Wedding Time Capsule

I saw a random post on this a long time ago and unfortunately, I did not save the link. I do remember LOVING the idea! In one of my previous posts, I talked about how you write love letters to each other during Engaged Encounter and I'm so excited about that. But tell me... how romantic would it be to open a time capsule on our 10th wedding anniversary and read a love letter written by my husband the night before we got married? Or to turn on a C.D. compilation of the music played by our wedding band and dance together in our living room?

And I am not the only person who thinks this is a great idea. They actually have kits!

While these are a cute idea, I don't quite like the way they look. I also would like to personalize what I'm putting in our time capsule a little more than these kits would allow.

In fact, I'm thinking something a little more like this:

I love the look of a wood box. I picture it sitting in our living room, or at the foot of our bed where we can see it everyday. It will remind us of the love and elation we felt on our wedding day and will keep us excited about what's to come on December 31st 2021. Though I don't know for sure we'll be able to wait the full 10 years ;).

Though I haven't started collecting items for our wedding capsule here are a few ideas of things I might make the cut:

• A bottle of champagne to enjoy on our anniversary
• Our wedding program
• The C.D. of our wedding band.
• Two sealed love letters, one written by the bride and one by the groom about our feelings and emotions the night before we got married
• Dried flowers from my bouquet and his boutonniere
• A wedding invitation
• A wedding favor
• A reception place card
• A copy of our vows if we can write our own
• Pictures from the day
• Family member's predictions for what life for us will be like in 10 years? (love it!)
• Our guesses of what life will look like in 10 years
• Relationship "in-jokes" that reference things which are important to us at that moment in our relationships

And the list goes on... I can't wait to start gathering a few of these things for our time capsule! It's going to be so much fun!