I need ideas for non-cheesy things to incorporate into my ceremony

YOu could do a rose ceremony. http://www.usabride.com/wedplan/a_rose_ceremony.html

http://www.officiantguy.com/roseceremony.html

Or you could do a wine ceremony.

http://www.officiantguy.com/wineceremony.html

Or you could do a handfasting ceremony.

http://www.officiantguy.com/handfastingceremony.html

I dont know if you consider these cheesy or not. I wanted to give you other options.

Here is a outline of a wedding ceremony. Just an example.

http://www.officiantguy.com/vows.html

Good luck

I am with you abotu the sand and unity candles. We skipped it all together and are just sticking to a basic outline. My service however is by candle light and we are doing a speical music in the middle. During that time every person in the audiance will be lighting a candle of support to keeping us to our vows.. (they will all be giving it at the begining of the ceremony)...anyway...there are other things you could do too...my cousin had a parent from each side read well wishes during the ceremony which helped to lengthen it... anyway..good luck!

Bear in mind that one gal's cheesy is another gal's jewel!

One piece of advice I will give you is DON'T have your strings play a song mid-ceremony without something else going on in the background. It will be the longest three minutes of your life!

You might want to consider some words of appreciation to your parents during the ceremony.