Time Capsule, Saving memories for the future

One of the popular uses of the100yearwebsite is to produce a wedding Time Capsule.

You can start your wedding time capsule at any time, even create one after your wedding.

Below are some ideas that we have been given by users and some of our own hints and tips on creating a great wedding time capsule that you can look back on and enjoy for years to come.

• Include interviews with the bride and groom before the wedding (maybe at the beginning of the planning) it is always fun to record the videos seperately. What are your hopes and fears for the comming months? Record a new video update every month, keep it short, just 2-3 minutes.
• Keep a written diary of the build up and include this week by week or month by month
• Add details of the venue, photos, location etc
• Photos of the dress, where it was bought, how much it cost (it seems like a lot now but in 10 years it will be interesting to see what you can buy for the same money)
• A list of the wedding guests and the invitation that was sent out
• An account of the hen night and stag night (as much or as little info as prudent)
• Throughout the day itself make sure that everything is captured, make full use of all the different media available to you.
• Video and photos of the ceremony are great, music that was played in the church can accompany any photos.
• A really nice idea is to take a photo of every person who attends the wedding and ask them to write a little piece in a book, you can then scan these in or type them in under the photos of the person.
• Scan in a copy of the wedding certificate.
• Copies of any telegrams from relatives and friends far away are nice, even better if they can send you a small video message, this can be included as well.
• Scan a copy of the wedding lunch menu and accompany this with photographs.
• Video the speeches, these are always fun to look back on in years to come.
• Include music from the reception, make sure the song that accompanied the first dance is included.
• Any thank you cards from guests after the day are also a nice touch
• Why not round off the Wedding Time Capsule with predictions for the future. How many children will you have, what will you be doing in 1, 5, 10 even 20 years time (now that’s scary!)

This list gives a few ideas but if you have any more please let us know by using the contact function on the main site

Once you have started your wedding time capsule you can have it in the public domain, another option is to password it so only select people can view it. Either way this allows people who could not join in the big day a chance to share in the occassion and gives those who did attend an easy way to remember the event themselves.

Another option is to virtually bury your wedding Time Capsule, maybe time it tore open on your first anniversary, you can add some more content and virtually bury it again for another future date.

Some couples are adding to their capsule after their wedding and hope to build up a record of their whole married life, others have started new capsules for their new children to document their life over the years to come.

To start your own wedding time capsule click here to enter the main site