Marry now. Toast later.
A wedding time capsule: record a video on the day, or collect messages from every guest, and open them on your first anniversary, your tenth, or the day you need reminding.
“Recording this in the taxi, still in the dress. Whatever we’re arguing about in 2036, remember the taxi.”
“Everything I promised you at the altar, itemized, so we can check the math annually.”
“Every guest recorded thirty seconds at the reception. All of it arrives on the first anniversary, unedited.”
Three steps, then time does the rest.
Capture the day as it happens
A message from the two of you before the ceremony, or thirty seconds from every guest at the reception. Raw beats rehearsed.
Schedule the anniversary
First anniversary, tenth, twenty-fifth. Pick the date and we seal everything until it comes.
Open it together
On the date, it lands in your inbox. The people you were, delivered to the people you’ve become.
How to make a wedding video time capsule
There are two versions, and the best weddings do both. The private one: the two of you record a message — before the ceremony with the nerves intact, or at the end of the night with the shoes off — and schedule it for an anniversary. The public one: guests record thirty seconds each on their phones during the reception, you collect the clips, and the whole chorus arrives on your first anniversary. No videographer required for either. The point isn’t production value; it’s testimony. Schedule, lock, and let the marriage catch up to the message.
What to record on the wedding day
Skip the speech you already gave. Record the things that never make the album: what you were doing at 7 a.m., which vow you nearly couldn’t get through, what your new spouse did during the first dance that nobody else caught, the exact joke your best friend made in the car. Ten years from now the photographs will show you what the day looked like. The video is the only thing that can show you what it felt like from inside it — while it was still happening, before it became an anniversary toast.
The anniversary tradition: paper, then pixels
The traditional first-anniversary gift is paper — which is exactly what a locked message is, updated for people who’d rather see a face than read a card. Some couples make it annual: every anniversary, record five minutes for the next one, so each year opens with the previous year’s verdict. Others go long — a message from the wedding sealed for the tenth, when the taxi and the dress and the argument about the seating chart have all gone soft at the edges and need re-sharpening.
Can wedding guests each record a message?
Yes. Guests can record short videos on their phones and you upload them to your account, each scheduled for the anniversary you choose. Some couples collect them at the reception like a guest book with faces.
Can we schedule the video to both of us?
On Premium you can schedule to any email, so set one delivery to each of you, timed for the same morning.
What if we want to open it early?
If you locked it, you can’t, and neither can we. Only unlocked videos stay accessible. Couples tend to lock them; an anniversary you can’t peek at is the whole romance of it.
How far ahead can we schedule?
As far as you like. A twenty-fifth anniversary is well within range. Videos live on durable cloud storage until their date.
The best wedding gift might be from the two of you, to the two of you.
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