Ceremony Unity ideas

We are doing a time capsule. So we have things we put in the box since we were together. The guests (which is our guest book) will write advice or stories to us and that will go in there as well. We also write notes to each other and open it on our anniversary. There is also a wine box if you like wine. The unity ceremony would be nailing or locking the box shut then. The wine box is letters to each other about why you love them and a bottle of wine to open at your first fight or anniversary.

We did a sand ceremony. We both picked our favorite colors and I got the unity vase engraved with a quote from Lord of the Rings.

Sand, glass pouring (which you'll make an art object from on your anniversary, chocolate sharings (scroll a few pages and you'll find the whole text posted) wine/tequila/bourbon sharings, paint pourings, handfastings, saying your vows together at the same time, wine and words box, sushi sharings (if you look for me on YouTube, you'll find a demo of one). There is also some key and padlock thing that I've heard of but never seen.

In reality, your whole ceremony is a unity ceremony.....

My officiant sent me several ideas such as butterfly release, knot tie, broom jump, sand, and candle. We ultimately went with sand one which seemed easier. Candle one is also easy but this the 2nd marriage for both of us and we both did candle last time. That one obviously didn't work. I have seen a tree planting ceremony that I thought looked pretty cool but since we're a DW we wouldn't have had space to carry the tree back home.

One thing I found online while trying to find a grooms gift is something called a wedding lasso rosary. It is popular in some cultures but really I read online that now tons of people who don't belong to those cultures do it also! Basically as the officiant reads certain parts, there is a lasso placed around the both of you, uniting you in marriage. I think its done mainly in catholic/christian religions but it could be whatever you want

FH is pretty set on the idea of a bourbon sharing, so that is what we will probably end up doing

Mmmm bourbon. Samantha please choose a good ky bourbon.

We did handfasting

We're doing a handfasting. We also might do a "love shot." There's tons of unity ideas though: candles, sand, dove release, sharing chocolate/bourbon/wine/whatever, tree planting, time capsule, etc.

Not sure if you and FH are into cooking. But my FSIL and her Hubby did a "Spice of Life" ceremony. It works just like a sand ceremony. They took their favorite spices, some Persian spices to symbolize her family and another spice to symbolize his family. I thought it was such a cute spin on the typical sand ceremony.

I would never choose an officiant who suggested a butterfly release. It's cruel and most of the time, it simply doesn't work and the dead carcasses plop to the ground.

Festive, eh?

@Marsup- Oh I am sure FH is going to pull out only the best for this! We have a bar cart at home and the entire things is bourbon, whiskey and scotch at least 10 bottles of each, and don't even try and drink them because every since one is for "special occasions" lol I am like "what good is all this if we cant drink it!" I swear he has a bottle from 10 years ago that he is just drinking one thimble of twice a year! the 2 bottles of tequila and rum have to sit on the counter next to the cart since there is no romm. HAHAHA

Salt covenant -- and then the salt is used for cooking.

We are going to do a branding ceremony!!!

Salt covenant, unity cross, Cord of three strands. tree planting..

We're probably doing an anniversary box, where we each write letters to each other and put them along with a bottle of wine in a box that we open on our first anniversary.