Set the day they married beside the world it happened in. We typeset the real events of that date and write the front-page story about the two of them. The anniversary you are marking goes on the masthead. It takes about a minute, and you can make and download the whole front page free.
Choose the wedding date and the page fills with the real news of that day. The year sets the period, so a 1974 anniversary page carries 1974's typography, diction and prices.
Tell the wizard which anniversary it is and the masthead says so: a Golden Anniversary Edition for a 50th, a Ruby Anniversary Edition for a 40th. We count the years from the wedding date, so the number is always right.
The lead article is about the couple, not a generic congratulation. How they met, where they built a life, who came along since, whatever you choose to tell us.
An anniversary is two dates: the day itself and the day you are marking it. The edition is set on the first and given on the second, which is what makes it read like a keepsake rather than a card.
The first anniversary is the paper one, and the lists of traditional anniversary gifts by year have said so for a century. Most paper anniversary gifts are paper in name only. This one is an actual page of newsprint, carrying the news of the day they married, set in type, with their own story leading it. At a silver, golden or diamond anniversary the same page reads as something else again: a front page from a world that has since gone.
A ruby or golden anniversary is often marked by the children. The wizard asks how you are related, so the story is told from your side of the family. You can make one for your own marriage too.
Their names and the wedding date. Details about how they met or where they have lived are optional and make the story specific.
Send a private reveal link with your message attached, or download the finished page and give it in person.
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It is the literal version of it. Paper is the traditional first-anniversary gift, and most of what appears on a paper anniversary gift list is paper only in the wrapping. A front page from the day they married is paper the whole way through, and it is the one gift on the list that could not have been bought for anybody else.
The wedding date. That is the day the page is built from, and the year sets the era of the paper. The wizard works out from it which anniversary comes next, and you give the page on the day.
It makes no difference to the page. The edition is built from the date and from what you tell us about the couple, not from the size of the wedding.
Yes. The wizard asks how you are related, and the lead story is written from that point of view.
The story questions are all optional. With the names and the date alone you still get a full front page about them.
No. It is a new page composed today from the real events of that date, styled like a paper of the period. It is not an archival reproduction.
Yes. A private reveal link lets them unwrap the edition online with your note attached, without needing an account.
Yes. Tell the wizard which anniversary you are marking and it goes on the masthead, as a Silver Anniversary Edition or a Golden Anniversary Edition. The rest of the page is still built from the wedding date, so a golden anniversary lands on a page from the 1970s.
A 1st is the Paper Anniversary, a 25th the Silver, a 30th the Pearl, a 40th the Ruby, a 50th the Golden, a 60th the Diamond and a 70th the Platinum. Any other year prints as its number, such as a 35th Anniversary Edition.
Nothing. Making the page and downloading it are both free, with no watermark and nothing to pay at the end.
Yes. The page is composed from the real events of that date as they were reported around the world, so a personalised anniversary newspaper for a British, Irish or Australian wedding date fills exactly the same way. The download works from anywhere.
Not by us. The edition is a digital download, and the file is high-resolution, so a local print shop can put it on paper at poster size if you want it framed.