My wife and I recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary. It was a special day for us and we wanted to share it with all of our family and friends. We planned way ahead to make sure we would have plenty of time to organize and entertain all of our guests.

We were married on St. Patrick’s Day and figured we would celebrate our anniversary on the following weekend. I decided to have a barbecue and set up horse shoes. For the evening, we would have a bonfire in the back.

I came up with the idea to buy sky lanterns. I found where to buy sky lanterns, and I purchased some white sky lanterns.  I made sure the sky lanterns next day delivery was shipped. They arrived the next day and I was very excited to include these with our anniversary festivities.

The day of our party arrived and there were a lot of people who came to help us celebrate. The weather was perfect and it was truly a glorious day for our party. The barbecue came out great. Unfortunately my horse shoe game was not so great as I got stomped by all of people my pastor! It was all great fun and we all had a great time talking and reminiscing about the last ten years.

After dinner we got the fire started in the back yard as the temperature dropped significantly after sunset. So there we all were bundled up in coats and blankets and talking while the fire kept us all cozy and warm. I decided it was a good time to get out the sky lanterns, I had another friend help me bring them out to the back garden by the fire.

I told my wife how happy I had been being married to her and I asked her to help me light our night sky lanterns. We lit each one and they slowly drifted away it was a moving sight as these sky lanterns made an awesome spectacle in the starry night sky.

Every one cheered and we were so happy it was the perfect end to our perfect anniversary celebration. If you are planning a anniversary or wedding I would tell you to pick some of these wonderful sky lanterns up they definitely will become the highlight of your celebration and make the whole moment much more memorable.

My mother and father just reached there 50th wedding anniversary. My brothers and sisters coordinated a nice celebration for them on this auspicious day. We decided to hold the party for them at  a small upper class hall.

We invited all the family members to attend, including my parents surviving brothers and sisters. The party was catered, and my sister and brother greeted guests. I more or less mingled. I was in charge of decorating the hall, which I had completed in the morning.

I also bought a book showing how to make Chinese sky lantern about a month before the event. This book was very informative. I bought the materials needed to make a Chinese sky lantern. After about a week or so, I had created 50 of these. I decided I would have all my relatives and my parents launch them after the party. Each one to signify each year they were together.

I also thought of a great idea numbering each one with each year they had been together,   my parents would launch the last one’s. The party was held in a small city, and launching them at the hall seemed a bit risky.

There were a lot of trees and apartments in the area. I figured we could all walk across the street to a park and launch them there. It was  a cold brisk walk, but everybody walked and talked, not really noticing the cold at all. I passed the lanterns I made to all the guests, and we all watched as the lanterns in the sky drifted away.

My mother and father were quite moved,  they said the lanterns floated away just as the years of their marriage had. I’m married and my anniversary is coming up in March. It will be my 5th year anniversary. I’m going to be buying heart shaped sky lanterns this time.  I figure I won’t make them, that way they it will be a surprise on our anniversary.

The heart sky lantern will be a wonderful surprise for my wife. I’m just glad I only have to buy 5 this time. I cannot tell you how many of the relatives commented on how much they liked the sky lanterns, and the symbolics each one meant. I am so glad I thought of the sky lanterns, and I am also grateful to all of you that helped me make my parents wedding anniversary a special one.

I recently was invited to a friends wedding. It was their fifth wedding anniversary and I wanted to give them something special for their anniversary gift. I recently learned how to make a Chinese sky lantern. I decided to make sky lantern set for the anniversary party.

The project wasn’t too expensive and I finished them in about 2 hours. The day of the anniversary celebration I was very excited and couldn’t wait to share them with my friend and his wife. After dinner and some dancing, I asked my friend to meet me out in back of his house for my impromptu  gift to him and his wife. They came out back and I lit my five lanterns off.

As I lit each one I said something profound for each one. They were obviously touched by my gift and invited them to light the last one together. It was a wonderful moment and other guests cheered as the last one slowly floated away. This was the highlight of the party. They both thanked me and asked all sorts of questions about the sky lanterns. This was a great idea and I am going to use them again for the next party I’m invited to.