Anniversary Gifts - Eighth Anniversary
By: Michael Russell
If you start going through the list of anniversary gift ideas for each year, as you get to year number eight, you start to get the feeling that the people who made up these lists were already starting to run out of ideas. We’re already starting to get into multiple repeats and the ideas themselves aren’t the easiest things to shop for. In spite of this problem, we’re going to try to give you some decent ideas for your eighth anniversary gifts.
The traditional gifts for number eight are bronze and pottery. Yes, these really inspire some great ideas. But if you sit down and give it some thought, actually quite a lot of thought, you can come up with some really nice gifts to give to your husband or wife. We’re going to start off with bronze.
When most people think of bronze the first thing that comes to mind is the bronze medal that you win at the Olympics. Well, this is probably not going to be an option unless your spouse is an Olympic swimmer. And even at that, they still have to compete. However, there are a few things that are made out of bronze or contain some bronze in them. For starters, several brands of pots and pans are partially made out of bronze. It may not be the most romantic gift in the world, but it’s practical. After all, you both have to eat and in order to do that, you need something to cook in. And of course there are always those special bronze collector plates that they’re always selling on TV. Not sure if they’re really worth what they say and if they’re going to increase in value, but they do look very nice.
Pottery is a little easier. If you go to a store that specializes in types of pottery, you are bound to find something nice. Plus, there is pottery from just about every corner of the world. Some of it is quite unusual. While this kind of gift is not at all practical, pottery makes a great show piece. And if you give it some thought, you can actually make some use out of a nice piece of pottery. For example, a pottery bowl can be used as a candy dish. Certainly when guests come by and see one of these things stuffed with Hershey Kisses, they’re most certainly be surprised.
For the modern gift and this is certainly a puzzle, we revert back to the traditional gift of anniversary number three. That’s right, leather is the modern gift of anniversary number eight. If you need some quick ideas for leather, of which there are plenty to go around, a short list would be, boots, belts, handbags, wallets, jackets and shoes. Now aren’t you glad that somebody came up with the modern gift idea for each anniversary?
The anniversary gifts for number eight aren’t the easiest to come up with if you’re a traditionalist or if you already sprung for leather on number three, but with a little thought, you’ll come up with something.
Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Anniversary Gifts