The traditional anniversary list is lovely in theory. In practice, you're three years in, staring at the word "leather" and wondering if a wallet says "eternal love" (it doesn't).
Here's the modern cheat: honour the material, but make it about a moment from your marriage. That's the difference between a themed object and a gift that means something.
The years people actually search for
1st (Paper): tickets from your first date, a printed photo... or bend the rules with a photo keepsake of your wedding day that plays your first dance video when scanned. Technically it's a photo. Emotionally it's a time machine.
5th (Wood): a framed canvas on a wooden wall. Our canvases are handcrafted to gallery standard and hang beautifully over the bed or mantel.
10th (Tin, or modern: aluminium): ten years deserves better than tin. A crystal glass block with a decade-old wedding photo and video of the speeches gets closer to the point.
25th (Silver): this is the one where the kids club together. A photo from the wedding, plus a video message from the whole family. Fair warning: there will be tears.
50th (Gold): fifty years of marriage is fifty years of photos. Choose the one where they're laughing.
Why photo-and-video gifts work for anniversaries
An anniversary is the one occasion that is literally about a moment in time: the day you married. A gift that lets you watch that day again, whenever you like, from the mantelpiece, is about as on-theme as it gets.
Every TimeFrame keepsake holds one photo and one video behind a discreet QR code. Wedding photo plus first dance. Honeymoon photo plus the terrible karaoke. Your call.
Browse the anniversary collection, and if you're unsure which photo will print best, our guide will help.