For hundreds of years, girls have filled wooden chests with items of personal meaning to them in anticipation of one day getting married and taking this chest and the special things within it to their new home. This simple wooden chest became a symbol of hope and love, and was a part of lifelong dreams coming true. Often, the girl’s parents would help her fill the wooden chest over the years with linens, keepsakes, photos, family heirlooms, and more. The young lady’s father may have even built the wooden chest for her. In honor of this beautiful family tradition, Heirloom Hourglass offers The Hope Chest hourglass. Just as the wooden hope chests passed down for many generations were made from or lined with cedar, The Hope Chest is crafted with Eastern Aromatic Cedar wood for the hourglass bases. The finely finished maple hardwood rope shaped pillars match the cedar wonderfully, and the two intertwining strands of the rope are the perfect symbol of the bond of your relationship. A 24 carat gold plated solid pewter heart adorns each side of The Hope Chest hourglass. These heart shaped closures make opening and closing your hourglass from either side easy. Whether you’re getting married, celebrating an Anniversary, or starting a new family tradition, you will create a beautiful heirloom when you fill The Hope Chest from Heirloom Hourglass with sands or soils from your Wedding Day, your travels, your home, the first beach you went to together, or any special place. Pass it on someday to your child for use in their Wedding, or for a special moment in their lives! A collection kit is included. Authentic cedar varies in degrees of lightness and darkness and pattern of grain. Click Here to see more images. This unique sand ceremony hourglass is the perfect addition to a wedding unity sand ceremony, family unity ceremony, or vow renewal ceremony. It is the perfect alternative to the unity candle for an outdoor wedding sand ceremony, destination beach wedding sand ceremony, or an inside wedding where a candle cannot be lit.  It also makes the perfect heartfelt gift for any occasion.

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