Your Creative Ceremony

Rituals and symbolic elements can add an extra, creative dimension to your ceremony and make your ceremony more personal and memorable for you and your guests. They can also be an excellent way to blend different cultural backgrounds. Your chosen ritual and symbolic element can involve just the two of you or as many of your wedding party or guests as you would like, with some lending themselves particularly well to involving those who are special to you or children.

Handfasting

One of the most popular rituals, Handfasting is a Celtic tradition where a couple are united as they “Tie the Knot.” Your hands are bound together with ribbon or cord, to represent your commitment to each other. Ribbons can be placed over your hands by your celebrant or by loved ones, and you can choose ribbon or cord colours for their symbolic meaning.

Sand Ceremony

The Sand Ceremony involves pouring different sands into one vase, where they blend their sand together to make a beautiful display. This is a lovely ceremony idea for blended families, as children can also add sand to the family vase. The sand can be from beaches important to you, or coloured sand to create an eye-catching momento.

Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into their individual containers, so too will you forever be intertwined.

Unity Candle Ceremony

The Unity Candle Ceremony typically involves three candles. A lit candle is held by each of you, and together you light the third candle, to symbolise the union of your families. Often, a loved one will light each of your candles, and again, this can lend itself to additional loved ones being involved in the ceremony.

Remember… As with anything in a Celebrant Ceremony, all parts can be personalised to you and I am always on hand to offer thoughts and advice should you have any questions.