside.
However you’ve spent your long marriage together, it’s time to celebrate that journey!
Traditionally, the gift to give on your 40th wedding anniversary is a ruby. Usually, this ruby was in the form of jewellery – often a necklace or dress ring.
Modern couples often choose to be a little more creative with their gift-giving now, however. Opting to buy gifts using the colour red to signify rubies, you too could come up with a wonderfully unique, personalised ruby wedding gift. If you’re not sure where to start looking, here are some ideas for ruby wedding presents to give you some all-important inspiration.
Plant a Tree
To show your everlasting commitment and to put a little love into the ground, too, why not choose an eco-friendly gift like a real, living tree?
You could even choose a tree with ruby red leaves to match the theme – we recommend a Japanese acer, otherwise known as Japanese maple. These beautiful trees range from small to huge, and their leaves turn shades of beautiful red in autumn – and some are even red throughout the spring and summer!
Book an Unforgettable Experience
What could be more exciting and memorable than booking a once-in-a lifetime experience for you both to share on your ruby anniversary?
From a steam train trip for two with a fine dining dinner to a wine tasting afternoon, or cocktails on top of the world on the London Eye, there are experiences to suit everybody. You could even sip champagne from a hot air balloon or enjoy a grand tour and afternoon tea at the Royal Albert Hall.
Take a look at Virgin Experience Days for more exciting ideas!
Personalise a Special Gift of Ruby Port
What could be better on a cosy night in than sipping port with a well-prepared cheese board? Perhaps sipping from your very own personalised Ruby Wedding port?
There are gift companies who specialise in personalised port bottles with special messages. Why not make your Ruby Wedding anniversary a Ruby Port Anniversary?
Get Comfy
Do you both love sitting in the conservatory, watching the world go by? Is your husband or wife always looking for an extra cushion? This Ruby Wedding personalised cushion gift is practical and beautiful, and makes a real statement piece for your front room or anywhere else you like to sit together.
Create a Personalised Front Page
Your marriage has seen you take on forty years of fun together, so you must have plenty of stories to tell. Share them in one of our bespoke front page personalised gifts, for a Ruby Wedding present that’s from the heart. Here’s one I made earlier…
We can combine your favourite photographs of the two of you together, with your favourite stories and anecdotes to create a newspaper front page that’s uniquely yours. What’s more, it will look beautiful in a frame on your wall, so you can read it whenever you like, forever!
Take a look at some of the bespoke Anniversary newspaper front pages The Occasional Reporter has created. Which stories and photos would you choose for yours?
