Wine Box and Love Letters... Jason and Casey style!

For our family and friends who will be at our Rehearsal Brunch, if you want to be surprised, stop reading now!

For the rest of you...

We are planning a Wine Box and Love Letters ceremony.  What is that?  You've never heard of that?  Well, I hadn't either until I stumbled upon it on the WeddingBee site.  Man, I love me some WeddingBee!

from Nicole Bertucci

Here's the ceremony in a nutshell:
We will each write a love letter to each other before our wedding day.  It will say all the reasons we love being with the other person, why we want to get married, etc... You know, all that sappy, mushy stuff. 

from Doodle Dog Blog

We will each seal our letter, not letting the other person read it.  Then, you put your letters, along with a bottle of wine and two wine glasses into a box.

from Marvelous Girl

As for the "ceremony" part, you would seal it during your wedding ceremony (nail it closed).  The thought is that you don't open it until either a significant anniversary (I've seen both 5th and 10th) or if you are considering ending the marriage, it's a good reality check to help you remember why you got together in the first place.

from Wedding Channel

Very sweet, but too corny for us... So we are adding a little fun to it:

In addition to our love letters, wine, and wine glasses, we are going to give our guests a chance to add their own items to our wine box.  We will have 4 types of cards:

Cards were my own creation

(The last one is my personal favorite!)

We will add these items to our box and make it almost "time-capsule-esque."  I think it will be fun to read through these in 5 years (...if I can wait that long!  It'll be like Christmas... I'll just want to open it right away)!

I'm thinking we will have it out during our Rehearsal Brunch, and encourage everyone to fill out one of each.  Then we can just leave it out during the reception if anyone wants to add anything to it.  Maybe put a few of each card on the tables (?).

So, what do you think?  Would you add your own Advice, Well Wishes, Predictions, and Random Thoughts/Quotes/Drawings to our wine box if you were at our wedding?  Or is it still too cheesy?

Wedding Inspiration

Today's snow day is a sunny one!  Who can be in a bad mood when it's so bright outside with fresh, white snow and NO WIND!  So today: a super cheesy, ultra corny, just grin and enjoy kind of blog post!

I'll be 27 when I get married (just a week or so short of 28).  That makes me a baby in the 80's and a "Child of the 90's" (and early 2000's).  Growing up, I looked to these couples for love advice and wedding inspiration.  Enjoy!
 

First up, Disney.  Need I say more?

And who can forget Cory and Topanga.  The proof that sometimes, opposites do attract.

Then, Uncle Jesse and Becky.  They annoyed each other so much they fell in love.  And this song will probably be on our wedding playlist!

In Junior High, he was the love of my life.  I even had a whole binder devoted to pictures and articles of him.  Plus, I wanted to be "Pacey and Casey."  Cheesy, I know.  Proof that even smart girls can get the cute and fun guy: Pacey and Andie (no, NOT Joey!!!)

More recently, the on-again-off-again couple who just couldn't seem to get their timing right (until the very end): Ross and Rachel

From my favorite show, the quick-witted Gilmore Girls: Luke and Lorelai

And for my biggest influence, the show I've logged more hours watching than any other (and still watch loevery morning on TBS) Saved by the Bell's infamous couple: Zack and Kelly.  First, their tribute video:

And their wedding song, which I'm still trying to sell to Jason as a possible first dance song for us:

**Jump to 5:13 for the wedding part, or watch the whole thing and enjoy!** 

Isn't love just GRAND?!? :o)  What was your favorite couple?  Did I miss a good one?