Announcement: We have a new Time Capsule we are launching. It is called “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule.

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It is not just a work of art, but a work of the heart when it comes to creating your own time capsule. It is important that we be a part of history and understand our past, to thrive in the future.  Many times throughout life we all have many milestone moments and we all need a way to capture the tangible items that go with these occasions. Almost everyone seems to have a cell phone now, which is great, but what about the sentimental items we collect when we are at a special event or time in our life?

Where do you store your most important mementos or memorabilia from special occasions?

Be a Part of the Interstellar Time Capsule Movie Movement

With the new movie “Interstellar” out, many people are searching for ideas of things to record to send to people in the future, to describe what life is like on earth right now. What an incredible way to give back to the children of the future. What moments, stories, insight, or videos are you planning on sharing with the world? How do you describe to others where you came from? Contribute to the Intersellar movement with your own video or story today using #TimeCapsule or by visiting http://g.co/TimeCapsule. You can also contribute by creating your own “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule. Get yours today from http://www.timecapsule.com/product/milestone-collection-any-occasion-diy-time-capsule/.

Who is the “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule For?

This unique time capsule is designed with you or anyone in mind. The sky’s the limit with this product. This DIY Time Capsule is for children and adults of all kinds, families, communities, businesses, organizations, charities, fund raisers, churches, clubs, etc. Anyone with a significant milestone in life can use this time capsule. Celebrate the past, present, and future using your creative juices to make a DIY Time Capsule for any occasion.

Steps to Make an “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule

1. Create several snapshot photos of your life or occasion, for future generations.
2. Collect items from everyday life, or print photos from the internet of topics and stories trending. For information stored on digital media (like anything video or audio). Include a means to access to it in the future.
3. Set a retrieval date 10 to 50 years from now.
4. Ask friends and family to help gather significant items for your time capsule.
5. Find a location where the time capsule can be stored. Since the “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule is meant to be decorative, you can place it on shelves, fireplace mantles, entertainment centers, or other decorative cabinets. Please do not bury this time capsule. These are not meant to be buried. These unique time capsules are meant to be artistic and a great conversation piece.
6. Register your Time Capsule on our website, and then go on with your daily life trying to forget about the Time Capsule.
7. Years later, open your time capsule at a ceremony. Invite friends and family to come and reminisce with you all over again.

What is so Special about the “Any Occasion” Time Capsule?

You can design your own artwork, logo, or picture to put on the outside of the time capsule using the included sticker sheets. You can also use markers to draw directly on the outside of our time capsule. If you are really in a crafty mood, you can attach different fabrics or material to the outside of the time capsule to truly capture the feeling of your occasion you are celebrating.

The “Any Occasion” Time Capsule comes with everything needed (including an online graphics software program) to create your own DIY photo or artwork to put on the outside of the time capsule. This time capsule is so versitile. Put copies of your own sentimental photos in our online software and create your own scrapbook type layout theme of your occasion. Then print off the photos on the included sticker sheets, to put on the outside of your own DIY time capsule. All you need is your own imagination.

So what occasions in your life would you like to make a time capsule for? Comment below. Share your ideas with others.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

–  Marcie

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Who Can Use a Time Capsule? – Parents

Although it is a morbid thought, the truth is we are all going to die someday. That is the bad news. The good news is, we all have a chance to leave a legacy to our friends, family, and children. We can leave a legacy in a tangible way with a time capsule.

Do not wait until you are the parent who has to send your child off to college, only to notice the adult size shoes and clothes you pull out of the suitcase, as you help him or her unpack for their new life adventure. Leave memories in a lasting way, with the use of a time capsule. A time capsule is more than just social media, saving photos on Facebook, or posting your Throw Back Thursday pictures. A time capsule is about collecting the memorabilia that will not keep online, or in a scrapbook, or in an old box where mice and moths can destroy your precious memories. Let’s discuss time capsule ideas for parents.

A Celebration of Life

Don’t wait until the end, when most people have a “celebration of life” at a funeral. Start today and save those tangible memorabilia, souvenirs, and keepsakes in a decorative Baby Time Capsule from http://www.timecapsule.com. Keep special items, in a time capsule, about everyday life and what matters most – your children and family memories together. When parents make a time capsule with their children, it helps them feel a sense of connectedness on a deeper level.

You are not just your child’s “mom” or “dad.” Use a time capsule to explain to your grown child, about who all you really are, as your child opens their time capsule at their high-school graduation or as you leave their dorm room at college, and he or she starts a new life.

You are a “mom” or “dad” who has:

• saved their childhood pictures drawn
• saved their proud moments of finally nailing the sound on their band instrument, in an audio recording
• been the one who has saved their sweet 16 napkin from her Birthday party
• been the one who still has the key to his or her first car
• been the one who has their best years of Report Cards saved
• saved their journal or diary, to remind him or her what life was like as a young teenager
• saved their favorite childhood toy
• saved their most embarrassing or funny videos
• continued to make their favorite recipes holiday after holiday
• saved their sentimental baby blanket
• saved every day timer planner (each year of their life) of the many scheduled events, you have taken them to. (How do you have all this energy?)

The countless list goes on, as I am sure you are now thinking of the many ways you have been there for your children. Remind them of how much you love them with a decorative Baby Time Capsule to give them at their graduation, or whenever you choose to have them open it. What a day that will be as he or she is able to relive life the year they were born, or the first few years of their lives. Help your child truly understand how you contributed to their world. From the tiny baby feel of size 3, to the adult feet of size 13, there are many memories with tangible objects involved that we all do not want to let go or lose. Capture and preserve them in a lasting gift of the Baby Time Capsule. It is when you have to leave your child at college that your child’s life really flashed before your eyes. Get a time capsule to slow down this time and remember it. That time capsule now is not just a price, it is worth so much more. Priceless, as you freeze that moment in time, in a time capsule. Reminisce over the items in the time capsule, as you feel those emotions of empty nest syndrome come upon you. The time capsule helps you connect, no matter how far apart you are. Pass on the legacy from your family, of what matters most, treasured memories.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

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What are we going to name her? I don’t know, how about you make a list of names you like, and I will make a list of names I like, then we will come together and compare. Let’s see if we have any similarities on our list, then we will choose the best name we like together over dinner somewhere nice. I know this is a common conversation at many other homes around the world, for parents who are about to have a baby. Choosing a baby name, is a difficult decision to make, especially if you want the name to have a special meaning. It is a name your child will have for the rest of their life.

What’s in a Name?

To many, your child’s name is the beginning of their life resume. It may be a name that continues the heritage of your family. There are also many stories, or memories with friends that come to mind when we hear certain names. When you decide on a name, it is like pre-writing the resume of your child. Some people wait till their child is born, to look at him or her physically and emotionally, and then decide on a name that fits his or her personality. When we hear a name, it is like looking back at his or her past self. A name can even be like a “Message to the Future” self of what life will be like for him or her. Start your child’s resume now, with a great and meaningful name. It is always interesting to see how much a child has grown over the years, and watch the character of their name come out more. The name you choose for your child is the precursor of asking “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Make a time capsule, which reflects your baby’s name and personality. Get a decorative Baby Time Capsule from http://www.timecapsule.com/product/babystimecapsule/.

How to Choose a Baby Name?

So where do you begin, to find that perfect name that just “fits?” There are many circumstances to think about for your child, in the future, when choosing their name. Check out this helpful article to help you narrow down your list of names at http://blog.thebump.com/2013/09/17/5-things-i-didnt-think-about-before-picking-a-baby-name-that-i-wish-i-had/. Many people want to know what names are trending. This may help you find a great name, but make sure you pick a name that has meaning to you and your child, not one that is just the latest trend. What is trendy now may not be a trend in the future.

Similar to the baby time capsule, what you save in your child’s time capsule now may not be popular years in the future. That is what makes the time capsule opening celebration so much fun. It is a way to re-live that time in the child’s world, and laugh as what we all thought was “in” or “cool” in the past. Make sure you save your list of names you went through in your child’s baby time capsule, so they see all the work you went through to name them, and see how close they would have been, to being called a girl name. What a laugh that will be in the future, when your child opens that time capsule at their graduation party for example, to see what life was like when he or she was born. For other helpful tips to help you choose the best name for your baby, visit http://www.babynameguide.com/forum.html.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

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A “selfie” is the latest craze word you hear everywhere thanks to cell phones enabling a special camera to take a self picture and then post it to social media to share with friends and family, instantly. A selfie is exactly what you would want to put in a time capsule, especially to represent this time period in our lives, for future generations to know what life was like when we were alive. A selfie is the ultimate time capsule. A selfie is a way of expressing emotion, that you may not have words for, similar to other fun or important photos taken in our lives.

A selfie takes photography and Yourself to a whole new level.

We all need and want to be heard, noticed, and matter in life. We are all unique, precious, and gifted individuals. Who are you? What do you like? How do you spend your time? What are your favorite places to go, things to do, or clothes to wear? What is your favorite meal? Who are your best friends? Do you really watch how you are changing and growing as a person? What important lessons have you learned? When we do not share this information with our family, friends, children, grandchildren, we are neglecting or cheating our ancestors from knowing us.

Everyone has a part in shaping the world we live in, and the direction our children will go. Be selfish and take note of who you are. Take a selfie each year, as you grow in life. Tell a story about yourself each year. Write a “Message to the Future” letter to your children now, about where you see them years from now. Your children will thank you for investing yourself and time into this milestone moment letter they will read, years later in their life. For tips on how to take great selfie pictures, check out http://www.buzzle.com/articles/tips-on-taking-a-great-selfie.html

Life is a Journey

Most people want to see progress in their lives. This is why a time capsule is important. A selfie is just one item (or several items, depending on how many selfies you take), to show this personal progress. There is no need to be famous, or to become famous before taking a selfie. A selfie helps you feel famous. You are famous to someone in your life. Please remember this. You are valuable to someone. You may not feel like it some days, but your children will definitely thank you years later, and think you are famous.

So go ahead, take that selfie. Put it in a time capsule. Get ready to open it years later and have a few laughs with your children. You could even save your selfie as a new mother and father with your baby, then take an end selfie when your child graduates high-school. What differences will you see in your before and after photos of yourselves. Then, put your photos as parents of your child, in a Baby Time Capsule, along with other memorabilia you preserved, and give it to your grown child now on their Graduation day. What a special moment this will be when he or she opens their own Baby Time Capsule to see what life was like when he or she was born or what you were like as parents.

A selfie. It just may be one of the most important pictures you have ever taken, for yourself or for someone else.

A time capsule. It just may be one of the most important projects you have ever done, for yourself or for someone else.

What is your favorite selfie you have done? Comment below or post your selfie in the comments. We want to see your selfies.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

www.timecapsule.com

Credits: Main photo of baby in Selfie Onesie can be found at https://www.etsy.com/listing/174895593/hashtag-selfie-selfie-baby-onesie

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