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kLo
VIP August 2014

"Time Capsule" during ceremony?

kLo, on May 4, 2014 at 11:55 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 8

We recently met with our marriage officiant, she was so lovely and made us both feel really comfortable. Aside from being a marriage commissioner she is also a yoga teacher; she has a breathing technique that she will teach us that a day or two before that will help us make it through without crying (as much). That doesn't add anything to the story, I am just so excited to have found her.

During our meeting is that she suggested creating a 'time capsule' during the wedding ceremony. I'm putting in in quotations because it sounds like an elementary school project; if we do it, we will come up with a different name. This is a container that we will each write a letter to each other about how we feel going into this ceremony, and a set an anniversary when we open it and read the letters (1 yr, 5 yrs, etc). She also recommended including a bottle of reception wine in it.

Long winded way of getting to my question...has anyone done something like this before? How did it work?

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Latest activity by Emma, on May 5, 2014 at 9:32 AM
  • kLo
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    kLo ·
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    To add- we are also thinking of having both sets of parents write a letter and come up to add it in the box.

    Second question... any creative ideas of what to call it? We are jokingly calling it the 'love chest' but would never actually use that!

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  • Mina
    Super June 2015
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    This is also known as a Wine Ceremony. It's not unusual, but it's only started to become popular in the last couple years. If you do a search for Wine Ceremony, either here on this forum or on google, that should help!

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  • kLo
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    Thank you! I did some searching and found it under 'wine box ceremony', a little different from a wine ceremony as the wine remains sealed. I thought I didn't want a unity ceremony of any kind until learning about this. I'm already looking forward to our 5th (or 10th, TBC) anniversary and cracking open the letters!

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  • Staci
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    This sounds fun. I think I might do it myself but at the rehearsal dinner instead of the ceremony.

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  • Happy In Hawaii
    Master July 2015
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    My sister did this and they keep the box on their mantle (I think). They put their own letters in and each of the moms put a letter in. I helped her pick out a cute card for it. Then she went to the liquor store and asked them for a wine that ages well and will taste good in 5 years. That is important because some wine isn't meant to keep that long. I think she found a chest at goodwill and painted it. You can find expensive boxes online.

    With their ceremony it is intended to be opened in 5 years unless they face hard times then they can discuss it and open it earlier so that if things are bad they can remember the love they felt on their wedding day. I think this part about opening it early is fine and is okay to agree upon privately, but the weird part is that the officiant for my sister explained this at the wedding and it was sort of a downer. Like almost sounding like they expect the marriage to be bad in the future. If I were you I'd leave that part out, or maybe put the explanation in the program if you want.

    They just called it a wine box ceremony, not sure if you can find another creative name for it.



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  • kLo
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    Awesome, thank you! I agree, I think I'd leave out the bit about possibly opening it earlier during the ceremony.

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  • Celia Milton
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    I call it 'wine and words", and it's been around for a few years. Especially good for couples who don't really want to write their own vows and recite them in front of that many people.

    I invite the guests to write wishes on their place cards and add then to the box through the reception.

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  • Emma
    Master October 2024
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    This does sound like a fun idea. My hubby and I will be writing letters to each other to read the morning of the wedding. I think I might keep them in a photo album afterward though. Smiley smile

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