Ah, this wedding ... How many couples love a beautiful holiday symbolizing the love of two hearts! And it is good that there is not one, the very first and main, but many wedding dates. Chintz, wooden and other celebrations succeed each other, symbolizing certain stages of the existence of the family.
These dates may not be round. For example, a velvet wedding. How many years of marriage does she measure? 29 years of marriage! I would like to talk about this in more detail in this article.
Noble velvet
Just imagine that you now have velvet fabric at hand . Mentally stroke her, how do you feel? It is soft, pleasant to the touch, warm and tender. At the same time, dense and durable. It looks "expensive and rich." The color can be any one you wish.
Velvet is the privilege of adults and wise people. Young people rarely see clothes from it. This fabric symbolizes a certain nobility and greatness. Older people can already afford velvet gloves, or a handbag, or a tie.
From the history
Valuable velvet was known to the ancient Egyptians. The fabric came to Russia in the XV-XVI centuries. Mantles were sewn from velvet fabric to royal persons. Not everyone could afford to wear clothes from this material. In ancient paintings we can see this: velvet camisoles and trousers were the privilege of wealthy, status persons. Also, the heroes of these paintings depict velvet berets and shoes, trimmed with expensive fabric. Velvet was the most expensive of all fabrics in the markets of the Ancient East.
It is known from history that the list of inheritance left by the generous and wealthy head of the family included not only money and valuables, but also velvet cuts. A Russian-style masterpiece was a velvet fur coat with sables, which was embroidered with gold threads and precious stones. Most often they chose red, black, blue, green for clothes.
And in our time, the Queen of England can be seen in products from this fabric.
Date symbolism
The date is not an anniversary. But it is important as a confirmation of the value of the union, concluded 29 years ago.
A velvet wedding for a married couple is a kind of symbol, it is based on the meaning of the fabric. Such an event symbolizes nobility. This means that the couple, who lived 29 years in marriage, managed to overcome many difficulties and obstacles. Both of them, like velvet, carried through the years their tenderness, softness. We were able to prove that these relationships are as beautiful and strong as a noble fabric.
Another velvet wedding is evidence that rich spiritual experience has been accumulated. His couple can pass on to their children.
The symbol of the strength of the union is what a velvet wedding is. The marriage turned out to be strong and long, and this speaks of the inner strength and nobility of two people, the ability to "reign" in their small kingdom.
Wedding gifts
Velvet wedding is considered an important and solemn event. What to give to a married couple? After all, you need to make gifts for a velvet wedding! There are two sides to the coin. First: the spouses themselves need to congratulate each other. Second: guests are eager to come with presents.
The next morning, the couple should please each other with something symbolic. A woman in the old days sewed a velvet heart for this day and gave it to her husband. But this is not necessary now.
There are many options for the presentation, but they should all be with a bias in the "velvet theme." It can be the most beautiful roses of a velvet hue, stylish home slippers with velvet decor, a bow tie. Velvet can be replaced by materials similar to it: velor, flock. Any woman will be glad to receive a small box of velvet, inside of which there will be a ring or any other jewelry.
A gift may be a dress made of velor, a velvet jewelry box. A box with cufflinks or a fountain pen inside is suitable for a man. The color of velvet can be different: red, blue, green.
Guests invited to the celebration can also add a twist to their gifts. It can be velvet wrapping paper, decor elements, flowers on boxes. It can also be books in expensive bindings from the fabric described, photo albums for family pictures. What to give for a velvet wedding, everyone decides for himself. You just need to be smart and creative.
Where to celebrate
A velvet wedding is not an anniversary, so the options for holding a holiday can be any. Celebrating this date is a purely personal matter for two people. They have the right to decide what their triumph will be: noisy and crowded or secluded.
A married couple on this day can simply gather at the festive table with family members and friends, in a narrow circle. A noisier feast somewhere in a beautiful restaurant or cafe is not forbidden.
Perhaps the family will want to celebrate their date on a joint trip. Moreover, it can be either a banal walk in the favorite places of the city, or a trip to another country. Now it’s so easy to visit any exotic corner of the world.
That is, there is no specific protocol for holding a velvet wedding. The most important thing is to understand the significance of the event and be able to capture it in memory and in many beautiful photographs!
Wedding decorations
If the spouses decide to spend the holiday at home, in a family way, then younger family members will help them decorate the celebration. Here everyone will prove himself! It can be flowers - for example, marigolds (depending on the season), velvet figurines, a tablecloth on a table with a special design for expensive fabric or velor inserts. The room can also be decorated with velvet curtains and scattered around the sofa cushions with pillowcases made of this material.
You can decorate the "young". In this case, enough small elements in the clothes: ribbon, velvet belt, tie. And all this can be done with your own hands.
When holding a celebration in a restaurant or other institution, it is important to choose the room itself with the desired design. So, for example, velvet curtains, sofas or chairs with velvet upholstery will look great. Paintings with appropriate frames are possible in the interior.
And, of course, if the date allows, then you can go together to the sea coast in a soft and gentle "velvet season". This will be a wonderful gift to each other! Although in this case, the couple can "play" and decorate their clothes with decorative elements from velvet fabric.
Holding a wedding
When conducting a wedding, if this is an option with guests, the organizers and relatives should remember important things. Congratulations on a velvet wedding should be special.
Firstly, velvet was always expensive and meant a lot. The relations of people who have lived together for 29 years (an impressive period) also mean a lot. Based on this, you need to build congratulations and competitions. They should not be vulgar or vulgar.
Secondly, the couple have gained invaluable experience in relationships over the years. They have something to be proud of and there is something to pass on to posterity. That is, in congratulations you can and should focus on what a valuable legacy this couple has!
Thirdly, you can “beat” the quality of the fabric, transforming it into a characteristic of a married couple. Strong fabric - the bonds of marriage were strong! Soft fabric - how much tenderness in these respects! Velvet is expensive - these people are so dear to each other! And so on.
Fourth, a velvet wedding is still not an anniversary date. Only the closest people can gather at the table: family and friends. Therefore, each of them will surely have something to remember: funny things, funny moments and holidays, achievements of children and so on. About the most striking cases it is necessary to tell in such a way as to advantageously emphasize the dignity of the husband and wife - the heroes of the occasion.
Examples of congratulations in verses
Guest words addressed to the couple may be in prose or poetry. The main thing is that they all sound sincere and from the heart. Here is an example of one of the possible congratulations in honor of the 29th anniversary of marital relations. Velvet wedding (verses):
Twenty Nine - Velvet Season
Among others, he is arguably the best!
Remember how long ago he happened,
I brought you one happy occasion.
Since then, full of hopes,
Happiness, revelation and dream!
Together and as before in love.
This "velvet" is worth a lot!
We want to be together up to a hundred,
But not years, but a hundred brilliant weddings!
To love and dream as before
Despite the years and happiness for the sake of!