Ring warming?

I've never heard of this, but I love it! Maybe have them placed somewhere (and tied down as you suggested) just so there are no accidents!

Super cute idea! I would have serious anxiety about something happening to the rings though. But i love this idea!!

I've heard of it. Oathing stones is a similar thing as well, if you don't want the rings floating around.

Never heard of this but it sounds really cool! It could work really well with a smaller guest list, so there isn't a line of people waiting to "warm" the rings

We do this frequently, but during the ceremony, not before.

I've heard of it. I think it's really sweet sentiment. I heard it as they get passed around at the beginning of the cermony and as people are sitting watching they get the rings and say a prayer blessing or good wishes over them. They make their way back to you for the exchange of the Rings.

Aw never heard of this but beautiful idea to involve everyone

I have done blessing stones and blessing shells. They are handed to the guests as they arrive. After the ceremony, usually they are thrown into the Gulf, but sometimes the guests put them into a basket or bowl for the couple to keep.

It sounds like a nice idea if it's something important to you and your FH/families/community. Logistically, I think it would work better with a smaller guest list if done before the ceremony. Maybe keep the rings on the pillow or whatever is being used in the ceremony. Or have guests write it down a slips of paper and put them with the ring and then offer a prayer during the ceremony?

We did this at FSIL wedding. It was a Quaker ceremony though in a back yard, not at a chapel. It was a very small intimate ceremony so the rings were passed around to every person before they were exchanged.

My Dad and Step mom did this at their wedding. They only invited their parents, siblings, and their kids so there was no worry about something happening to the rings. But as people came in they were able to go to the table with the rings and warm them or write little notes or blessings for their wedding book. Cute idea.

We plan to do this, but during the ceremony. At the beginning we plan to have the officiant share what we are doing, and then the rings will be passed through our group. It's a small group, 50 people, so it shouldn't take long to get back to us before we exchange rings. However, I have only read about this, never seen it actually done, so I am very interested in feedback from anyone who has seen it, especially @Celia!

I've never heard of it, but if I think it's a good idea or not depends on the party size. We are having 200 guests. It would be a cluster of waiting on people to say a prayer over it and likely cause our ceremony to not begin on time.

We are doing this (in 9 days eep!) and I can't wait. It is probably one of my favorite parts of our ceremony. Our officiant's wife will be following the rings through our ceremony and then bringing them up.

If you have a large guest list, perhaps just have the immediate family, in the front row or two, bless the rings.

I really love the idea! I agree with the others...if you have a larger group, maybe just limit the passing to the first couple rows of family!

We're doing this during the ceremony too. My FSS is ring master so he'll be in charge of moving the rings through the crowd.

We are doing this during the ceremony as well, same as @Charity. We are only having about 40-50 guests. I bought a special bag to hold the rings ($7 on etsy, with our name and date on it) as they are passed around. We'll ask Best Man to monitor it. I've never seen it done at a wedding but love the idea and our officiant has the wording, etc. all laid out. I told a friend about it who also had never heard of it before. She attended a wedding last weekend where they did a ring warming and it was very well received by all guests. I've heard of it being done before the ceremony, as guests arrive as well.

We did this! We had my cousin (in high school) assist the rings being passed around. They were contained in a sealed box (a Tardis). It happened just before the ceremony, only because our officiant recommended starting a bit early to ensure the rings made it up to the front prior to being needed. It worked really well as far as I could tell -- our photographer caught some really heart felt photos from it.

We had ~90 guests.

Also, we did pass around our ACTUAL rings, but we didn't have any kids at our wedding, and we did have my cousin assisting the passing.