Finding a perfect gift for any occasion is a huge task, be it a wedding, birthday, or anniversary. The gift should be reasonable, useful, and shouldn’t create a hole in the buyer’s pocket. The extravagance of the gift also shouldn’t create pressure on the receiver to deliver the same quality and quantity when they buy a gift for your celebration.
Buying an anniversary gift should not make you pull your hair out, that too for the females. There are a variety of items available that can be used as an anniversary gift which she can utilize for her personal use or for the household.
To make your life easier, we have created an extensive list to take ideas for the best anniversary gift for a bride.
1. Jewellery
It is a well-known fact that jewels are a woman’s best friend. Hence it is quite evident that gifting jewellery tops our list. Bangles, earrings, necklace, rings, anklets, these are some of the items that will forever be useful to her. Be it gold, silver, antique, pearl, custom made, buy her anything beautiful, and she is sure to love it. Why not buy her an earring with her initials or a delicate daily wear necklace? The antique-style earrings will surely suit the Banarasi saree.
2. Spa Voucher
Gift a spa voucher and watch the excited smile that appears on the bride’s face. A spa session will always brighten up a married woman’s day. She has been so busy setting up her home and learning new dishes, she deserves a day of relaxation. A voucher can be one of the most beneficial gifts that you can give her.
3. Kitchen Appliances
One can never have enough home appliances. And with the advancement of technologies on a daily basis, the older ones are sure to become obsolete very soon. Gift her the latest coffee maker, hand blender, rice cooker, roti maker, toaster, electric kettle, induction cooktop are some of the reasonable kitchen appliances that you can gift to make her life easier.
4. Crockery and cutlery
Another extremely useful category for a woman setting up her home. Nowadays, there are a variety of highly beautiful crockery items available, especially crystal and bone china. Gift her a glass bowl set, dinner set, tea set, serving spoon set, so that she can flaunt their uniqueness and beautiful material to her guests.
5. Make-up and Cosmetic Set
For a bride, a makeup and cosmetic set is a boon. A woman will never feel that she has an abundance of makeup products or cosmetics. You can either create a customized bag of some branded products or buy a pre-made set online. You can put in sunscreens, toiletries, some good brands of generic skincare products, some pedicure and manicure accessories, and nail paint. I’m sure the bride will be extremely grateful for this package.
6. Holiday/Vacation Package
No one on this planet can get enough holidays for themselves. Everybody needs a time-out and travel to a land where they can not only have some time for themselves but enjoy the beauty of the world. The parents or close relatives of the bride can gift her a holiday package which she can utilize when she is totally exhausted from her mundane life.
7. Books
If the bride has a passion for reading, then books will be an ideal gift. Enquiring about her favorite genre, author and the books she has already read will not be a huge problem and basis that, you buy her a book that will keep her passion alive.
8. Cookbook
Another form of a book that you can gift the bride is a cookbook of Indian and/or international dishes. Some may consider this as rude, but it doesn’t necessarily have to mean that the bride doesn’t know how to cook. Cooking varied types of dishes will help her in keeping her kitchen full of delicious smells. One gets bored with cooking and eating the same style of food, a cookbook will give her the option of trying out new dishes.
9. Aromatherapy Basket
The ladies these days are obsessed with scented candles and fragrant bath oils. And why shouldn’t they? Who doesn’t like good and relaxing smells? Gift the bride a basket full of scented bath oils, bath salts, scented candles, to make her home smell wonderful and relax her mind.
10. House Plants
Gifting house plants are in trend these days. These plants are not only low maintenance but also elevate the beauty of the house. You can either buy some potted house plants or small plants that she can put in her choice of vase or pot.
11. Hair Care Appliances and products
Apart from her skin, the hair is another aspect of her face that a woman is very conscious and careful about. And by gifting her a branded brush, dryer, straightener or a combo of hair care products will make you her best friend.
12. Perfumes
Perfumes are yet another gift item that are very versatile but also quite tricky as one can often go wrong in the choice of scent. You can buy this as a gift if you are very sure of the type of smell and brand the bride likes to wear.
13. Decoration Items
There are a plethora of decorative items that are available and can be used as a gift item in the market these days. Consider gifting nice home décor items like lampshades, murals, paintings, wall hangings, clocks, statues, and vases. Handicraft items are also in trend and give a very nice touch to the home.
14. Photo Frames
Another subset of home decorative items are nice and elegant photo frames. Photo frames are a wonderful gift that can be used to cherish the memories that have been created over the years. These also come in various shapes, sizes, and materials. If you have enough time in your hands, you can also make a DIY photo frame, it will give a nice personal touch to your gift.
15. Bar Accessories
If you know that the bride is a wine enthusiast or her new home has a bar with some champagne bottles and branded whiskeys, you can think of gifting a champagne holder, or wine cooler, ice buckets and tong set, or a set of glasses for wine. Gifting a bottle of a branded champagne or wine can also be a good choice.
16. Bed sheet or Towel Sets
Gifting linen or towel sets can also be a good choice. These are one of the safest choice of gift items that one can think of. There are a variety of materials, colors and prints available which will of great use to the bride. I really don’t think that bedsheets and towels will lose their importance anytime soon.
17. Gadgets
The female gender these days has started to show a lot of interest in electronic gadgets. Gadgets like Amazon Echo or Alexa, headphones, bluetooth speaker, smartwatch, etc., are some of the items that can be used for gifting purposes.
18. Gift vouchers
Practically all the big shopping stores have a gift voucher that can be used for this purpose. This will give the bride the freedom to choose her own wardrobe collection, be it dresses, shoes or accessories.
19. Flowers and Cakes
A versatile gifting option, flowers and cakes are there to take you out of the never ending spiral of thinking of a perfect gift for a lady. I have never come across any female who doesn’t love flowers. Roses, orchids, lilies are some of the best options for elegant bouquets. A delicious cake can be added to it to make a perfect gifting combo.
20. Cash
If you literally cannot think of anything, give some cash. Gifting cash envelopes solves all the problems of the bride. She can buy anything that she may need and also be saved from the embarrassment of accepting any unwanted gifts.
As stated in the beginning, ensure that the gift item is not too expensive. For some of them, you can easily come to know about the bride’s preferences by asking her family members or bringing up a topic in a conversation with her. However, don’t pressure yourself in giving a perfect gift. If you really don’t know what will be best, go with the standard, flowers or gift vouchers, you can never go wrong with them.
We @VenueMonk hope that you now have an idea of what gift to give to a bride on her anniversary.