Each shoot at the same target, hoping to hit the same spot.
After exchanging vows the couple combines their favorite beers together symbolizing the joining of your lives.
The couple asks their guests to be a part of their ceremony by placing cards with their wishes for them in a box. A beautiful and meaningful way to make each of their loved ones a part of their union.
If books have a particular meaning to the couple, they could each select a volume and present them to each other as part of the ceremony they may like to read the description that they written allowed for all to hear and could even incorporate this as part of their vows.
A nice way to incorporate the family as you may ask the mothers to share the cooking of the ritual loaf and presented during the ceremony have a loaf of bread under a cloth on the table represents the coming together of the different qualities or ingredients that each partner brings to the marriage.
Fun and colorful candy is blended into one jar. Great for families!
Each partner takes a turn circling around the other, typically seven times each. This symbolizes the creation of a new family and the circle of protection and love each is placing around the other.
Think about the drinks that represent your partner’s qualities in some ways – strong, sweet, bubbly or intense perhaps. Maybe consider making cocktails for each other that represent these qualities. Or one that reflects you both.
There are 13 coins, each represent a month of the year where couple will share their goods and prosperity. The 13th coin represents what they will share with the less fortunate ones
Create a fire pit representing light, warmth, and energy, always found at the heart of the marriage -the wood could be cut from a specific tree that has meaning to the couple or family, and then they read their vows next to the fire.
The couple stand closely together facing each other with just enough space between them for the double ended cup. the one partner takes ahold of the smaller Cup while the other partner holds the larger Cup and at the same time the couple raises their side of the Cup to their lips to drink -research the story on this.
Used in Jewish ceremonies-at end everyone says Mazal Tov, the couple breaks a glass wrapped in fabric.
Handfasting is an ancient Celtic ritual in which the hands are tied together to symbolize the binding of two lives. While it is most often included in Wiccan or Pagan ceremonies, it has become more mainstream and pops up in both religious and secular vows and readings.
This is a modern twist on the traditional foot-washing ceremony. This element represents caring for one another and being of service. It also can be seen as a way of cleansing and preparing for your new life ahead. All you’ll need is a table, water basin, pitcher, water, and towels.
Crystals or gemstones serve many purposes as well as their colors. Color psychology helps individuals with controlling or avoiding certain emotional conflicts.
In this unity ceremony, the couple each brings a bit of soil or sand from their hometown — even water can be used — and combines it with their partners into a third “unity” bottle.
You can purchase hour glasses that have an opening for sand. The couple pours sand in the hourglass during the ceremony. We are reminded to make the most of our time together, not to waste time on anger or jealousy, but to live with the love in our hearts.
In its contemporary usage, couples jump over brooms and signifies of sweeping away the old to make way for a new beginning, also represents “leaping” into their new life as a married couple.
Takes place after the vows have been said. At that time, the officiant (or whomever the couple has designated) drapes a floral garland or rosary around the couple, twisting it into an infinity symbol. At the end of the ceremony, the bestower of the lasso removes it and the couple saves it as a symbol of their love and unity.
Lighting a fire during your wedding symbolizes you and your significant other’s binding together as one. Fire represents passion.
The couple take part in the cutting of the log, which consists of cutting a log in half that is symbolic for getting over the first obstacle in their marriage.
Each spouse writes a love letter before the ceremony, put it in a box and write one a month to read on their first anniversary. Drop a copy of their ceremony in the box secretly!
A love lock is a lock that has no key. You place on whatever item you choose to signify your love and commitment. Place the lock on the eyelet of your chosen piece and together you lock it forever.
This is a nice way to include the mothers/grandmothers. The couple presents a rose to their mothers …to thank them for their blessings.
An old Scottish tradition where the couple place their hands upon a stone while saying their wedding vows. The stone can also be engraved with a Celtic knot etching, the date of the ceremony and your initials if you wish, although it isn’t necessary. It’s believed that an oath given near stone or water is more binding and “sets the vows in stone.”
Can be done with the couple or blended family. Tape off a heart on a canvas and each person “drizzles’ paint from top blending their colors. After it dries remove the tape and a beautiful, colorful heart is made. A blank canvas can also be used.
Couple makes a PB & J After joining their halves into the perfect sandwich, they take a bite to signify the first step toward enjoying their satisfyingly “sweet life” together.
In this ritual, the rings are circulated among the guests as they say silent blessings to the couple. The rings start with one mother/person of choice and go around and are brought up by the other mother/person of choice.
River rocks can be held during ceremony by all guests wishing good luck then put in container at end for couple to keep, or all go skip them across the water.
In the Rose Ceremony, the couple give each other a Rose. Two roses are all that is necessary. The Rose Ceremony is placed at the end of the ceremony just before being pronounced married for life.
The officiant sages the ceremony space and clears the energy which joins everyone together in spirit.
Based on the idea of the sand ceremony, the salt ceremony is an easy way to showcase the love you have for your partner. Swapping out sand for salt, you will be pouring your salt together as a way of symbolizing the joining of your lives. While the finished container of salt can make for a nice piece of decor in your home, you may also wish to simply use the salt to flavor the first meals that you make together as a married couple. Look into the details of the salt covenant to see if this is a ceremony that you should include.
A sand ceremony is a symbolic ritual often used in weddings or other significant events. During the ceremony, two or more people pour different colored sands into a single container, symbolizing the blending of their lives or families. It's a beautiful way to represent unity and the coming together of individuals.
Sake sharing also known as san-san-kudo is a custom that started in the Land of the Rising Sun (Japan). You, your partner, and all of your parents take sips from three glasses of sake stacked together. You and your partner should take three sips while both of your parents should have a total of nine sips from the cups.
Get some nice glasses along with salt, pepper and Cajun seasoning. One partner was salt, the other pepper and they added the child… the spice of life into the mix. – Totally unique to each couple/family!
The couple tastes four flavors that represent stages of marriage: cayenne for spiciness, lemon for sourness, vinegar for bitterness, and honey for sweetness. Guests enjoy seeing the different facial expressions that the couple have while tasting the flavors. Sometimes these four elements are put in decorative glasses.
Some couples choose to have a tattoo artist on site and have their rings or other matching tattoos done at the ceremony.
Similar to mazel tof-wrap a red cloth the traditional color of good fortune around a tile- they break the tile in front of the guests -one once broken the tile can never be unbroken and so your vows cannot be unsaid -and once they break the tile everybody cheers.
The time-capsule ceremony is a sweet reminder of your lifetime commitment of marriage. During the ceremony, tokens of love are sealed up in a box, (capsule) and the couple will open it on milestone anniversary. The couple can invite friends or family who are invited to bring photos, letters, or keepsakes to add to the time capsule.
The couple each bring dirt from where they grew up and use it to plant a sapling in a big pot. Once the couple moves into their first purchased home they plant the sapling as the foundation of their future.
There is a Bell that is rung during the ceremony and the sound makes them think and feel happy feelings of that day – they take the Bell home and when needed they can ring it if an argument arises to call a truce.
Each bloom uniquely beautiful; when added to others, the individual traits create a bouquet that more beautiful than just the sum of its parts.
The couple lights the candle together, leaving behind their separate lives, separate families, and becoming one.
The Unity Cross Ceremony is a unique way to celebrate the joining of the couple together as one. It is a beautiful sculpture that is assembled during the wedding ceremony symbolizing a couple becoming ONE in the body of Christ. There are many variations so make this your own!
Unity Puzzles can be found on Etsy. Each person invited to adds a piece of the puzzle which creates a memorable keepsake. Romance is all about searching for the missing piece to your own puzzle.
A scientific one for fun science nerds- they build a volcano they performed the volcano science experiment- talks about reactions and memories reminding us to have a little fun together every day and never let life become boring- may love always be volcanic in its passion- and exciting to behold
The Foot Washing Ceremony is an act of humility mirroring Jesus when he washed his disciples feet. For a couple being married to wash each other’s feet as part of their wedding symbolizes that neither is above the other.
Bourbon whiskey makes for an interesting symbolic substance. … It’s literally a blending of different spirits, that through mixing and aging together, combine to become something richer, more complex, and flavorful… much like a good marriage
A Love Letter and Wine Box ceremony serves as a lasting reminder of the commitments made to each another. Heartfelt letters, encapsulating your thoughts and feelings are locked away in a wine box to be revealed several years into your marriage. Whiskey, Scotch or Tequila can easily be switched out for the wine.
Basically you take a white and a red, and blend them together then the couple drinks from the finished product.
