Personalised anniversary gifts: candles in your wedding colours, with both names and the date on the tagPersonalised anniversary gifts: candles in your wedding colours, with both names and the date on the tag

Three things we can personalise for an anniversary

Raajkosh hand-pours soy wax candles in Jalandhar. For an anniversary, a custom order (by enquiry on our custom orders page) can carry:

1. Both names and the wedding date on the gift tag: "Ritika and Karan, 14.02.2019".
2. The colours of the wedding: the lehenga, the mandap flowers, the sherwani. We work in fifteen colours, from coral and red to mint, navy, gold and cream.
3. A short message for favours, if you are hosting an anniversary dinner.

We reply with what is possible, a timeline and a price. We do not engrave, laser-cut wood or print photos, so if you want a photo frame or an engraved plaque, a photo-print shop or engraver is the right place.

Matching the candle to the milestone

Indian anniversaries carry their own weight. Some colour ideas you can give us in the enquiry:

For a party with many guests, see our page on return gifts for a wedding anniversary party; this page is about the main gift for one couple.

Ready pieces you can personalise with a note

If the anniversary is close, a shop piece with your own gift note is the honest option. It dispatches in 24 to 48 hours.

The Floral Candle Duo with the Heart Tealights is Rs 998, so Rs 79 shipping applies. The Floral Candle Duo with Vanilla Reverie is Rs 1,198 and ships free.

Making the note do the personal work

A ready candle becomes personal through the note. Some ideas that are true only of your marriage:

• The place you first met, or the song at the sangeet.
• "Seven years, two cities, one very loud dog."
• The date in the format you both used on the wedding card.
• For your parents: "From the children you raised on this marriage."

With the ten Heart Tealights you can spell out the number of years on a table or the floor of a room before they come in.

Gifting your own partner, or another couple

Your own partner: the pair idea works best. Two candles poured in two colours, one with each name on the tag, kept side by side.

Another couple (parents, friends, a sibling and their spouse): keep names on one tag, and choose a piece for the home rather than the bedroom. We have separate pages for gifts to your husband and to parents-in-law.

Time, payment and returns

We never promise a date. For a custom piece, enquire as early as you can; for a shop piece, order early and check the delivery estimate for the pincode on the product page. We deliver across India, 2 to 7 days after dispatch, prepaid only (UPI, card, net banking or wallet); there is no cash on delivery. Personalised pieces cannot be returned unless they arrive damaged or wrong, so check the spelling of both names and the date before you approve. Shop orders can be returned on a request within 24 hours of delivery.

On the night: a stable, heat-proof surface, away from curtains and dupattas, never unattended, and keep each burn to 3 to 4 hours.