The Best Gift Ideas for Your 15th Wedding Anniversary
Finding a perfect anniversary gift isn’t always easy, but with the best gift ideas for your 15th wedding anniversary guide, you’re sure to get the perfect gift and make your partner super happy!
Wedding anniversaries are such a fun thing to celebrate! It means you’ve made it another year as a couple, and hopefully, you’re still in a state of at least somewhat wedded bliss! After many years of marriage, finding the perfect way to say “I love you” with a special gift on your anniversary can be tricky. This complete guide will help you with all your shopping needs!
Time Flies
Truly, time flies. I am not sure how in the world it’s been 15 years since we got married. Truly, it seems like just yesterday my husband proposed with the engagement ring, we set a wedding date, our wedding day arrived, and we got married. Then it was our first anniversary, then the second wedding anniversary, the fifth year, and on and on till now. You look up, and two houses later, two kids later, it’s been fifteen years. That’s just crazy. 15 years as a married couple and that’s a long time.
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15th Anniversary Gift Guidelines
So, for every year’s anniversary, there is a gemstone, flower, traditional gift, and modern gift suggestion. I think these suggestions are SO much fun to look at and sometimes they can really give you ideas for the best gifts! I love looking at the list each wedding anniversary year. Let’s dive into each one!
15th Wedding Anniversary Flower
The traditional flower of the fifteenth wedding anniversary is roses. Specifically, the red rose. Red roses symbolize love and passion and are the perfect flower for this milestone anniversary. Personally, I am always thrilled to see a bouquet of red roses show up for any special occasion!
15th Wedding Anniversary Gemstone
Each year gets its own gemstone. And I’m sure they must repeat at some point to not run out of choices! But the 15th anniversary gemstone is a red ruby! Rubies are just so beautiful and they are such an eye-catching stone, I just don’t think you could go wrong with a gift of a red ruby piece of jewelry, ever!
And honestly, at least for me, I love all kinds of jewelry. There are really pretty anniversary necklaces, bracelets and rings that don’t have to have a ruby in them. Real ruby jewelry would be quite expensive.
There is a well-established list of traditional anniversary gifts that’s been used for decades, even a century maybe. And in more recent years, modern themes and modern gift lists have emerged and grown more and more popular.
15th Wedding Anniversary Traditional Gift
The traditional 15th-anniversary gift is crystal. And I just love that. I found this explanation when I was doing my research for this post:
“Crystal is the traditional gift theme associated with the 15th wedding anniversary, its beautiful facets signifying the dazzling splendour of a lasting happy marriage. As crystal is fragile and easily broken, so it reminds the couple to nurture their relationship to prevent it from breaking down.”
The traditional gift is also sometimes called the traditional theme or traditional symbol of the anniversary.
15th Wedding Anniversary Modern Gift
The modern present for the 15th wedding anniversary is a watch. I think watches are always a very popular choice for an anniversary gift, especially for the fellas!
PS – I might be ahead of the game, unintentionally! We got each other Apple watches for Christmas! We had no idea we were getting ahead for the modern 15th anniversary gifts!
15th Anniversary Gifts
Alright! Now we know what the suggestions for gifts are, so let’s get down to shopping!
Crystal Gifts:
There are so many crystal anniversary gifts! Here are a few great ideas!
- Crystal vases (to put those red roses in!)
- Crystal Jewelry
- Crystal decanter
- Crystal picture frame
- Crystal paperweight
- Crystals (the natural ones)
- Crystal lamps
Watch Gifts:
Watches are super personal and very particular to the person. You’ll know best what kind of watch your partner would want. I will say this though… ladies… there is a GORGEOUS crystal watch over at Swavorski... that covers both modern and traditional gifts. You might want to send your partner a link!! Wink!!
Flower Gifts
A bouquet of red roses never goes wrong! They are gorgeous! But any flower will do! I love a bouquet from the grocery store just as much, if not more, as the one from the fancy florist. The one you stopped to buy and picked out just means more!
Jewelry Gifts
There are so many gorgeous jewelry gifts you can give your partner for you wedding anniversary, and they don’t even have to break the bank! There are so many affordable and trendy options these days! I’m going to refrain from a lot of links here as well since everyone’s jewelry preference is totally different. But I will say one more time that Swarovski has some AMAZING gifts for not that much money. Hint Hint Partners!!
Planning Your Anniversary Celebration
We love to go out to eat on a date night on or around our wedding anniversary if we can make it work! It’s always fun to plan something together. Some years we watch our wedding video too. It’s always kinda fun to look back on that day!
A lot of years we opted to celebrate with a small weekend trip and getaway with just us. You know if you have little kids, sometimes a quiet break is the best gift on Earth!
I think it’s fun to do a spin on the traditional gift ideas. We would never need (or want) actual crystal glasses or vases in the house. I’d be a nervous wreck to have them out and about and worry that they will get broken. But you could do something way more fun like a gag gift of a “crystal ball” or something fun like crystal jewelry. Or — if you live in the American South, PLEASE get Krystal hamburgers for your celebration. How funny would that be?! I think I might do that for my husband this year! Honey — if you are reading — you need to head to the Swarovski store for my gift. I’ll take one of everything they have.
Wrap-Up – The Best Gift Ideas for Your 15th Wedding Anniversary
So, there you have it! Fifteen years have passed in the absolute blink of an eye. I hope you have gotten some good ideas for this special occasion and that this helps you enjoy your special day! Whether you decide to go with a traditional anniversary gift or if you decide to branch out and do your own thing, have some fun getting your partner a fun give to celebrate your love. Good luck with your shopping! Happy 15th anniversary and many more to come! And as always, remember… Just Keep Shuffling!
