Online encyclopedia Wikipedia.org defines anniversary as a day that commemorates or celebrates a particular event from the past. Anniversaries do imply an essential part of our life and that’s why we all celebrate it.

There are many types of anniversaries and have its own circle of symbols. Anniversaries maybe about wedding, birthdays, or even death. The chart below is a set of anniversary symbols:

Year Traditional Modern

1 paper clocks

2 cotton china

3 leather crystal, glass

4 books electrical appliances

5 wood silverware

6 sugar, candy wood

7 wool, copper desk sets

8 bronze, pottery linens, laces

9 pottery, willow leather

10 tin, aluminum diamond jewelry

11 steel fashion jewelry

12 silk, linen pearls, colored gems

13 lace textiles, furs

14 ivory gold jewelry

15 crystal watches

20 china platinum

25 silver silver

30 pearl diamond

35 coral jade

40 ruby ruby

45 sapphire sapphire

50 gold gold

55 emerald emerald

60 diamond diamond

75 diamond diamond

First times are always significant and special. Traditionally, for those people who believe in superstitious beliefs, the first birthday of a baby must be huge so that his/her coming birthdays will also be special as well. The tradition is somewhat an stimulant for the birthdays and luck to come unto his/her life. The tradition is not practiced by all. The life of the baby counts on how his or her parents reared him with discipline. On the other hand, when in terms of romantic relationship, people say first love never dies. What do you think about that? Well that depends on you.

During anniversaries, most of us give gifts and presents to the people we dearly love. Efforts in creating the gifts or presents will add more highlight and peculiarity. How much money you invest in that gift will make you no special because you do not show exertions. Expensiveness of the gift is not special as long as the gift or present comes from the heart even the most costly jewelry will be beaten by it. As of me, I love gifts that are created by the most important people in my life because it shows how much they treasure me.

Scrapbooking is one way to show our love and care to the people we hold dear during weddings, birthdays, and all categories of anniversaries. Through scrapbooks one can reminisce past events from the last 365 days or more. Personal transformations and development will also be traced by scrapbooking. Your loved ones will definitely appreciate your efforts in doing a scrapbook on the event. Everyone will smile at how much improvement your friends or loved ones have or how funny they were back then. Express how creative you are through scrapbooking and make your beloved happy.