The Old Soul | A Wedding Heirloom Collection
For the bride who was born a hundred years too late — and wouldn't have it any other way.
You write thank-you notes by hand. You prefer the smell of old books to anything Yankee Candle has ever made. You drive past antique shops the way other people drive past bakeries — with a small internal pull, a quiet I want to go in there. You've always felt slightly out of time.
Your wedding won't be trendy. It won't chase anything. It will look right in your grandmother's photo album, and it will look right in your granddaughter's too, because you're building it out of objects that don't belong to any particular year. The lace. The vows. The ring that was your great-aunt's. The handkerchief for happy tears.
This is the box for the bride who was born with an old soul, and who is carrying that soul into her marriage. Every piece is something that could have been on a wedding day in 1952 — or 2026 — or 2086. That's the whole point. Some things don't age. They just get more beautiful.
Inside the linen-covered EVR Heirloom Box you'll find the lineage.
The EVR Heirloom Box — hand-bound in natural linen, designed to live on a shelf or in your trunk for the next forty years. It includes a small brass key, modeled after the one in our logo, that doubles as a bottle opener for the toasts still to come. Inside, three suede keepsake pouches in graduated sizes, the largest hand-stamped with the For Keeps mark. The box itself is the keepsake that holds all the other heirlooms.
The largest pouch holds: The Embossed Ceremony Vow Book Set — mine and yours. For your words, in a format that feels as old as the words themselves. (Choose your color story above)
The middle pouch holds: A vintage bouquet brooch — hand-sourced by us from a Louisiana antique shop. One-of-one. It was worn on a wedding day decades before yours, by a bride we don't know, who kept it the way you'll keep things. Now it's yours. One day, it will be someone else's. That's how old souls pass things down. (Each brooch is unique.)
The smallest pouch holds: The Barn Swallow Handkerchief — block printed, in the old way. For happy tears, for your groom's pocket, for the small private ritual every woman in your family has practiced on her wedding day. Barn swallows mate for life. Your grandmother knew that.
Finishing the kit is our handmade Satin Pochette - designed and inspired by our own grandmother's love story - and hand sewn to order in our studio. Made from mikado satin (the same as a wedding dress) and completed with vintage bamboo handles, this piece will hold your vows, your handkerchief and memories years later. It's the perfect spot for your brooch after the day.
This box was made to be given.
If you're sending it as a gift, we make it easy:
Add a gift message at checkout. Write whatever you want her to read first — a few words, a long letter, an inside joke only the two of you know.
Free gift wrapping included. When a gift message is added at checkout, we automatically wrap your order in a beautiful For Keeps gift box, finished with our signature ribbon and a handwritten card carrying your message. Nothing extra to add. No upcharge. No checkbox to find.
Plus a 15% gift from us to her. Every gift order includes a 15% off card she can use on her own next For Keeps purchase — for the day she wants to come back and choose something for herself.
Ship it directly to her, or have it sent to you to give in person. Both work beautifully.
This box was made to be given.
If you're sending it as a gift, we make it easy:
Add a gift message at checkout. Write whatever you want her to read first — a few words, a long letter, an inside joke only the two of you know.
Free gift wrapping included. When a gift message is added at checkout, we automatically wrap your order in a beautiful For Keeps gift box, finished with our signature ribbon and a handwritten card carrying your message. Nothing extra to add. No upcharge. No checkbox to find.
Plus a 15% gift from us to her. Every gift order includes a 15% off card she can use on her own next For Keeps purchase — for the day she wants to come back and choose something for herself.
Ship it directly to her, or have it sent to you to give in person. Both work beautifully.
"the clutch is literally matching my entire bridal theme! I wasn't expecting to love everything this much."
