Unity candle outdoors?

jennyann28

Is anyone doing this (or have you done it)? I like the idea of the unity candle but I'm worried about candles in the wind, lol.

faith194

We didn't do a unity anything. . .well, except the whole ceremony;)  You could use a hurricane vase, possibly.

Catwoman708

You could do a sand ceremony or handfasting instead. Or you could be unique and not do anything "meaningful and unique". Well, except for getting married married in a very simple but nice ceremony.

jennyann28

You used lawn torches as unity candles??? I'm really not loving the whole sand ceremony idea. Like someone said, we will probably just have a short, simple ceremony, but I actually did like the unity candle. I'm just not sure it works outside.

chelbell326

we got married outside & were worried about the unity candle idea b/c it can get windy in Colorado. We ended up doing a sand ceremony (PIB) and I'm glad we did b/c it was REALLY windy during our ceremony (in fact, lots of sand blew away! LOL)

aerinpegadrak

Someone posted about special wedding hourglasses, which I thought were a really nice twist on the sand ceremony.  Expensive, of course.I've seen people use hurricane vases and lanterns for the unity candle outdoors.  I've heard of unity welding, unity science experiments, unity cocktails (what we're doing)...  There are lots of options for symbolic joining if you get creative.

AngelaOct11

We got married outside and used oil candles for our unity candle.  Unfortunately our oil tapers didn't fit into the candle holders I had so I had to go out and just buy regular tapers.  They did blow out so our moms just lit a match and handed it to us :-)  Our oil lamp that we lit did blow out too.  I think it was because the wick wasn't high enough.  It didn't bother us though.  We wanted to do a candle because we don't like the look of the sand ceremony or other ones we had read about. 

miozlibe

Here's the unity candle from our son and daughter-in-laws outdoor wedding in May.  It was fairly windy that day but they successfully lit their unity candle.http://www.kurthphotoplace.com/Family-Friends/Chris-and-Olga-Family/Chris-and-Olga-Wedding-1/8308072_xux4d#542842185_QjM46

chosen175

We're getting married outdoors in a gazebo, so we decided to go with a rose ceremony.  It will take a few minutes to get through, since it explains the ceremony and gives instructions for our future but it ties into our garden wedding theme very well.  Plus the minute I read it, it made me cry so I knew I had to use it.

UAallison83

Oh I love the Rose Ceremony idea. A friend of mine tried to do it, but it was about to storm so the officiant just skipped it entirely. Do you think she would be mad if I did??