So FI had this idea the other day. Usually his ideas are pretty out there, but this one I am actually fond of. I'm not sure of it's implementation but the idea around it is really nice.
What we would do is take a glass vase like this:
And put a candle in it, just a bit bigger than the one in the picture. Then we would have little glass bottles or jars, like really really little, filled with sand for each guest to take as they enter the ceremony hall. When it comes time, we would ask each guest to come up to the bowl and pour their jar of sand into the bowl as a symbol of their love and support. When that is done, we would take the tapered candles that our parents had lit previously to light the center candle, symbolizing our union.
Do you think that would work? Is it a bad idea to ask folks to come up and pour their sand in the bowl? Any thoughts, suggestions??