material
that you've come up with. Michael's and other hobby and craft
stores are full of them. Use the colors of your bridal theme,
or get some sand from the beaches of southern California where
you grew up.
After the empowerment of the
exchange of the vows and rings the bride and groom approach
the front row VIPs who will contribute this element to the
couple with soft music playing. Parents could contribute to
their son or daughter, or to both the bride and groom. Contributors
could include others such as grand parents or close friends
but the number of contributors should not exceed six (three
per side).
The bride and groom return to center stage
and join their respective crystals to a common vase. This
implies- once joined, never separated. Photographers capture
both the contribution by VIPS and subsequent joining of these
crystals by the bride and groom.
Using the Symbolism of Crystals
has it own advantages. Unlike the Unity Candle, crystals are
never affected by wind. Wine sharing, though very elegant,
doesn't provide an opportunity for parents or other VIPS to
contribute to the couple ceremonially as does either the Unity
Candle or the use of Crystals. So each has it advantages and
all bring an elegance to your ceremony.
In choosing your accessories
for a sand ceremony you will need a small Vile
for each contributing parent/VIP. Each of you will hold a
Receiver which is what your parents/VIPs
will pour their content into. Finally, you will need a beautiful
Vase to which the two of you will pour and
thereby join the elements to one. The wedding industry has
caught on to this and is making all kinds of Sand Ceremony
Sets available for sale. The best arrangements I've seen,
are when a bride and groom go out and find their own. Maybe
at a glassware store, maybe at a back yard sale. It's far
more a function of style then cost.
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