The Best 9 Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas - Unbelievable Gifts! (2024)

Traditional 9th year anniversary gifts include leather and pottery. We’ve included some of the best traditional ideas but have also found quite a few hidden gems to make the 9th year special.

9th Anniversary Gifts Traditional and Modern for Her

9 Years Anniversary T-shirt

The 9 Years Anniversary T-shirt is a funny way to show your wife you appreciate her for putting up with your quirks for 9 years. The t-shirt comes in both men and women styles in sizes small to 3x as well as a variety of colors from black to heather blue.

9 Year Anniversary Metal Date Night Dice

The 9 Year Anniversary Metal Date Night Dice offers a great way to do something special together not only on your anniversary, but on all the other evenings throughout the year. Roll the date night dice and let fate decide what you will be doing that night, from board games and cooking to a movie night. Set comes with 2 dice that offer a mix of 36 different variations for your date night.

9 Years of Marriage Engraved Leather Catchall

This 9 Years of Marriage Engraved Leather Catchall functions as a convenient tray that is a great way to organize essentials at home, in the office or on the go. It’s crafted in rich rawhide leatherette and is finished with pinched snap corners. Tray Base Size: 5-1/4 inches long x 5-1/4 inches wide.

9th Wedding Anniversary Engraved Leather Picture Frame

This9th Wedding Anniversary Engraved Leather Picture Frame is made of top-quality Leatherette and is actually engraved with a beautiful reminder of the time you’ve shared together in the last 9 years as a married couple. The frame can hold one 4×6 inch photo.

Personalized Couple Wedding Portrait

For a truly one-of-a-kind anniversary gift, purchase this Personalized Couple Wedding Portrait. This original and customizable artwork is sized 8×10 inches and is printed on premium fine art matte paper. Every art print is made from an original sketch based on the photo that you provide to the artist, whether it is a wedding photo or another photo from a memory you shared together over the past 9 years.

Hallmark Always Been You Card

For a truly unique card, gift your wife this Hallmark Always Been You Card. Front message: It’s always been you. Inside message: Always will be. Happy Anniversary.

Romantic Anniversary Photo Holder

A sweet way to showcase the years you’ve spent together would be with this Romantic Anniversary Wooden Photo Holder. This sign features the sayings: Love You Most. The End. I Win. This wooden home décor sign measures about 13.5 x 5.5 inches and comes with 8 stylish wooden clips to hold photos of varying sizes.

‘To My Beautiful Wife’ Compact Mirror

This beautifully engraved ‘To My Beautiful Wife’ Compact Mirror showcases your love for your wife in a useful gift. This rose gold compact mirror measures 3.15 x 3.15 x 1.18 inches, which makes it the perfect size for on-the-go.

Wife Anniversary Throw Blanket

Give this sweet, yet useful, Wife Anniversary Throw Blanket. This soft flannel blanket is specially designed as a thoughtful caring personal gift for your wife. The blanket reads: “I’d be lost without you. The day I met you I found my missing piece. You complete me and make me a better person. Wrap yourself up in this and consider it a big hug! love, your husband.”

9th Wedding Anniversary Ceramic Ornament

This 9th Wedding Anniversary Ceramic Ornament is a beautiful, high quality gift that will become a treasured keepsake for years to come. The ornament is made of fine white porcelain with a flawless glossy glaze finish and measures roughly 3 inches in diameter.

9th Anniversary Sterling Silver Necklace

This stunning 9th Anniversary Sterling Silver Necklace features 9 rings for each year you’ve been married to your wife. The necklace is handmade in sterling silver with each ring measuring approximately 20mm and is free moving. The necklace comes gift boxed and includes an inside gift note, ‘Happy 9th Anniversary, Nine Rings for Nine Years of Love and Memories’ or choose the option of a special personalized note.

Multiple chain lengths are also offered.

9th Anniversary Gifts Traditional and Modern for Him

9 year Wedding Anniversary T-Shirt

The 9 year Wedding Anniversary T-Shirt is great for your husband who loves to play video games. The t-shirt features the saying ‘Level 09 Complete’ along with a game controller. It comes in both men and women t-shirt styles and ranges in size from small to 3x. It also comes in a variety of colors from black to red to kelly green.

Engraved ‘To My Husband’ Whiskey Glass Set

The Engraved ‘To My Husband’ Whiskey Glass Set is a great gift for your husband who loves whiskey or a good mixed drink. The set comes in a delicately engraved wooden box with the sentiment ‘To My Husband – I Loved you then, I Love You still. Always have, Always will,” as well as 2 Crystal Cut Glasses, 6 Stainless Steel Stones, a Velvet Bag, and 2 timeless Slate Coasters.

9 Year Anniversary Wallet Card

The 9 Year Anniversary Wallet Card is a great reminder to your partner of the love you have for them on a daily basis. The stainless steel card comes laser engraved with the saying: I Loved You Then, I Love You Still, I Always Have, I Always Will. 9th Anniversary, 108 months of LOVE, 468 weeks of BLISS, 3285 days of LOYALTY, 78840 hours of BLESSINGS, 4730400 minutes of LAUGHTER, 283824000 seconds of FRIENDSHIP. It is sized the same as a traditional credit card at 3.38 inches x 2.13 inches.

9 Year Anniversary Coffee Mug

This 9 Year Anniversary Coffee Mug is sure to put a smile on the face of your husband. It holds 11oz of coffee or other hot beverages and reads: After 9 Years You’re Still The Best Husband Keep That sh*t Up.

Personalized Vinyl Record Framed Print

This Personalized Vinyl Record Framed Print would make a memorable gift for your husband. It can commemorate any song that the two of you shared, whether it’s the song you first danced to at your wedding or your favorite song as a couple. Your print comes beautifully framed in a 13 x 13 inch solid New Zealand Pine shadow box frame. The print itself measures 12 x 12 inches.

9 Year Anniversary Personalized Family Willow Tree Gift

For a unique and beautiful gift, try this 9 Year Anniversary Personalized Family Willow Tree Gift. This 8×10 inch print is created with faux bronze and includes a sweet and memorable phrase as well as customization with your names and anniversary date. It comes with a solid wood frame and acrylic front to make it lightweight for hanging.

Cheers to 9 Years Banner

Show your love loud and proud with this Cheers to 9 Years Banner. Whether you want to surprise your spouse with a front yard sign on the date of your anniversary or want to use this as a party supply, this large 9.8 x 1.6 foot banner is made of high quality polyester material banner cloth to ensure it stays in tact while in use.

9 Years of Marriage Engraved Leather Flask

This 9 Years of Marriage Engraved Leather Flask features cruelty-free leather that is stamped with the time representations of 9 years and is wrapped around a stainless steel liquor flask. The flask holds 6 oz and measures approximately 4 1/4 x 3-3/4 inches.

Pottery anniversary gifts

Tree of Hearts Bowl

For a beautiful piece of useful art to celebrate your anniversary gift this Tree of Hearts Bowl. This artisan crafted free form pottery dish measures 6 inches x 1 inches. The dish features a medium blue glaze with Tree of Hearts Design. Each piece is unique and one of a kind with the beauty of handmade marks consistent with handcrafted pottery.

The bowl can be used as a ring tray, soap dish, or candle holder.

Handmade Pottery Ring Holder

This Handmade Pottery Ring Holder is hand-thrown on a pottery wheel. The glaze is a beautiful floating blue and would make a perfect gift for your wife to place her rings in at night or while doing chores. It measuresa little over 3 inches across and about 2.25 inches high.

Indoor/Outdoor Resin Fountain

For a unique pottery gift that is sure to bring joy to your home for years to come, gift this Glazed Pot Water Fountain. This relaxing 17″ floor fountain will provide a tranquil and soothing addition to your yard, porch, or patio and is constructed from polyresin.

9th Year Anniversary Potted Pottery Desk Rose

The 9th Year Anniversary Potted Pottery Desk Rose is a great way to celebrate the traditional ‘pottery’ gift. This adorable desk rose includes a hand made polymer clay rose bud that is attached to a high quality floral stem. The single rose is anchored in glued pebbles inside a terra cotta pot, which makes the entire gift 7 inches tall.

Heart Shaped Irish Pottery Bowl

This Heart Shaped Irish Pottery Bowl is handmade in Ireland- where it is designed, thrown and glazed. The Hampton Blue colors of this bowl are blues, greens, and creams, a design inspired by the wild seas that surround Ireland. This heart bowl is 6 inches in diameter and 2 inches high.

White HeartPottery Coffee Mug

This 10oz White Heart Pottery Coffee Mug is hand painted with two intertwined hearts. The inner surface, handle and the “heart ” ornament of the pottery coffee mug are smooth and glazed, while the rest of outside surface is rugged, unsmooth.

Handmade Pottery Flower Vase

For a beautiful addition to your home, gift this Handmade Pottery Flower Vase. Each vase is made of natural ceramic and glazed by hand, which gives each piece a unique and vibrant sheen. The vase comes in three different sizes, ranging from small (9.4 inches high) to large (10.6 inches high).

Handmade Party Platter with Dip Bowl

For a gift that can also be used to entertain, this Handmade Party Platter with Dip Bowl will do the trick! This handmade and hand glazed set is designed to be used for cheeses, chips and breads with the handy center dipping bowl for your favorite dips, sauces and oils. This plate is a real statement piece and never fails to impress. The set is 9 inches in diameter.

Handmade Blue Pottery Shaving Bowl for Men

This Handmade Blue Pottery Shaving Bowl for Men is made in Virginia and is hand-thrown and altered while on the wheel. Each bowl has a swirl pattern on the bottom and features pulled indentations on the sides to aid making lather and offer a better grip. The glaze is a beautiful floating blue. The bowl measures about 2.3 inches high and 4.25 inches wide.

Polish Medium Round Baker with Handles

This Polish Medium Round Baker with Handles is hand made and hand painted in the heart of Europe in the town of Boleslawiec in Poland. The round baker is fired twice, which makes it extra durable, crack and chip resistant, and therefore intended for everyday use. Dimensions: 2.05 inches x 8.11 inches x 9.92 inches with a capacity of 29oz.

Ceramic Sake Set with Warmer Pot

For the couple that loves to try new things or enjoys trying new saki, this Ceramic Sake Set with Warmer Pot would make an excellent gift. The set comes with 1 sake bottle, 1 warming mug, 1 bamboo tray for serving, 6 sake cups, and 1 warmer. The set is made of Thermal Shock Resistant Ceramic, which is stovetop safe as well.

Celtic Irish Soda Bread Baking Dish

This Celtic Irish Soda Bread Baking Dish would make an excellent gift for the baker in your life. The baker goes straight from the oven to the table with ease and includes a recipe for baking traditional soda bread. This charming server features sculpted scrollwork and handles.

Set of Double Bowls for Dips and Soups

The Set of Double Bowls for Dips and Soups comes with two bowls. You and your spouse can snack in modern style with these rustic, Southwest-inspired dishes that feature a serving area and bowl combined together. The ideal serving bowls for chips and dip, chili, soups and more.

Handmade Stoneware Berry Bowl

For a truly unique gift, try this Handmade Stoneware Berry Bowl. Each berry bowl is handmade on the potter’s wheel and is glazed individually which makes each bowl a one-of-a-kind piece. They are of heirloom quality and feature holes slightly raised from the bottom of the bowl and on the side, which allows it to be carried without spilling or dripping its contents. Its inwardly curved sides and rim make it easy for food to be swirled around under the faucet without flying out as well.

Each berry bowl is approximately 5¾ inches in diameter at the widest and 2 7/8 inches high.

Chia Pet Star Wars Yoda with Seed Pack

If your spouse is a Star Wars or Yoda fan, then this Chia Pet Star Wars Yoda with Seed Pack would be the best gift. Each set includes a unique Yoda shaped pottery planter, a convenient plastic drip tray, and chia seed packets for 3 plantings. The chia pet will reach full growth in 1-2 weeks and needs low maintenance care.

Making Pottery You Can Use Book

For someone who may be interested in making pottery, this Making Pottery You Can Use Book would make an excellent gift. In this book you’ll learn how to create the pieces that will work best for you. Each element of the creative process is explained, including choosing the right clay and tools, and picking the best method: throwing, slabbing, or coiling, and choosing food-safe glazes, and more.

Turkish Handmade Evil Eye Decorative Plate

For a unique pottery gift, try this Turkish Handmade Blue Evil Eye Decorative Plate. This traditional design is made with care by workers in Turkey. The patterns are carefully drawn and the colors will remain vivid for many years.The plate measures 7.08 inches x 7.08′ inches x 0.8 inches.

Wheel-Thrown Green Pottery Teapot

This Wheel-Thrown Green Pottery Teapot is not only functional, but also an art piece. The teapot is wheel thrown on a pottery wheel, then dried, bisque fired, glazed and fired for a second time. This teapot can be used for steaming tea by putting the tea leaves or teabags inside and adding hot water, or just by pouring previously prepared tea in it in order to serve to guests or family. It can also be a beautiful decorative item for a kitchen. Holds 27 ounces of liquid.

Leather anniversary gifts

9 Year Anniversary Leather Portrait

For a unique gift idea, try this 9 Year Anniversary Leather Portrait. The leather portrait is hand drawn with a pyrography tool on genuine leather via your own submitted photo. Pyrography or pyrogravure is the art of using a hot needle to make an engraved picture on leather.

Engraved Bifold Wallet

This Engraved Bifold Wallet comes in high quality leather and is handmade. It is also equipped with RFID technology, which keeps your husband’s financial information safe.

Leather Toiletry Bag for Men

This Leather Toiletry Bag for Men would serve as a stylish gift for both women and men. It is made of 100% genuine soft, hard-wearing water buffalo leather. The vintage style, in classic brown, is timeless and each bag varies in appearance to be as unique as your loved one.

Leather Rose Gift

This Leather Rose Gift is handmade using goat leather and offers the most beautiful keepsake for your anniversary. This leather rose collection comes in 7 color variations and each measures 13.78 x 3.15 x 3.15 inches.

Leather Anniversary Card

This Leather Anniversary Card offers a unique way to celebrate 9 years with leather. This handmade card features one red leather heart on a square piece of leather, which are glued on linen fabric and embossed onto the card itself.

Leather St. Augustine Quote Inscribed Tray

This Leather St. Augustine Quote Inscribed Tray has been embossed with the St. Augustine quote “Love is the beauty of the soul.” It is a beautiful and memorable keepsake that was created using a traditional technique of wet forming leather that results in a semi rigid finished tray. The tray measures 5 x 1.5 x 5 inches.

Leather Journal Gift Set

For the spouse that loves to write, this Leather Journal Gift Set would make an excellent gift. Each journal and accompanying bookmark are hand crafted so that means no two are exactly the same. The set also comes with a lovely gold and leather clad pen which fits snugly into very useful pen holder stitched inside the journal.

Leather Cover Family Photo Album

What better way to collect the memories you’ve shared together over the last 9 years than with this Leather Cover Family Photo Album? This 4.5 x 13.4 inch album comes with 60 sheets/120 pages to use for your photos. Each page can hold five 4×6 photos per page, offering a total of 600 photos for the entire album. It also features a leather collage frame cover.

Set of Personalized Leather Bracelets

For a gift that you can share with your partner, try this Set of Personalized Leather Bracelets. The set of two matching bracelets is handmade with genuine leather and can be engraved with any special date (like your anniversary) or coordinates (where you were married). It comes with a magnetic clasp and can be custom sized based on you and your partner’s wrist.

Hand-Forged Celtic Pocket Knife

For a unique and truly one-of-a-kind gift, gift your loved one this Hand-Forged Celtic Pocket Knife. It comes with a fixed blade that is hand-forged and made of 14260 spring steel. It includes a leather case, which can be worn around the neck. Historically, this knife was hung by women around their neck for protection. The product measures 3.34 inches total with a blade length of 1.96 inches.

Genuine Leather Work Apron

For the wife or husband that loves to man the grill or work with their hands, gift them this Genuine Leather Work Apron. Developed with a mastered threading technique derived from true artisans, this apron is perfect for woodworking, blacksmithing and any heavy duty work. The apron features an adjustable strap as well as three large tool pockets.

Leather Beer Holster

For a gift that’s funny, yet useful, try this Leather Classic Beer Holster. The holster is hand-made of high-quality, coated leather that makes it water-repellent and can hold any standard size 12 oz. beer/soda bottle or can. The Beer holster classic fits on any belt up to 1.5 inches wide.

How To Select 9 Year Wedding Anniversary Gifts

Traditional or Modern gifts?

The first thing to consider when choosing a 9th wedding anniversary gift is to consider whether your partner values a more traditional gift, such as the gift of willow or pottery, or something with a more modern twist, such as leather. Have you always gone the traditional route when celebrating your first 8 anniversaries? Do you want to keep the tradition or spice things up?

When in doubt, you could always include a small gift in both categories. Don’t be afraid to also ask family and friends their opinions about gifts as well.

Practical or Sentimental?

One thing to consider when selecting the perfect wedding anniversary gift for your partner is their love language. How do they best accept love and how can you show them love in the ways they desire? Are they more sentimental and like gifts, then finding a thoughtful gift is key. If they are more practical and like gifts of service, maybe gift them something like a wallet or offer to complete a project they’ve wanted you to complete.

FAQs About 9 Year Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas

What is the 9th wedding anniversary traditional gift?

The traditional 9th anniversary gifts are pottery and willow wood. Pottery has traditionally been used to carry water, which ebbs and flows and adapts to its surroundings, just as your marriage has done for 9 years. It also represents hearth and home. Willow wood is typically strong and durable, as well as intertwined, which should also represent your marriage after 9 years together.

What is the modern gift for 9 years of marriage?

Leather is the more modern option for gift giving for your 9th anniversary. Leather is strong and flexible, but also has a fabric like quality that makes it flexible. All aspects of a successful marriage.

How do you celebrate your 9th wedding anniversary?

How you celebrate your 9th wedding anniversary is entirely up to you. It might not seem as exciting as the larger milestones, such as your 1st, 5th, 10th or 15th, but it is still quite the accomplishment to celebrate. Is your spouse more of an experience type of person when it comes to celebrating? Then offer them not just a new pottery dish, but also help them fill it by cooking a nice meal together. If your spouse likes more flashy options, then gift them a nice piece of jewelry that they can save in a hand thrown ceramic jewelry dish or offer them something they’ve been coveting for awhile.

What are the other symbols for your 9th anniversary besides pottery or leather?

The other symbolic or traditional gifts to celebrate your 9th year of wedded bliss include the gemstone Lapis Lazuli, the color terracotta, and the flowers Birds of Paradise or Poppy. Each offer unique ways to celebrate 9 years whether it is with jewelry, actually flowers or terracotta planters.