16th wedding anniversary: ​​Beautiful ideas for a sapphire wedding

After 16 years of marriage, they made it to the sapphire wedding. Not all married couples reach this anniversary. So you can rightly be proud of yourself and should celebrate this day accordingly!

You have overcome many hurdles together, perhaps even started a family, but in any case you have grown together as a couple. You know each other like no other and can celebrate your love on such a special day. Look back together at what you have already achieved and look forward to what is to come with confidence.

The 16th wedding anniversary is also called the sapphire wedding. Sapphires are valuable gemstones. They are made of the mineral corundum and are close behind diamonds in terms of hardness. It is therefore an extremely hard material. Sapphires appear in different shades of blue. If the stone is colored red, it is no longer called a sapphire but rather a ruby.

Like many other gemstones, sapphires are said to have an energy that is passed on to the wearer. Even in ancient times, sapphires were considered protective stones that were supposed to ward off evil and bring peace. The deep blue also symbolizes calm, clarity, but also stability and loyalty.

The symbolism behind it quickly becomes clear. A marriage that lasts 16 years also shows durability. In contrast to fresh love, it is characterized more by calm than by excitement.

The couple has also proven that their love has also reached a certain level of hardness. It is not yet at the level of a diamond, but it has already made it to sapphires. Their connection has become as valuable as the blue gems. At the same time, the sapphire promises those celebrating their anniversary loyalty, stability and peace in the future.

Real sapphires are of course an obvious gift for a sapphire wedding. Sapphires are popular gemstones. Rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, brooches – everything you like can be found with sapphires. The meaning of the gemstone undoubtedly makes the gift even more special. Unfortunately, jewelry with sapphires is relatively expensive.

Of course, for the 16th wedding anniversary it doesn't have to be sapphires. You can also convey the same meaning with a sapphire blue gift. These can be other blue gemstones. But these can also be completely different gifts. Bed linen, vases, dishes – whatever makes your partner happy is the perfect gift.

A nice and inexpensive gift idea is a home-cooked dinner. This is a popular idea, especially for couples who have decided not to give each other gifts, as a way to make the other person happy. A simple way to make home-cooked food a little more festive is blue table decorations. The dinner together will also be designed according to the motto of the sapphire wedding.

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Instead of one big gift, several small gifts in a box or basket can be a sweet idea. How about 16 little things to celebrate your 16th wedding anniversary? Anyone who buys all the gifts in the blue version also picks up on the sapphire symbolism.

Flowers are the classic wedding anniversary gift. If you want to give the bouquet a little more meaning, you can give away exactly 16 of your partner's favorite flowers based on the 16 years of marriage.

It is also conceivable to choose 16 different flowers and focus on the meaning of each individual flower. You can use the flower to tell your partner what they mean to you.

Learn more: Flowers and their meanings: This is what every plant stands for

If you don't like flowers, you might prefer 16 wine or 16 beer bottles. Whether different or your favorite variety is up to you. If there are 16 places that played a role in the relationship, you can also give away an alcoholic variety that is typical of that place.

Also funny:Fills 16 bottles with your partner's favorite candies or snacks.

When everyday life has gotten out of hand again, wellness is a wonderful way to find peace and focus on what's important. A wellness weekend can be the perfect gift for your wedding anniversary. This way the couple can take time just for each other and forget about the daily hamster wheel for a few days.

Here you can book an overnight stay in one of Dorint's wellness hotels.*

It's not always easy to find the right words to express what you feel for your partner. On your wedding day at the latest, you should still do your best to show your appreciation to the other person. After all, kind words never hurt anyone. Some partners even need to hear it urgently.

To make it easier for you to find the right words, we have 25 sayings to inspire you. At least the left side of the map would be filled and famous poets can usually express it more beautifully than you can anyway.

“In your hands are my times, my entire life, all the days, hours and moments.”
Martin Luther

“All happiness in marriage lies in mutual trust and accommodation. Foolish love soon fades, but one must respect and serve one another.”
Maria Theresia

“True love is like ghosts: everyone talks about it, but only a few have seen it.”
François de La Rochefoucauld

“To write a good love letter, you must begin without knowing what you want to say and end without knowing what you said.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The wedding is the golden ring of a chain that begins with a glance and ends with eternity.”
Khalil Gibran

"I don't believe that only one position, a certain relationship, makes a person happy, with the exception of marriage, when you have got the little devil that was intended for you in heaven."
Theodor Fontane

“True love arises from the harmony of thoughts and the contrast of characters.”
Theodore Simon Jauffroy

“Where you feel the most, you know the least to say.”
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

“Where love is sown, joy grows.”
William Shakespeare

“Where you go, there I go, and where you stay, I stay too. Your people are my people and your God is my God. Where you die, I die too, I want to be buried there. Let the Lord do this and that to me – only death will separate me from you.”
Rut 1, 16-18

“There is only one happiness in life – to love and be loved.”
George Sand

“Walking the path of life with you: infinite joy lies ahead.”
Psalm 16, 11

“A good marriage is based on the talent for friendship.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

“We are shaped and shaped by what we love.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is nothing more beautiful than being loved,
loved for its own sake, or rather:
despite himself.”
Victor Hugo

“In marriage you have to wage a constant battle against a monster that devours everything: habit.”
Honoré de Balzac

“I always loved you, I still love you today and will love you forever.”
Ludwig Uhland

“Without belief in its permanence, love would be nothing; only constancy makes it great.”
Honore de Balzac

"Time flies, love endures."
Latin proverb

“Love lives from lovely little things.”
Theodor Fontane

“In love, all of life’s contradictions sink and disappear. Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.”
Rabindranath Tagore

“Marriage: So I call the will of two to create the one that is more than they created it.”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“As far as the earth can be heaven, so far it is in a happy marriage.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“True marital happiness usually only begins when the first roses have faded.”
Adolf Kolping

“Love is long-suffering and kind, love is not jealous, love does not indulge in mischief, it does not puff itself up, it does not behave improperly, it does not seek its own, it does not allow itself to be embittered, it does not count evil, it does not rejoice in injustice, but it rejoices in the truth; she endures everything, she believes everything, she hopes everything, she tolerates everything. Love never fades.”
1. Corinthians 13, 4-8