Sand Ceremony v. Unity Candle

I'm not really a fan of either but do you know what the ring one is called? Where you pass the rings to the guests so they can bless them?

We are going with the sand ceremony. I love that we will have a unique piece of "art" work that symbolizes our relationship. I couldn't see myself displaying burnt candles.

@Cara - I don't think I've ever seen/heard of the ring ceremony. I'd be interested to learn more, though!

@Christina W. - You bring up a good point - I'd be more likely to display the sand than the candles as well..!

It was a different thread and I had never heard of it before so I googled it. Now I can't remember what it was called. I was thinking about just passing the rings to my closest family members instead of everyone ... But I'm sure others know way more about it!

I have seen something in a thread about a ring ceremony too but I didn't look too much into it. That does sound interesting though.

We're doing a sand ceremony because we want to involve our kids in it (we have both been married before). My ex-husband and I did the unity candle thing...we couldn't get it to light...in a church with no wind...should have taken that as an omen.

Ring Warming or Ring Blessing.

I wouldn't do the candles if you're outside...and I've seen enough YouTube wedding disasters to know that I'm not having a single open flame in my wedding lol.

My FH and I are doing the unity sand thing, but instead of sand we're pouring salt and pepper, and our favors will be some kind of spice mixture (perhaps a flavored salt).

It's a ring warming. The rings are passed around to everyone to make a wish on them (the officiant shouldn't stop talking, just sent them on their way and move through the ceremony.).

Candles don't work outside, 90% of the time.

Any unity 'ritual' you include should have some meaning to you, when you consider the whole ceremony is one big unity ritual.

We're doing a lot of glass pourings, which is similar to sand, but with glass frit. You can see it at Unity in Glass' website, though we refer local studios.

Thanks, @Shannon, @Ashley and @Celia - you've helped me to decide that we should probably avoid candles even though there may be no wind (we will be outdoors)!

Celia, I will look into the glass pouring idea. I agree that whichever ritual we choose should have some meaning to us. I know that the whole ceremony will be very meaningful to us- I can't wait!

We are choosing a whisky box ceremony and adding our vows in it

Ahh thanks guys! [ring warming ceremony]

I'm planning on doing sand, and pouring it into a picture frame and actually displaying it. Candles would just get lost or broken with me lol.

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The unity in glass concept is so neat but DANG it's expensive!

I am doing both the sand ceremony and a version of the ring warming.. instead of passing them around we are hanging them near the entrance with a sign explaining what to do.

What about a shell blessing? Where everyone throws a shell into the ocean it's a prayer blessing for the bride and groom

We are doing the sand ceremony but are going to be pouring it into an hourglass. I do love the unity in glass, but it is definitely not in our budget!

We are doing the sand, we found a perfume bottle with two doves as the topper, we took out the spray part, something made in france. It seemed like something worthy of displaying.