I have received several emails complimenting us on the
Wine Box-Love Letter ceremony we performed at our wedding ceremony. In these emails you asked for details as to
what was actually said at the ceremony to explain what was going on.
You ask and you shall receive!
Here is how it works:
You and your spouse to be pick out a bottle
of wine together. You then write letters to each other that you do not
share and place them in a sealed envelope. You write to each other the
reasons you feel in love, what you love about each other and your hopes for the
future.
The day of your ceremony you place the
empty box, both letters and the bottle of wine on a table close to where you
will be standing.
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(I have also heard of people performing
this ceremony during their reception)
During your ceremony your officiant will
say something like this:
“Luke
and Ashley have chosen to perform a Love Letter & Wine Box ceremony.
Together, they will place into the box a bottle of their favorite wine and a
love letter from each to the other. The letters describe the wonderful things
they appreciate about each other, the reasons they fell in love, and their hopes
for their future together. They have individually sealed the letters and they
have not seen what the other has written. Should they ever struggle, they will
open this box, sit and drink the wine, then read the letters they wrote to one
another to be reminded of the things that brought them together in the first
place. Our hope for them is that they will never have a reason to open this
box. And if they don’t, they are to open it to share and enjoy on their 5th
year wedding anniversary, replenish the wine and open on their 10th
anniversary, and so on.”
After the reading you place the bottle of
wine and the letters into the box and seal it.
Some couple chose to actually nail the box closed. We however chose to lock ours together with a
lock at each end of the box. Either way is fine, the point being that the
box is sealed so your spouse to be can’t read your letter before its time.
The details….
The Wine
Luke and I aren’t real big wine
drinkers. So we chose a sweet white wine
that the liquor store told us would still taste good in 5 years. We were told not to go with a real cheap wine
because the reason it is cheap is so it gets drank soon. So we went a bottle in the middle price
range. And in 5 years when we open our
box we will more than likely be drinking a beer or mixed drink.
The Box
It obviously needs to big enough for a
bottle of wine. I purchased our box from
an Etsy store called Willow Road Designs.
They were able to personalize the box for us with our wedding date. However, I am sure there are some crafty
people out there who could make your own box and save some money. We had her add a lock on each side of the
box. If you are going to actually nail
the box closed, have the nail per nailed into the box so at the ceremony you
only have to hit it a few times to seal the box.
