50th Anniversary Gifts

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We gave our parents a pendulum wall clock with a name plate on it saying their first names and 50th Wedding Anniversary and the date. They both loved it ! They have taken that clock with them, moving to 3 different states, now.

Post By Lynda (Guest Post)

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I sell detailed handpainted botanical pottery for a living at a Saturday Market in an upscale area of my town. About 30% of my business is Custom Orders. One of my specialties is to design & paint this pottery with custom Wedding & Anniversary messages on it (it's usually painted on the bottom). The nice thing is that the customer can work with me to design their own atrwork, flowers & colors, along with the custom saying they want on the bottom of their piece. Customers usually choose a bowl (because it's practical) or a platter (because there's lots of room on the bottom to do a wonderful design) These pieces are kiln fired using a nontoxic satin glaze, they are microwave safe & the artwork is also glazed on the bottom (where the message usually is).

For some reason I've done quite a few 50th Anniversary gifts this Summer... It seems there's lots of folks out there celebrating their 50th anniversary this year! ...My prices start at $48 for a small custom bowl & go up to $95 for a large custom platter with many pieces & prices in between. Some people will choose a special flower or flowers that match their home's decor & some will choose the colors & flowers they had when they were married.

I prefer to do things mostly low tech, so I don't have a web site, but I DO have thousands of happy customers & references as I've been doing this professionally for over 20 years. I discourage doing mail orders, but if you really needed something like this I would be happy to paint something JUST for your parents' anniversary (my customers only pay if they are 100% pleased with my work) But, instead of MY work, I would suggest you find an other artist or an artistic friend who could make you something specially for them. Be it a handcrafted comforter or quilt with their names & their wedding date embroidered on the front or back of it, or a set of glasses etched with a message on them, or anything that they know was made especially for them. I once painted a simple sunflower pie plate with just the customer's mothers name on the back surrounded with a vine of small flowers & because this pie plate had her name painted on the back, she knew it was made just for her & last month when my customer flew back home to see her, she noticed the pie plate was hung in a prized place in her moms kitchen & she used it regularly. Because her mother loved the piece so much, I am now in the process of painting a special bowl for her sister for Christmas. Custom pieces like this can mean so much more to the person that's getting a gift than any "store bought" gift ever can! ...

Go to your local farmers Market & take a look around & maybe you'll find an artist who can simply put your Dad's & Mom's name & the date they were married on the artwork they make... I usually do it something like this:

DAVE & JUNE
ANDERSON
10-15-1958

Then I usually have a vine of "Forget-me-not" flowers entwining it. (because forget-me-not's are the "Love & friendship" flower")

If you don't want to hassle with all that, my ex-husband has a web business where he makes custom wooden Bible boxes that hold a family bible & many other custom wooden gifts. He then uses a fancy computer laser that he paid over $20,000 for to etch a custom design, logo (or your parents names & wedding date) into the bottom, top or side of the piece. Take a look at his web site for some wonderful custom ideas:

www.spiritwoodgifts.com

OPPS: I just checked his web site, it's down at the moment for repairs... Keep checking on it....

PS: Take a simple heavy glass frame & frame their 50th Anniversary party invitations & if you can find one of their original wedding invitations, make a copy of it (or use the original) & frame that too... These simple framed invitations make wonderful gifts!

* & don't forget to make a special 50th Anniversary Christmas ornament for them this Christmas!

Post by Cyinda

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For my parents we had a big party, all of us kids chiped in we rented a local hall. My nephew took a bunch of old pictures and made a slide show of my parents from the time that they went to their high school prom together all the way through today, it had us kids, their grandkids and greatgrandkids- it was set to music. The hall that we rented had a big screen t.v. in it and we played the c.d. on it. Everyone ooed an yawed all evening. We also had pictures of them everywhere. Best of all is we kept it all a surprise untill they walked in the door. This was over a year ago, I still catch my mom watching that c.d. and looking at all the picture they brought home that now cover the walls of their home.

Post by angbeth

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I think this is a great idea! Check it out...
https://app1.whitehouse.gov/greetings/anniversary

Other things that would be nice include: a picture of the family in a nice GOLD frame (gold for the 50th) or even a collage of family members in a gold frame...
Gift certificates for movies, gas, groceries or any "essentials" can be more appreciated than you know, especially in todays economy!
Family members could make personalized coupon books for them to cash in with things like mowing the lawn, making a grocery run for them, washing the car, a trip to the spa or movie, a picnic outing, a trip to the zoo, a trip to the art museum or an upcoming concert event, etc (whatever kinds of things they enjoy)...

Post by LMcCay420

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If you can't think of anything else, give them fifty of the gold color one dollar coins, available from any bank. Put them is a gold decorative box. They can use them for anything like dining in a restaurant, or whatever.

Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)

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A public show of congratulations is wonderful, if they are that kind of parents. Some are not.
If they are, gather your pennies and see how much it would cost for a "then and now" photo in the paper. There are also some gift places on this site

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=fake+newspapers&aq=f&oq=

where you can have a news paper made up to display them on the front page, and what was happening that day in the world, or write your own stories about your births, etc. If you can, order two so they can display one side and then the other if they choose to frame them.

Family photos are never a mistake. If you know someone who does scrapbooking, have them make a wedding album with scraps of the dress or keepsakes, etc. If someone is a poet, have them write one about your parents, and either include it in the book or have it professionally framed

If you all can't afford a trip to a nice place far off, perhaps a nice dinner cruise close, or a train ride with a dinner theatre, a tour of the local wineries or a local event that they always wanted to attend.

And yes, time is the most important thing to give them. You have been truely blessed to have parents who loved each other that long, then tell them how much that has meant to you. That is gift enough.

Post by Poor But Proud

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What about a weekend getaway-if they went on a honey moon maybe send them to wherever they honeymooned!
Gift cards to favorite restaurants .
Congratulations to them for staying together! They deserve a tribute for staying committed!

Post By velsgal from Missouri (Guest Post)

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I gave my grandparents a photo album that I had everyone sign with a message by their pictures, including friends they winter with and people they attend church with, they seemed to love it as they show everyone that comes to their house.I worked on it for almost a year but you can send out pages now and have them mail them back directly to your parents if time is short.

Post By Peg (Guest Post)

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I'm Canadian so not sure if this may be applicable to you if you're an American.
I contacted my in-laws federal M.P. and he went to task ensuring that every government head from local to the Queen's representative (Queen herself only sends greetings if over 60 years, I believe) sent them either a letter or a signed certificate congratulating them on their 50 years of marriage.
For the most part, they were tickled pink...of course some of the congrats were from the "wrong polictical party" Ha!
After 50 years together what can you BUY, they have for most part everything they want/need.
Give them more attention, phone calls and visits, that's what they'll really appreicate.
Cheers,
:-)
D.

Post By Doreen (Guest Post)

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