The ceremony is about to begin. This will be a special wedding day and none like you have ever seen before. This family has been planning on this, since the high-school sweethearts met. As the introductory music begins, you see them one by one come down the aisle in their flowing bridesmaids dresses.

It is a family affair. It is a milestone moment day, as the girls progress in age and height as each one comes down the aisle, starting with the flower girl (the bride’s niece). Next in this time capsule line of family, comes the bride’s faithful sisters, and then finally her mother carrying the decorative and heirloom Wedding Time Capsule to set up as the center piece at the end of the aisle. Get a decorative Wedding Time Capsule with special paperwork included from http://www.timecapsule.com/product/weddingtimecapsule/.

You see, this wedding time capsule has been passed down from generation to generation as each new son or daughter in the family gets married. There are tears of joy and excitement in the audience, as you can hear a pin drop, because everyone there knows what this wedding time capsule means to the family. The audience members do not know what is more exciting: the kiss at the end of the ceremony, or the filling of the wedding time capsule during the ceremony.

What to Put in the Wedding Time Capsule

During the ceremony, similar to the popular sand vases used, the couple will read their vows to each other, and then put them in the wedding time capsule. Next, they will each share tidbits from their “Message to the Future” letters to each other, and then put them in the wedding time capsule, to be completely read 5, 10, or 20 years from now. What a momentous day that will be. There is a hush over the crowd as you hear the famous wedding march song begin. The bride walks down the aisle glowing. Her eyes catch her fiancé first, and then the infamous wedding time capsule as it sits front and center on a podium where she will share her vows and treasure them for years.

Additional Meaningful Touches to Your Ceremony

Before the wedding starts, you could even have guests sign in, by filling out advice cards or predictions about where they see the couple in the future. You could even have some guests bring in a newspaper, or other items from the day of their marriage, which represent the world at this time. When the fun-filled wedding day is over, make sure to collect other important memorabilia like the decorations, all these guest sign-in cards, and a cd of the music played at their reception, and save it in the wedding time capsule. Then years later, on an anniversary of the couple’s choosing, they could open the wedding time capsule again and relive what life was like the year of their marriage. You could even have some guests bring in a newspaper from the day of their marriage.

What do you wish you would have saved from your wedding day? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie
www.timecapsule.com

Note:
Photo of Bridesmaid and two flower girls came from http://www.styleandthebride.co.uk/tag/beautiful-real-weddings/
Photo of Bride and Groom putting letters in the box time capsule taken from http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/blog/2013/02/19/modern-los-angeles-garden-wedding/wedding-time-capsule-ideas/

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21 Creative Ways to Use a Time Capsule to Connect with Teenagers

You know, I remember asking my mom and dad when I was a teenager, “If life is like this now, what is it going to be like when my children are teenagers?” It was a rhetorical question, one of the many that came from my random thoughts as a teenager. I have always been one of those kids who was told, “you are wise beyond your years.” My parents made it a goal to consistently make sure they were bonding with us in positive ways. When I worked as a counselor in my own private practice, I heard many different life stories from young kids and teenagers. It is vital, to find anything and everything you can to communicate to teenagers about their world, even if it is a time capsule.

This blog is a continuation about who can use a time capsule. These priceless and treasured gifts can also be used by teenagers. During a time of great confusion, a teenager is trying to discover his or her identity. The following is a list of 21 ways to use a teenage time capsule to connect with with adolescence on a deeper level.

1. Write a “Message to the Future” letter to yourself about where you see yourself after you graduate or get married.

2. Use the time capsule as an anonymous container in your youth group, for kids to put questions or comments on slips of paper to leave for staff to read once per week, or have teachers from your teenagers high-school, fill out a letter about predictions of where they see him or her in the future.

3. To put your nostalgic memorabilia in, from childhood, to open years later and reminisce about what life was like during that time in your life.

4. To save love letters from your first boyfriend, to review later when you meet “the one.” What a fun day that may be when you read those old letters from your “first” official boyfriend. A time capsule will help you remember this “first” or milestone moment in your life.

5. Adolescence is an adventure in of itself, of which includes many exciting events that need to be preserved in a profile book of yourself that you can include in your time capsule.

6. For a teenager, giving them the privacy they so desperately want, is connecting with them. Let them develop their independence, as they learn skills of how to make it in life on their own, by encouraging them to keep extra money in their time capsule like a savings bank with emergency money.

7. For a teenager, a time capsule is similar to diaries, journals, or saved emails to yourself. Time capsules can be a place to work out difficult life questions, as you write about your feelings and changing relationships.

8. Connect with your teenager by using the time capsule to teach them about what to hold on to and what to let go. Let them put those emotions on pieces of paper or in a letter, put their old favorite shirt or toy in a time capsule, to bury or put away for years, helping them forget about it and let go.

9. Leave your teenager a letter, in the time capsule, about what life was like when you were a teenager. Then have your teenager open the time capsule with the letter in it and other significant items you saved from his or her life so far.

10. In the time capsule, leave a list of positive words that describe your teenager. Make it look nice on special paper, that maybe he or she will want to frame and hang on the wall.

11. Show you listen to your teenager, and put something significant in the time capsule and then give it to them to open as if a present. For example, put a favorite book, movie, or music, etc in the time capsule.

12. When you feel your daughter is of age to wear make-up, put a set of different colors of eye shadow, lipstick, nail polish, etc in a time capsule and have a special party as she enters adulthood. You could even invite her friends over for a make-up party.

13. Write a love letter to your teenager, and say how proud of them you are. Leave it in their time capsule, telling them when they can open it, for their special surprise.

14. Let your teenager use the time capsule as a place to write out the full story of what happened (during a problem in their life or if he or she made a bad life decision). This helps your teenager get the whole story out, before you react or jump to conclusions.

15. Create a favorite, new, recipe together and save it in their time capsule for years so they have it for when they get married.

16. Keep a souvenir from your fun vacation together, in their time capsule.

17. Take great photos of moments with your teenager, or their friends, and preserve them in a time capsule for years. Then, at their graduation, open the time capsule and reminisce about the “good old days.”

18. Keep a gift or memorabilia from a shared hobby or passion, you have spent time doing with your teenager, in the time capsule. None of us really truly understand what a special time in our lives meant, until it is gone or your teenager has left for college far away.

19. Put the keys to their first car, in the time capsule, then let them open the time capsule when they receive their driver’s license.

20. Make a college survival gift basket kit, with the time capsule holding many significant items from their childhood, you feel he or she would want to preserve and take to college.

21. Make a bucket list to keep in your time capsule, to see what all you have accomplished by the time you open the time capsule.

I hope this list of ideas is just a start for you to connect better with your teenager. A time capsule is a gift that keeps on giving and giving. Pass on your life lessons, and preserve your teenager’s milestone moments in a time capsule. Help your adolescent tell his or her own children what life was like when he or she was a teenager, with the use of a decorative time capsule from http://www.timecapsule.com. For other ideas of what to put in a teenage time capsule, check out http://www.education.com/activity/article/Make_High_School_Time_Capsule/

What is one thing you would put in your teenager’s time capsule? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

www.timecapsule.com

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Learn how to show love to others on Valentine’s Day. Be the best at what matters most in whatever you do daily….Love. Love is what matters most in our daily life walk with our spouse, child, job, social time with friends, etc. We are all surprised when we receive letters in the mail, let alone a love letter from someone who deeply cares about us.

We here at The Original Time Capsule Company want to write our customers a love letter and say thank you with this blog of helpful ideas, on how you too can share love with others around you every day. Many milestone moments come from special days of showing or giving love to others whether through acts of service, friendship, laughter, support, acceptance, etc.

Valentine’s day is advertised as a day to sell candy, flowers, gifts, etc. We, at The Original Time Capsule company do not want you to forget that love, the main ingredient associated with Valentine’s day, needs to be the focus in everything we do, every day, not just on this holiday. Currently this world is so consumed with social media, working faster, harder, their status, and whether or not someone gave them a “Like.” This Valentine’s Day, we want you to slow down and push the “Love” button with friends and family.

Not everyone has that special someone to celebrate with on Valentine’s day, but everyone can love someone or something else on this day. Many times, we forget what it means to be loved, and need helpful tips or ideas of how to show that to someone else. Valentine’s Day can be helpful for that, especially for the guys who do not like this holiday.

For the Spouses – Show Love:

Do your best at showing love to your spouse. Not everyone is created equal. We each have different ways of showing love. Do your best at what matters most this holiday, and spend time and show love with someone or something you care about. See this helpful list of ideas of how to love your special someone on February 14. See these ideas at http://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/holidays/featured/valentines-day/25-valentines-day-ideas-for-couples#.Uvf35E2YaM8. It is never too late to get your decorative Wedding Time Capsule and fill it with old mementos from your wedding day, to open years later on a special anniversary date or a Valentine’s Day years from now. What a great way to show love and reminisce about what your love and life looked like the year you were married. Get this decorative and unique Wedding Time Capsule for a great Valentine’s gift at http://www.timecapsule.com/product/weddingtimecapsule/.

For the Family – Show Love:

Do your best, at what matters most – Spending time and showing love to your family and children. Many times children are listening, even when we do not think they are listening. I remember pressing my ear against my parent’s door, listening in on conversations secretly. Make sure your children hear the most important message of all this holiday…I Love You with these unique activities at http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1028393/unique-things-to-do-with-your-kids-this-valentines-day

For the Job – Show Love:

Do your best, at showing love in your job. Others, who may be looking up to you, or looking to move you up the ladder watch and notice your acts of love toward your job and others around you. It is in our best interest to show love at our jobs daily to others, which in turn gives love back to ourselves. It is easier to be around others when you show love to them, even when you do not feel like it. Here are some other great ideas of how to show your co-workers love. http://www.reporter-times.com/entertainment/parade/living/want-your-coworkers-to-love-you-try-these-tips/article_3c128fb7-bc16-5458-b6f0-6b4f60108dcf.html

For the Friends – Show Love:

Do you best, at what matters most when you are single on Valentine’s Day – Spending time with friends. It is vital to continue to give to yourself, so that you can continue to give love to others around you daily. So go spend time with yourself or friends and love on them with the helpful ideas from http://www.yourtango.com/2014206743/single-valentines-day-ideas-youll-love

Instead of making excuses why not to have Valentine’s Day, make excused to do your best and show love everyday with your spouse, family, job, friends, and yourself. Pay it forward – Love.

Instead:
– Make the excuse to spend much needed time with your hubby.
– Make the excuse to eat chocolate with friends and family
– Make the excuse to relax and enjoy a hobby away from your kids
– Make the excuse to slow dance in your living room, write a love letter, or record a video to say I love you to your spouse, friends, children, co-worker and thank them for all they have done and how they have shown you love.

Please leave a comment below on what you did for this Valentine’s week to push the “Love” button on someone else, and how you plan to show “Love” every day. We, “Like” that, as Facebook would say, but where is the “Love” it button when we need it.

Valentine’s Day – Do your best…

For more great ideas, check out our other blogs. They are sure to inspire you. If you are getting married this Valentine’s day, do not forget to get the unforgettable gift of the Wedding Time Capsule to help create lasting memories. Get it at www.timecapsule.com. Have family and friends fill out the “Message to the Future” letters included in the Wedding Time Capsule. Give your ideas, to the happy couple, of what you did to keep your marriage alive on Valentine’s day.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie
The Original Time Capsule Co.
www.timecapsule.com

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Please do not use an ugly and boring cardboard box. That is not special.

Use a Time Capsule. No we are not talking about the Apple Time Machine. According to Merriam-webster.com, a Time Capsule is : “ a container holding historical records or objects representative of current culture that is deposited (as in a cornerstone) for preservation until discovery by some future age.”

Many people already have a time capsule, but just do not realize it. You email account saves all your treasured, sentimental emails from friends and family. You can save your photos online somewhere or in a scrapbook, or your time capsule may be that ugly cardboard box in your closet filled with “stuff.”

We here at The Original Time Capsule company want you to treasure your loved and memorable items in a more decorative and special way, with our time capsules. We currently have our Baby and Wedding Time Capsule. More time capsules coming soon “in the future.”

Our time capsules are not meant to be buried. They are meant to be displayed for about 10 to 20 years (or whatever timeframe you choose), on your fireplace mantle, shelf, table, etc. These unique gifts can hold your 3D objects, like Baby’s first rattle or favorite toy, the bride and groom’s wedding wine glass or honeymoon souvenir. Things you would also put in a shadow box, but you want to be kept a secret (if you are making the time capsule for someone else, not yourself). What a memorable day that will be for the child or couple years later, when they open their time capsule and relive the first year they were born or married. I can just hear some of the laughs and see the tears flowing now, from all the memories discussed and experienced again.

So, where do you preserve memories, besides a scrapbook? Here is a helpful article on how to organize your precious child’s artwork and schoolwork at http://www.makelifelovely.com/2013/05/how-to-organize-your-childrens-art-and.html

For the special photos that do go into a scrapbook, learn how to do this by watching this video at https://www.paperwishes.com/scrapbooking101/articles/building-a-page.html

We hope this article was helpful for you. Always remember, have fun!

Making Milestone Moments Count,

Mark & Marcie Norton
The Original Time Capsule Co.

Get your Baby or Wedding Time Capsule now at www.timecapsule.com

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