Wedding & Anniversary Time Capsule: Letters to Open on Your 1st, 5th & 10th
A simple way to turn your wedding into a gift that keeps arriving - what to put in a couple’s time capsule and which letters to write for each anniversary.
The short version. A wedding time capsule turns one day into a series of small reunions with your past selves. Write letters to open on future anniversaries, save a few honest mementos, and let them arrive on the date. Here’s what to include and how to make sure it actually shows up.
What to put in a couple’s time capsule
- A letter from each of you, to open on your 10th anniversary.
- Your honest answer to “what am I most excited and most nervous about?”
- A photo from an ordinary day this week - not a posed one.
- The song that was “yours” this year.
- A guest prediction or two: where will we be in ten years?
- A small list of the dreams you share right now.
Which letter for which anniversary?
- 1st year: “What surprised me about our first year” - written on the wedding day, opened twelve months later.
- 5th year: hopes for the next five and a memory from the wedding you don’t want to lose.
- 10th year: the big one - who you were on day one, in your own words.
Make it a tradition, not a one-off
The loveliest version is rolling: each anniversary, you each write a short note and reseal it for the next milestone. Over a decade it becomes a private archive of your marriage - in your own handwriting and voices.
How to make sure it arrives
A box in a closet is easy to forget across ten years and a house move or two. Scheduling a digital capsule means the letter simply arrives on your anniversary. timedrop lets you seal photos, a voice note and your letters, set the date up to ten years out, and deliver to both of you. The first capsule is free.
Frequently asked questions
What do you put in a wedding time capsule?
Letters from each partner to open on a future anniversary, an honest note about your hopes and nerves, an ordinary photo, “your” song, and a prediction or two. Mementos that capture who you are now matter more than expensive keepsakes.
When should we open our wedding time capsule?
Common choices are the 1st, 5th and 10th anniversaries. Many couples make it rolling - writing a short note each year and resealing it for the next milestone, building a private archive over time.
How do we make sure the letters actually arrive years later?
Don’t rely on a box that can be lost in a move. A scheduled digital capsule delivers on the date by itself. timedrop seals your letters, photos and voice and delivers to both partners up to ten years out.