Be it an anniversary, an excuse to have the wedding celebration you didn’t have the first time round, or a celebration of surviving ill health or a ‘sticky patch’; vow renewal ceremonies are a wonderful way to rededicate yourself to your spouse.

A much more relaxed affair than a wedding, a vow renewal gives you the opportunity to reseal your deal in whatever way you want.

From the small and intimate, ‘Just the two of us’, to the rather more lavish no holds barred celebration of longevity in front of all your family and friends.

No one knows precisely when wedding anniversaries were first celebrated. But the tradition is believed to go back at least to the Middle Ages. At that time in the Germanic regions of Europe, a husband crowned his wife with a silver wreath on the 25th anniversary of their wedding day.

If the couple was fortunate enough to still like each other and reach their 50th wedding anniversary, the husband presented his wife with a gold wreath!

Now a generation of UK couples are welcoming a card from the King as they celebrate their diamond or 60th wedding anniversaries. You can do so for yourself or for others via royal. uk/ anniversary-messages.(Did you know that you can also apply for an anniversary card for 65 years / 70 years and then every year after!)

Luckily, for us modern couples at least, as the centuries rolled on, more and more anniversary milestones were added, and a fantastic excuse born for us to be showered with gifts on a yearly basis from our attentive partners and an even better excuse for a good party!

Want to know more? Get in touch now and we can start planning your vow renewal party to end all parties. ( and if you’re planning surprise party for your other half, parents or grandparents…that’s even better, I do love to keep a good secret!

…And then if you’re wondering what gifts to buy for each other? Here is theknot.com’s guide to your milestone anniversary presents, you can really surprise each other with some unique gifts as the years roll by.