Wedding Anniversary Marriage of Eight Years - Bronze or Pottery 

The age of bronze resulted in many artifacts associated with weddings and marriage. Bells, often used to communicate the great events in a community, including a wedding ceremony, were made out of bronze.

Keys, used to guard what is valued, in some ancient cultures were placed in the hands of a married woman but never in the hands of an unmarried one.

The flower associated with the eighth wedding anniversary is clematis and the gemstone is the Aveturine or multi-coloured Tourmaline. Aventurine helps to reinforce decisiveness and amplify leadership qualities. Good for calming anxiety and fears.

Traditional gifts for the eighth wedding anniversary includes bronze bookends, sculpture, international pottery, kitchen canisters, plant with bronze pot, dinnerware.

Since bronze itself is an alloy of two metals - a fusion of copper and tin - the eighths wedding anniversary is ideal to celebrate the union not only of the couple, but of the two families from which they come.  This could be just an anniversary with the couple and their parents, or include all immediate family members.

Each side of the family could be asked to bring their favourite dish, while the couple make take this opportunity to evolve a favourite dish of their own.  

For all information contact Vlady at vlady_celebrant@yahoo.com.au , telephone her on (07) 3283 8567, Mobile 0415 324 982 or write to her, Vlady M Peters, Civil Marriage Celebrant, PO Box 394, Redcliffe. Qld. Australia.