January 5, 2026
Custom Map Anniversary Gifts: A Guide by Year
Traditional anniversary gifts follow a progression of materials — paper for the first year, wood for the fifth, gold for the fiftieth. A custom map poster happens to work beautifully for almost every one of them. Here is how.
Year 1 — Paper
A premium matte print of the place where you met, got engaged, or got married. It is literally paper, and it is deeply personal. The Watercolor or Botanical Illustration styles are especially fitting for a first anniversary.
Year 5 — Wood
Our Woodcut style transforms your map into a bold black-on-birch woodblock print. The warm wood grain shows through every uncarved area. It is the wood anniversary gift that also happens to be art.
Year 10 — Tin/Aluminum
The Copper Patina style captures the metallic warmth of aged copper with turquoise verdigris. Or try Neon Circuit for a modern metallic aesthetic. Frame it in a metal frame to complete the theme.
Year 15 — Crystal
The Stained Glass style fills your map with jewel-toned glass panels and dark lead lines — the closest thing to crystal on a wall.
Year 20 — China
The Portuguese Tile (Azulejo) style transforms your map into hand-painted cobalt blue on white ceramic glaze. China meets cartography.
Year 25 — Silver
The Blueprint style has a cool silver-blue palette, or try Charcoal Sketch for an elegant silver-gray aesthetic.
Year 30 — Pearl
The Oil Slick style has iridescent, pearlescent rainbow shimmer on a dark surface. Nothing else captures the pearl aesthetic quite like it.
Year 50 — Gold
The Gold Foil style. Burnished gold streets on matte black. This is the anniversary gift that says fifty years together was worth every moment.
Every map is centered on a place that matters to you as a couple — where you met, where you married, where you built your life together.