Wedding vows/ceremony- what order

The way our ceremony goes (which is not at all the way yours has to) is I dos (which our officiant described as your promise to whatever higher power you believe in), then vows (your promise to each other), then rings, then pronouncement (the man and wife/partners in life part).

What is ahand fasting?

Handfasting is binding the couples hands together with ribbon. There are several variations but basically it's saying that now you are bound to each other forever. We are doing one instead of a unity ceremony.

So is it typical to do the rings then the vows? It's been a few years since I have been too a wedding and I can't remember.

Vows and then rings.

If you had hired a pro, s/he could answer all of the questions you'll have -- including the legal bits about the license.

My uncle wrote our entire ceremony himself and we just gave him the vows we wanted to use. We did vows then rings.

If it helps, this is what we and our officiant were thinking we would do:

Prelude

Procession (grandmothers and mothers)

Bridal Procession

Opening Prayer

Reading of Scripture

Officiant Speaks

Exchange of Vows

Exchange of Rings

Blessing

Pronouncement of Marriage

Recessional

Wow if that's not passive aggressive Nancy I don't know what is lol. Thanks ladies this has helped. I had a general idea but just could not remember and looking online did not help too much.