Sparkle like Crystal on your 3rd Anniversary!

If you have hit a road block when it comes to buying her that worthwhile gift for your 3rd wedding anniversary, take heart. You are not the alone. Suddenly this whole anniversary thing hits you. While getting her a special present for the first year seemed easy, the subsequent years seem to call upon every last ounce of your creativity – and then some!

Yes, we know, the third doesn’t seem much of a ‘historic’ year or anything. But, given the rather depressing marriage market statistics, for every one marriage that falls by the wayside, there is another that is ushering in their 3rd wedding anniversary.

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Okay, let’s cut to the chase. If it is jewellery that you have fallen back upon, make it appropriate for this year. This means crystal jewellery. Yes, they sparkle and glitter like diamonds, so that makes them anniversary-worthy straightaway.

If you have heard of crystal healing, you’ll be aware that these multi-coloured stones have played a powerful role down the centuries. And because they come in so many different colours, you get to choose from a huge variety! Go ahead, pick her favourite colour and you’ll be sure to find a corresponding crystal. Interestingly, each colour also has its own significance. So, green crystals signify love, health and harmony while protection and trust is conveyed by the light blues ones.

You can see an image of a crystal on this page: 3rd Wedding Anniversary Gifts.

Browse through other interesting nuggets of information regarding the 3rd year while you are there.

We are soon going to list a whole host of gifts that you can purchase online immediately –suitable for each anniversary year. They will be picked from a cast of thousands of gifts from dozens of retailers, saving you lots of clicks!

Check out our updated 3rd anniversary gift advice page here.

It’s customary to mark the 3rd wedding anniversary with a gift made of leather. So, if it’s your 3rd anniversary, you should be shopping for leather gifts.

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Leather: your mind is probably already racing away with you into the realms of some exotic costume or other …erm…fantasy. But hold your horses. This anniversary gift is for her, not you! Let’s try to think of something a little less risque that will be appreciated a lot more.

What’s the most common leather item owned by a woman? A belt? Maybe. A purse? Possibly. Shoes? Well okay, but not really gift material. But, bet you every woman has a handbag and would adore a swanky new leather one. Something at the price level that should would never-ever dream of treating herself too.

For handbags, think in terms of designer labels, like Mulberry, Fendi, Prada, etc. And, possibly a good idea to take her best (female) friend out shopping with you. Look, if she doesn’t like it she’ll appreciate the effort and can still exchange it at the shop.

If you’re really not up to shopping for handbags, you could always make her a voucher to give her instead. Put a picture of the bag you would have chosen on it. Book a day (maybe on your anniversary itself) to go do the big shop. And, make a day of it by treating her to lunch too. Oh, and don’t moan no matter how many bags she tries!

Besides handbags, there’s a wealth of leather accessories to choose from including: purses, leather photo keyrings, leather photo frames, i-pod holders/ covers, travel wallets, gloves, jewellery. In fact, leather is probably one of the easier anniversary gifts to shop for. So, get to it.

Find more 3rd year anniversary gifts ideas here.

The 3rd year anniversary advice page is now online!

Read it to learn what kind of gifts are traditional given on year 3 anniversaries (for most anniversary years there is a customary gift type in the UK). You’ll also find we suggest gifts around the “widely accepted” modern alternative, because some of these traditional anniversary gifts are a bit old fashioned (hence traditional!).

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OK, on top of this, the traditional/customary flower to give and jewellery gemstone are helpfully listed. So, you don’t have to be dull and do red roses + diamonds (!) every year! Since the third anniversary gem is crystal, that should save you a pound or two!

Anniversary number 3 is a tricky one. Number one was easy – you made a big effort as it was your first and you were in the still freshly married. Second wasn’t so bad. How difficult can it be to think of two good ideas a year apart. Now you have to make it three great anniversaries out of three to prove you really are the man she thought you were!

Year 3 anniversary advice is here. Read it and make the third your wife’s best anniversary yet!