Wedding Anniversary Marriage of Forty Five Years - Sapphire  

Sapphires come in an array of colours - pink, yellow, white, green and red as well as blue - so the theme of a anniversary wedding party could be anything from one colour theme, to rainbow colour theme.

Flowers used as decorations could include a variety that spells out some meaning for the couple such as red or love, freesias for faithfulness.

The gemstone associated with this anniversary is Alexandrite, named after the Russian tsar Alexander II. The very first crystals were discovered in April 1834 in the  Tokovaya River in the Urals. The discovery was made on the day the future tsar came of age. 

The most amazing feature of this stone is its ability to change its colour. Green or bluish-green in daylight, it turns a soft shade of red, purplish-red or raspberry red in incandescent light. 

Lady Diana Spencer, choose for her engagement ring an 18-carat oval sapphire surrounded by 14 diamonds. 

A decade or two earlier, the Duke of Windsor made his wedding gift to Wallis Simpson, a bracelet in the shape of garter, with a round cushion-shaped sapphires placed in the centre of a wide diamond bracelet.  

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.