Cotton, traditionally, and the traditional list is only partly useful here. What is more useful is a fact about year two that nobody plans for.
Year one is photographed heavily because everything in it is new — the first home, the first festival as a married couple, the first time either set of parents visits. Year two has none of those firsts, and the photographs quietly stop.
That is not a failure. It is what an ordinary year looks like. But it means the second anniversary is the first one where you have to look for the year rather than scroll through it.
What that changes
The gift is smaller, and that is correct. An 8-page magazine at ₹499 or 16 pages at ₹599 is the right size for a year with fewer photographs in it, and a padded 40-page book of a thin year reads as padded.
The material is the ordinary. The photographs that exist from year two are the flat, the routine, the two of you on a normal Sunday. Those age far better than the wedding ones, because everyone already has the wedding ones.
What to give
A short magazine of year two specifically. Not the relationship, not the wedding — the twelve months. ₹499 for 8 pages, about 32 photographs. Anniversary Magazine →
Prints for the flat, from ₹270 for thirty. Cotton is a textile and a wall is the closest honest reading of it.
Something cotton, plus a short book. The traditional and the actual, which is what the by-year guide recommends for this year. Wedding anniversary gifts by year →
| Option | Price |
|---|---|
| Print pack, 30 prints | ₹270 |
| 8-page magazine | ₹499 |
| 16-page magazine | ₹599 |
| 24-page magazine | ₹699 |
Flat ₹70 delivery anywhere in India.
Start the habit here
The second anniversary is the best place to start a yearly one, because it is small enough that a busy year does not break it and there is still almost nothing to catch up on.
Ten identical 8-page books is a decade on a shelf, and it costs less in total than one album at year ten would. Which format suits a repeat gift →
Timing
5 to 14 days from order to doorstep, 5 to 12 to Delhi NCR, dispatched every Monday.
Frequently asked
What is the traditional second anniversary gift? Cotton. It is one of the years the traditional list handles reasonably — something worn or woven, ideally alongside something printed.
How many photos do I need for a second anniversary book? About four fill a page, so 8 pages needs roughly 32. That is deliberately achievable from one ordinary year.
Why do I have fewer photos from year two than year one? Because year one is all firsts and year two is not. It happens to almost everyone and it is the reason this year is worth printing.
Should the book cover the whole relationship or just the year? Just the year. The whole relationship is a bigger book and it belongs at a milestone.
Is a second anniversary a good place to start a yearly tradition? The best place. It is small, there is nothing to catch up on, and the habit survives a busy year.
Part of our guide to anniversary photo books by year. See also: third anniversary gift ideas and paper anniversary gift ideas.
For year two: Anniversary Magazine from ₹499 · Print packs from ₹270 · Anniversary gifts