Unity Candles Or Sand

stevesbride2012 · March 2012

Ladies which one are you useing?

hmacsine · March 2012

Neither. I think sand is better for outdoor weddings.

AllyG303 · March 2012

We arent' using either. And just for fun...sand isn't always best for an outdoor wedding--especially Phoenix during monsoon season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_eR0PmDXfs

FI wants to do the God's knot ceremony, so we may do that.

owengirl996 · March 2012

I think we're going to do sand if we do either. Definitely not candles since our ceremony is outdoors!

butterflyjumper1 · March 2012

We are doing candles.

Sand is a nice idea, but the last beach wedding I went to, it was SO windy that the poor moms really struggled to pour....so I would think twice about doing sand outside if there is any chance of wind at all.

Nancy00714 · March 2012

i went to a winter indoor wedding once (and it was the first time i saw the sand thing) and I didn't think anything of it (meaning how weird it is that they are using sand indoors during winter) because I was just thinking what the 2 colors meant...the coming together of 2 people. That being said maybe it would be a little difficult to do it ouside if you were in a windy area.

I love the idea of sand because you can display it somewhere if you put it in a nice vase. What do you do with the unity candles? Maybe use them for baby's baptism?

I had kind of been thinking of doing the sand in Fi's favorite soccer team's colors, lol. I quickly talked myself out of it!

Edit: I'm doing neither...I only have a half hour ceremony time so I'm just going to focus on some readings and vows.

penny12986 · March 2012

We're doing neither. The whole ceremony itself symbolizes unity and we think the other things are kinda cheesy.

singing_lyn · March 2012

We're possibly doing a sand ceremony. Which ever one we use we won't have mothers involved since FI's mom passed when he was 12. I don't know though. Maybe we won't do either. It depends on if I find something I like and don't think will look cheesy in 5-10 years sitting somewhere in our house.

MeaganR12 · March 2012

Neither. I personally don't like them.

lvissers · March 2012

We are doing a sand ceremony since we are getting married by the beach and I think it's a cute idea! We are having myself, fiance, my fiance's daughter/my step daughter to-be involved too as a way of showing we are all becoming a family:-)

cmhutchison22 · March 2012

We are not doing a unity ceremony.

vikingmom806 · March 2012

I haven't decided yet if I'm doing either, but if I do, I'm leaning more towards sand since my wedding is outdoors. I think wind will be more treacherous with a candle than with sand - although neither is ideal.

kjherbert · March 2012

We are doing sand because I never liked the idea that you always have to blow out the unity candle...sad I know, but I am very literal...

BeachLover2885 · March 2012

We are doing a unity candle. My mom ordered us a beautiful candle from Etsy with our names and wedding date. I think it will be a nice keepsake. We are having an interfaith ceremony (FI is Jewish and I was raised Catholic) so the unity candle is really the only Catholic tradition we are having, aside from my dad walking me down the aisle.

shelby8020 · March 2012

Probably neither.....I like the love letter/ wine box thing that you open on your 10 year anniversary or whenever......but I'm not sure yet!

Madisonpenny · March 2012

neither

BrightFirefly · March 2012

We're doing both a sand ceremony and a lasso ceremony.

I love the sand ceremonies. It's a great visual as to what is actually happening during the ceremony. The coming together of two very different and seperate entities into one beautiful new "creation" - and they cannot be seperated again. I also like the idea of a keep-sake.

I actually wasn't planning on having ANY readings - but our officiant really suggested on having three -_- and she says she has loads of non-religious ones to choose from..so we'll see.

butterflyjumper1 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_unity-candles-or-sand?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:4a5eba47-a470-4153-a64a-65633828e796Post:06ad4ab2-8a7c-46d1-a5ff-b2aa31640afa">Re: Unity Candles Or Sand</a>:
[QUOTE]We're doing both a sand ceremony and a <strong>lasso ceremony.</strong> I love the sand ceremonies. It's a great visual as to what is actually happening during the ceremony. The coming together of two very different and seperate entities into one beautiful new "creation" - and they cannot be seperated again. I also like the idea of a keep-sake. I actually wasn't planning on having ANY readings - but our officiant really suggested on having three -_- and she says she has loads of non-religious ones to choose from..so we'll see.
Posted by BrightFirefly[/QUOTE]

bright I can't remember if this has been explained before or not...what is a lasso ceremony??

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