Although it is purely optional, listed below are the traditional materials matching each wedding anniversary year. This is a great way to start your brainstorming for anniversary gift-giving even if you end up choosing a material that is different from your current anniversary year.

Year	Traditional	Modern	Alternate	Flowers	Alternate Stones
1	Paper	Plastic	Clocks	Pansy	Gold Jewelry Alt: Peridot
2	Cotton	Cotton and Calico	China	Cosmos	Garnet
3	Leather	Leather	Crystal and Glass	Fuchsia	Pearls Alt: Jade
4	Fruit and Flowers	Linen, Silk, Nylon	Appliances	Geranium	Blue Topaz Alt: Blue Zircon
5	Wood	Wood	Silverware	Daisy	Sapphire Alt: Pink Tourmaline
6	Candy	Iron	Wood	Calla Lily	Amethyst Alt: Turquoise
7	Copper and Wool	Brass	Desk Sets	Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Onyx Alt: Yellow Sapphire
8	Bronze	Pottery	Linen	Clematis	Tourmaline Alt: Tanzanite
9	Pottery	Willow	Leather	Poppy	Lapis Lazuli Alt: Amethyst
10	Tin	Aluminum	Diamond	Daffodil	Diamond Alt: Blue Sapphire
11	Steel	Steel	Jewelry	Morning Glory	Turquoise Alt: Citrine
12	Silk	Linen	Pearl	Peony	Jade Alt: Opal
13	Lace	Lace	Textiles, Faux Fur	Hollyhock	Citrine Alt: Moonstone, Hawk's Eye
14	Ivory  (use an elephant-friendly material)	Ivory  (use an elephant-friendly material)	Gold	Dahlia	Opal Alt: Agate, Bloodstone
15	Crystal	Glass	Watches	Rose	Ruby Alt: Alexandrite, Rhodolite Garnet
16		Silver Holloware	Wax candle flowers		Peridot Alt: Red Spinel
17		Furniture	Shell roses		Watch Alt: Carnelian
18		Porcelain	Feather flowers		Cat's Eye or Chrysoberyl
19		Bronze	Chili pepper roses		Aquamarine Alt: Almandine Garnet
20	China	China	Platinum	Day Lily	Emerald Alt: Yellow or Golden Diamond
21		Brass and Nickel			Iolite
22		Copper			Spinel
23		Silver Plate			Imperial Topaz
24		Musical Instruments		2 Dozen Roses	Tanzanite
25	Silver	Silver	Silver	Iris	Silver Jubilee
26		Pictures	26 fine chocolates
27		Sculpture
28		Orchids		Orchid
29		Furniture
30	Pearl	Pearl	Pearl	Sweet Pea	Pearl Jubilee
31		Timepieces
32		Transportation
33		Amethyst			Amethyst
34		Opal			Opal
35	Coral	Coral and Jade	Jade		Emerald
36		Bone China
37		Alabaster
38		Beryl	Tourmaline		Beryl Alt: Tourmaline
39		Lace
40	Ruby	Garnet	Ruby	Nasturtium	Ruby
41		Land
42		Real Estate
43		Travel
44		Gourmet
45	Sapphire	Sapphire	Sapphire		Cat's Eye
46		Poetry
47		Books
48		Optical
49		Luxury Goods
50	Gold	Gold	Gold	Violet	Golden Jubilee Alt: Imperial or Golden Topaz
55	Emerald	Turquoise	Emerald		Alexandrite
60	Diamond	Gold	Diamond		Diamond Jubilee Alt: Star Ruby
65	Diamond	Gold	Diamond		Blue Spinel
70	Diamond	Gold	Diamond		Sapphire Jubilee Alt: Smoky Quartz
75	Diamond	Gold	Diamond		Diamond Jubilee
80		Diamond			Ruby Jubilee