Fifteen wedding years are celebrated by most married couples. After all, this is not just another wedding anniversary, but a real anniversary. Considering that most often the 15th wedding anniversary is celebrated by couples who have already achieved success in life and have reached certain heights, they approach the celebration carefully, taking into account all the features and traditions.
And some even try to make their wedding dreams come true, which for certain reasons could not be fulfilled before: at the very first wedding or on their tenth anniversary. The event organizers of the Zatusim website will tell you how to celebrate your 15th wedding anniversary so that it brings exceptionally positive emotions and fully lives up to its name “Crystal Wedding”.
Crystal wedding: traditions and customs
The traditions of any wedding anniversary are closely related to its symbolic name. And since the 15th wedding anniversary was called Crystal or Glass, all stages of preparation, rituals, and the holiday script are subordinated to this delicate, transparent material.
Crystal has always been credited with magical qualities. It is not for nothing that many seers and magicians use crystal balls to carry out their rituals.
Moreover, this elegant mineral attracts luck, love and has healing properties. They say that even water in crystal glasses acquires a special, unique taste.
For a married couple, a crystal wedding is a kind of symbol of purity, transparency, and tenderness of relationships.
But this is also a transparent line after which new facets of family life open up.
It is not without reason that many people on their 15th wedding anniversary try to forget all the negativity, leave the bad in the past in order to enter a new era of family relationships with pure, innocent thoughts, long-term mutual plans.
According to the traditions of the glass wedding, the “newlyweds” are advised to start their 15th anniversary by washing with spring water.
It is transparent and pure, like rock crystal. And all sorrows and sorrows will go away with water. But you need to wash your face together.
If you couldn’t find spring water, wash your face with regular chilled water, pouring it into a basin first.
It is advisable to update your home interior before your glass wedding. Experts advise buying crystal or glass items.
You can purchase a new crystal chandelier or an interesting tempered glass coffee table. Glass furniture looks simply chic if it fits into the interior.
Tables and chairs, shelves and vases, aquariums and table lamps with a glass base - the choice is huge. If you don’t want to radically change anything in your home, buy a crystal figurine or some kind of tableware.
By the way, another crystal wedding tradition is buying new dishes. There is no need to specify that it should be glass or crystal. This new item can be immediately used for setting the wedding table.
It’s worth mentioning the tradition of using crystal glasses on 15th wedding anniversaries.
“Newlyweds” should drink drinks on their anniversary exclusively from such glasses.
And be sure to break your glasses at the end of the celebration. They say that the sound of breaking crystal scares away bad thoughts and negativity.
But the widely replicated ritual of breaking mirrors at the Crystal Wedding must be approached with caution.
Followers of this tradition claim that by breaking a mirror, spouses remove from their lives all the negativity associated with past generations.
But such advice completely contradicts another sign associated with a broken mirror, which promises 7 years of misfortune. So, whether or not to break mirrors at a wedding, think for yourself.
We would limit ourselves to a beautiful ritual of breaking glasses. Moreover, it can be beautifully played out in a 15-year wedding anniversary scenario.
Congratulations to the wife from the husband
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The crystal wedding chime today illuminated Our home, wife, our sweet home! I gave you all my tenderness and love, For all 15 years I fall in love with you again and again, There is no one more beautiful than you! Today there are millions of roses and toasts in your honor! All the years with you are sweeter than dreams, There is no counting of joy in them!
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An angel has two wings - this is you and me, Right and left in the blue heights! A thread and a needle, heaven and earth! The wedding is unusual, and made of crystal - Congratulations, dear, on our anniversary! Happiness spilled out of your eyes like the light of the sun, And a smile of joy on your lips! In 15 years I have grown to love you more!
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At the festive table, family, relatives, friends, everyone gathered for our holiday! Wife, will you give me your hand? I want to tell you again about my strong love! I remember our wedding, And on the anniversary of Crystal, you are even more beautiful, wife! I can’t find words for how much I need you! 15 years, like one moment - I love you, we love you!
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Quietly, so as not to wake you up, I’ll put a bouquet on the pillow... All 15 years of loving you - No, there is no happier person!.. I have been given the best wife, I deserve you in advance! How before I met you, wife, I lived on Earth aimlessly, stupidly!.. We approached the Crystal Wedding, How valuable are all those moments, That soul and soul passed with you, All minutes are in happiness, in beauty!
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Dear wife! On the anniversary of our 15th wedding anniversary, I would like to wish that our relationship will continue to be as pure and transparent as crystal! I promise to protect you from all adversity and anxiety as much as the most expensive crystal vase! And I will try to fill our life together with bright emotions, joy, happiness and new impressions, just as I am now filling this crystal glass with champagne!
Color scheme and style of the Crystal Wedding
Definitely, spouses who have lived together for 15 years can afford to make any dreams come true for their anniversary wedding.
Considering the scale and significance of the holiday, many try to organize a themed wedding. Sea or strawberry, floral or variegated - it’s all in your hands.
But if you completely adhere to the symbolic theme, then the wedding should be crystal.
This incredibly beautiful and elegant wedding style is perfect to celebrate your 15th wedding anniversary.
It favorably emphasizes the grace and sophistication, sophistication and luxury that is characteristic of people of this age, and distinguishes it from the nonsense and creativity of youth wedding themes.
When choosing a crystal wedding theme, focus on white, transparent, silver flowers. But the colors of “magic ice” are much richer.
The yellow colors of citrine and purple shades of amethyst, smoky structures with golden veins of hairs and even the dark brown colors of morion are appropriate here.
All these are varieties of rock crystal, which can be safely used as the basis for a wedding color scheme.
By the way, crystal goes well with almost any metal. Therefore, feel free to add silver, metallic, and gold notes.
Happy 15th wedding anniversary greetings, funny and humorous
Let me congratulate you on your crystal wedding and praise you for how many years, our dears, you have been in a strong and happy union. I wish to blow off specks of dust from each other, regularly fluff up mattresses, sofas and beds in the house, spending days and nights cheerfully and sweetly. Burn each other's hearts with love, humor and passion, see through each other and indulge in all the pranks! I wish you to live richly, beautifully and intensely!
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Congratulations on your crystal wedding anniversary! You have lived 15 years since your wedding, met all the cockroaches of each other and made friends with them, distributed the corners of the apartment, and learned what you can do to poison and how to please your beloved half! So, let me congratulate you on 15 years of practice in survival in real conditions! May your souls be pure and open to the eyes of your spouse, may the crystal of your heart always remain intact and unharmed, and may transparent glass tears never roll from your eyes! Be happy, satisfied and loved by each other!
Original congratulations in prose
Let me congratulate you on your crystal wedding and, in addition to the gift, give you a card for your 15th wedding anniversary and read out the congratulations! May your relationship be as transparent, pure, subtle, sparkling as crystal. I wish prosperity and good luck to your family. Let your home be full of happiness, smiles and warmth!
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Please accept congratulations on your family’s 15th anniversary, on your crystal wedding. May your feelings always be crystal clear, pure, sparkling, may calm happiness always reign in the family, may a good attitude towards each other, may the house always smell delicious of fresh baked goods, and may the doors be happy to open for friends! Wealth and prosperity to you!
Choosing outfits for the Crystal Wedding
A woman at an anniversary wedding wants to feel not just a “bride,” but a queen. And she has such an opportunity.
When choosing a dress for your 15th wedding anniversary, the main thing is not to amaze the guests with the richness of the outfit, but to emphasize your advantages.
It can be a delicate, sophisticated wedding dress, a trouser suit, or a cocktail dress in a themed color.
Earrings, a necklace and even a tiara with rock crystal will be a wonderful decoration for the bride.
The “groom” must match the image of the “bride”. Therefore, you will have to choose an outfit for your husband that will match your wife’s dress or suit.
This applies to both style and color. Agree, a woman in a delicate cream dress will look ridiculous next to a man in a cowboy outfit.
A silk dress decorated with lace and crystals is ideal for the hero of the occasion.
In it, she will look like a sophisticated bride, despite the fact that 15 years have already passed since the wedding. It also wouldn’t hurt for the groom to add some sparkle to his look.
These could be cufflinks, a tie clip with transparent stones. And be sure to add a few crystal stones to the bouquet.
Be sure to warn guests about the dress code. It is enough to say that the theme of your wedding is related to crystal with a predominance of delicate shades.
Crystal wedding venue
The idea of a crystal wedding theme is universal. It can be brought to life, regardless of the season. But you will have to think about the location of the banquet.
A spacious, bright area of a cafe or restaurant, or a chic banquet hall with a huge crystal chandelier would be ideal.
An incredibly chic holiday will take place within the walls of an ancient castle.
But you can also organize a beautiful holiday with crystal notes at home or in a country cottage.
Banquet hall decor and table setting
The main accent when decorating the room and table should be crystal. It glitters, shimmers, creates indescribable gradations of shades and colors.
But all this happens in the rays of light. Therefore, the second important element in the decor will be lighting.
We cover the tables with snow-white tablecloths, which will not distract attention from the beauty of the crystal objects. Arranges crystal candelabra, alternating them with transparent flowerpots.
Candles will be appropriate on the tables, the reflections of which will mesmerizingly shimmer in the facets of crystal.
Glasses, shot glasses, fruit vases, salad bowls are also better to use crystal.
But take portion plates from clean transparent glass without drawings or decorations.
Despite their simplicity, they look rich. Silver or cupronickel silver cutlery will perfectly complement the nobility of crystal. Napkins can be used with neat embroidery on a white background.
Festive menu for the 15th wedding
The food at such a wedding should be classic and light, without focusing on a particular cuisine.
The choice of dishes will largely depend on the season and the preferences of the guests. For such a holiday, you should not focus on buffet snacks or sandwiches.
Even the dishes should complement the sophistication of the chosen style. Therefore, it is worth taking care not only of their taste, but also of the originality of presentation.
Portioned light salads in transparent glass bowls, seafood cocktails in wide glasses, beautifully decorated fish dishes served on large individual plates.
No shared dishes, complex salads or appetizers overloaded with sauces and additional elements.
Kebabs, poultry or meat served in a whole piece would be inappropriate at such a wedding.
Only sophistication and elegance, which is created through a minimal set of dishes. It is better to focus not on the number of treats present on the tables, but on the change of dishes.
The main drink of the holiday should be champagne. This drink plays perfectly in crystal glasses.
It’s worth getting to know how and with what appetizers it’s best to serve different types of champagne.
And, of course, you can’t do without a wedding cake. How to choose a suitable dessert, read the material “Cake for a crystal wedding: choosing a dessert for the 15th wedding.”
Glass wedding: original gifts and congratulations for the wife
A gift for a glass wedding can be not just beautiful or cute, symbolic or useful, but also unexpected. Take a closer look, think about where else crystal is used?
And don’t think that crystal is banal or old. Modern technologies make it possible to make magnificent things from colored, black crystal.
And if you find a real rock crystal crystal, you simply cannot imagine a better gift.
After all, such a crystal is a real talisman that will protect your family from troubles, and your beloved from stress and headaches.
This stone has always been attributed magical and healing properties. It’s not for nothing that all magicians have a real crystal ball in their arsenal.
It is with such a ball that we will begin the list of cool congratulations for a crystal wedding.
A gift in the form of a magical crystal ball can be used in an original way: tell the story of your future love, which you saw thanks to this magical attribute, or assure your beloved that her feminine intuition will become even sharper with such a magical gift.
Believe me, it’s fashionable to play with any gift and present it in an original way. Even commonplace dishes can become a cool gift.
The main thing is to use your imagination and remember that for this holiday we give our wife exclusively crystal dishes.
Give your sweet tooth a crystal candy bowl filled with sweets or a gorgeous cake on a crystal dish.
Please a fan of healthy lifestyle with a crystal pot with exotic fruits, and a lover of home and friendly gatherings with tea with a set of crystal bowls for jam or desserts.
Serve your beloved morning coffee in bed on a crystal serving tray, and place a festive bouquet in a crystal vase. Save crystal glasses with personalized engraving for a romantic dinner.
Or update your home collection with new crystal decanters and glasses.
Give your wife a real hourglass. You can choose transparent time meters of the most unusual type or design. They will become an indispensable assistant in the kitchen, and they will also be able to decorate the room.
3D crystals with laser engraving look cool. A very beautiful gift.
You can order an image of a three-dimensional flower, an interesting composition, complement it with an inscription, a sincere or funny congratulation on your crystal wedding.
Photos in crystal look no less beautiful - the figures literally come to life in the mineral.
This could be an image of your loved one or a photo of you together - a great alternative to a banal photo frame.
You can also give personal items to your wife on her 15th wedding. For example, an elegant watch. High-quality models are equipped with crystal glass, which does not fade or distort the image.
Or expensive glasses. These can be glasses for vision correction or sunglasses, sports glasses.
A fashion accessory from famous manufacturers is a real work of art and a great way to emphasize your status.
Women who understand fashion trends will appreciate such a sophisticated and expensive gift.
And what could be more desirable than a trip together on vacation. You can combine a “honeymoon” with themed events. For example, visit a museum or a factory where crystals are made.
If you go to the homeland of Czech crystal or Austrian Swarovski stones, then you can choose the original gift there.
Wedding 15 years: holiday scenario
If you don’t want your wedding anniversary to turn into home or friendly gatherings with banal toasts and conversations about everyday problems, be sure to think over a scenario for your Crystal Wedding.
It is better to entrust this part of the preparation and holding of the holiday to specialists. But you can do it on your own.
Take as a basis the scenario of any 30 or 40 year anniversary with competitions and entertainment for adults.
Complete the program by showing a clip or photo that reflects your family's history. You can diversify the scenario of a 15-year wedding with competitions held for newlyweds.
Don't forget about the children who will definitely be present at the holiday. Provide some fun games for them too.
Definitely, the heroes of the day will not be able to conduct the program themselves. Therefore, you will have to turn to friends or relatives for help if you do not want to invite a professional toastmaster to your wedding.
Be sure to include a ritual of breaking crystal glasses in your program. On the 15th wedding anniversary, it is held at the very end of the celebration in order to finally say goodbye to all the worries and anxieties.
Ideas for a crystal wedding celebration scenario with competitions
What fun crystal wedding would be complete without special competitions for guests and the bride and groom. Competitions for celebrating the 15th wedding anniversary are usually held in a “marine” theme.
- Fun competition "Sailors". The host of the holiday selects four representatives of the stronger sex from the guests who will participate in the competition and gives each of them a rope. Then, at the command of the presenter, the music is turned on and the men must begin to do push-ups. You need to do about 15 push-ups. As soon as they do a push-up, they take their rope and tie a simple sea knot on it. The one whose knot turns out to be the strongest and best will win the competition. The winner will become a sailor , chosen by the presenter or the audience. As a prize, a man can be given a vest or a bottle of alcohol.
- To hold funny competitions for a glass wedding for the bride and groom, you can invite a professional glassblower to the celebration. A glass blower will be able to amuse and surprise any guests and even children . The glassblower will prepare the glass figures right in front of everyone. And also anyone can try themselves in his role and make a simple glass ball. This original entertainment will brighten up any holiday and make it unforgettable.
