DIY Wedding - Anniversary Wine Box! - DANIELLERENEE85's Blue Wedding by Color Blog

I saw this post on one of the bride to bee's that I follow on blogger and thought it was totally awesome.

I don't know if any of you have heard of the "Love Letter Wine Box Ceremony". This is a ceremony that is gaining popularity in place of a traditional unity ceremony. The bride and groom each write each other a love letter, then during the ceremony, it's sealed into a box with a bottle of wine and 2 wine glasses. The idea is, if ever their marriage is in jeopardy, they should take out the box and drink the wine while reading each other's letters. It's sort of a last-ditch effort to save their failing relationship.

To me, that's a little depressing. I don't think it really sends good mojo on your wedding day if you have a ceremony that is basically to help save your marriage. Nobody really wants to think of their marriage not working ON their wedding day.

You could also write a love letter to each other by yourselves and just plan on opening it on a special anniversary.. but this girl on my blogger reader came up with a MUCH better idea!

She discovered something called the Anniversary Box. Picture this: During the rehearsal dinner, each guest is given a numbered card. They are asked to write a short letter to the couple on the card and seal it in an envelope. The cards are then placed in a box. The couple may read one card at each anniversary (the card whose number corresponds with the anniversary).

Super cute!

Derrick and I will purchase a box, a bottle of wine and put in two wine glasses and then put it on display at the rehearsal dinner. Before or after dinner, the guests will write their numbered notes and leave them in the box. Then, at each anniversary, we will open the box, drink the wine, and read one card from a loved one. After the anniversary is over, we will put in a new bottle of wine, seal it back up, and wait for the next anniversary.

I think it's a great way to incorporate our close family and friends into every single one of our anniversaries from now until 50.

goodness could i possibly steel any more of your ideas.... i love this!! im thinking this would be a blast to do one card per family we will have at the wedding and than each one of us will write to each other and than maybe on our 10 yr or something read the ones we wrote to each other. i absolutely adore this and I shall steel it from you as I have done so many other things.

OR!!!!!!! or we could explain it at the rehearsal and everyone there can do one plus ours to each other, (well have like 15 ppl at the rehearsal) and we could read one of theirs our first 15 yrs or so and than ours that first year and write a new one every year on our anniversary to read the following year!! hmmmm ideas started flowing...

LOL! I know, right?! It's awesome! I don't know how many people will be at our rehearsal. I almost thought about picking out 49 of our closest friends and family and sending them a little card with the invite for them to fill out and mail back with the RSVP or bring to the rehearsal if they are coming. Then just do a little speech about it at the rehearsal and add in all the cards.

I was thinking about writing one to each other and THAT can be what we open on our 50th anniversary!!

so cute!!! i love it! i MUST talk to FH about it!

Good luck!! I hope he LOVES the idea!

This is a really fun idea! I have never heard of it before :) It's like a Yummy Time Capsule ;)

What a GREAT idea, I agree that the original purpose is depressing but as for using it to celebrate you're anniversary each year is great!!!!!

I'm not sure how many people will be attending out rehearsal, I might do this at the Reception instead!

Agreed that a break-up box is a little morbid for a ceremony but the idea is cool. Maybe just not incorporating it into the ceremony? I think that your idea for the notes is really cute too!

Haha, it totally is like a yummy time capesule! I don't think we'll have 50 people at our rehearsal, but whether I do it with some invites or at the reception or something else I guess can be decided at a later point.

that sounds like an awsome idea!

I told my FH about this idea and even he adores it. Thanks for the post one of my absolute favorite ideas.

I <3 <3 <3 it!

You're so very welcome!! =D

oh i'm loving this! we're not heavily spiritual, our ideal venue is unique and most decorative items to be used for the ceremony, i'd like to serve as double duty and to be displayed in the reception area. So I've been stumped on the unity candle, God's knot, sand, etc. subjects. Our ideal venue is a historical theater so I really didn't want to mess with the candle ceremony at all. THIS POST MAY HAVE SOLVED MY PROBLEM! THANKS SO MUCH, DANIELLERENEE!!!!

Yay! I'm so glad that it's helped so many of you!! You're welcome!

amazing idea Danny, a perfect touch for every anniversary I loved it!! thank you for sharing it!

oh my gosh i loved this!!! just like the sex pot idea(lolest) am stealing this too!! thank you for sharing u guys are amazing... the things i learn here are priceless!!!

LOL! I don't think I read about the sex pot idea.. I might try to find that! It makes me so happy that this post has helped so many of you!! You're all so very welcome!