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40th Wedding Anniversary Decoration
Create Special Memories For A 40th Wedding Anniversary
If you're throwing a party for a couple celebrating their 40th
wedding anniversary, decorations can be worked around the
traditional meaning of the day. The 40th wedding anniversary is
traditionally known as the Ruby Anniversary.
To play into the theme, choose rich red ruby with gold, silver or
black as accents for the main colors of your 40th wedding
anniversary decorations. To make the day a special memory for the
happy couple, draw on their lives as inspiration for the
decorating and for the events that you plan for the day.
Start the celebration with a ceremony for the couple to renew
their vows. Most churches have beautiful and moving rituals that
were designed exactly for occasions like this. If you have access
to wedding pictures, you may be able to have a florist try to
reproduce the aisle flowers and altar arrangements from the
original wedding day. If not, you can add a special touch to the
church with pew ribbons of silver edged with a rich ruby.
Is it possible to rent the hall where the original wedding
reception was held? Forty years is a long time, but if you're
lucky, the reception venue may still be in operation. Imagine what
a sentimental surprise it would be for them to celebrate 40 years
together in the same room where they began their journey.
Drawing on memories of the couple's life together is another great
source of inspiration for the decorating. Set up a life gallery as
part of the room's decor. When you send out invitations, ask your
guests to bring with them (or send you beforehand) at least one
photo of the anniversary couple taken at special events throughout
the year.
Raid your old photo albums and family memory boxes as well. Rent
corkboard room dividers or screens from a rental company, and
drape them in ruby fabric. Trim with silver, and mount a happy
40th anniversary message on the screens.
Start the gallery off by tacking up photos you've gathered, and
provide plenty of pushpins and tacks for guests to add their own
photos as they arrive. Every photo added will spark memories to
add to the love and laughter being shared in celebration. At the
end of the day, gather all the photos to present to the couple in
an album to keep.
The anniversary cake can be another focal point of the decorations
for a 40th wedding anniversary party. Drape the table with a
ruby-red tablecloth and edge it with a silver garland of stars.
Sprinkle the tabletop with glittery silver and ruby stars, and set
the cake in the center.
Complete the picture with an arrangement of fresh cut flowers in
white and red. For a very special touch, you can have the cake
decorated with a photo of the bride and groom at their wedding, or
have a baker recreate their original wedding cake.
You can carry the ruby theme of the 40th wedding anniversary party
into the table centerpieces with flowers and ribbons, but if you'd
like a special table decoration that plays on the memories of 40
happy years, try this idea. A few weeks before the party, choose
several photos of the couple that represent happy memories - a
wedding photo, the christening of their first child, the two of
them walking hand-in-hand on the beach.
Have the photos copied - a copy of each photo for each table at
the party. Slip the photos into a Lucite picture cube purchased at
a department store, and then mount the cube on a pedestal
surrounded with flowers.
For 40th wedding anniversary decorations, we recommend
SHOP.com for large selection and low prices. Do a site search
for '40th wedding'. For more online merchants, please visit our
buyers guide.
About the Author
Abe Gardea is a full-time freelance writer and a contributor to http://www.wedding-decoration-idea.com.
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