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40th anniversary · ruby

Forty years. The sky from their wedding day.

Ruby anniversaries are usually given by the children. Find out the date, the church and roughly the time, and we frame the real galaxy that was directly above them as they said yes.

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Framed works from £290, including VAT and UK delivery. See your proof before you order.

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A present from all of you

If your parents married in 1986 or 1987, this is their ruby year. The best ruby presents are rarely red; they are the ones that remember the day. Ask Mum (or check the certificate) for the date, the church or registry office and the time of the service.

We find the catalogued galaxy nearest the point that was directly overhead and frame its telescope photograph. Its light set off long before anyone was married, and reached them that afternoon.

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Product visualisation. Your print carries your own galaxy and words.
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Words from the family

Black wood frame and printed artwork detail
Product visualisation. Your print carries your own galaxy and words.
  • Forty years. Love from all of us.
  • Margaret & John · St Mary’s, Kendal · 1986
  • Where our story started.

If several of you are chipping in, one of you orders and you all approve the proof.

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A ruby wedding party, and the present on the table

Forty years is often marked with a meal or a party, and the family present is opened in front of everyone. Something to unwrap at the table works better than a voucher in a card, and a framed piece is easy for one of you to collect and bring.

If the party is at a restaurant or hotel, deliver to whoever is hosting and bring it on the day. Wrap it in red paper or add a ruby ribbon, and let the eldest grandchild read the line out.

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Black wood. Fine art paper. Acrylic glazing.
Example artwork. Your galaxy and words are created in the studio.
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40th anniversary · ruby

Questions

We only know the wedding was in the afternoon. Is that enough?

Yes. Choose something like 2 pm. Any time you choose gives a real galaxy that was overhead then.

Can it be delivered straight to my parents?

Yes, to any UK address. Just enter their address at checkout.

How do we split the cost between siblings?

One person orders and pays; the rest settle up between you. Ordering once keeps the wording in one pair of hands, which saves a long family chat.

They were married in a register office in the 1980s. Is that enough to go on?

Yes. The town and the date are on the marriage certificate, and the hour of the ceremony is usually remembered or on the back of a photo.

Forty years on. Put their day on the wall.

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A moment, made infinite.

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