Sand Ceremony

You could also seal the vase with wax so that the sand doesnt move if it doesn't have a cork. I have seen the containers with corks at dollar stores.

We did the sand cermony and used the large shells. Scott has 2 kids and we got smaller versions of the same shells for them to use so the four of us did it together - it was my favorite part of our ceremony since it united our family together.

The first time Scott sent me flowers he sent 3 dozen (one from him and one from each of the kids) and they came in this huge vase that was pretty so I saved it all these years. We took it to a local engraving store and had our monogram etched on the outside so it is kinda frosted on the vase - it looks awesome. That is what we used to for the center vase for the sand cermony. We put the Cabo sand in a plastic bag and my uncle took the vase and sand on the plane for the ride home as his carry on.

We are planning to get a little sand from everywhere we go on vacation to add to it each year. It should become a nice tradition over the years! The shells are really pretty and so I am going to set them next to the vase or build shelves for them or something.

Hope this helps!

Sarah- that is a great idea to add sand from all your vacation spots, might have to steal your idea!! Thanks!

I bought a vase with a lid (stopper) at a thirft store and am going to add some of our ribbon to it. My question is, what do I use to pour the sand into the vase that I am keeping? I don't want to buy more glass containers and try to bring them all with me without breaking, its going to be hard enough to worry about one. Help please!

I love the nautilus shell idea. Someone here posted a pic, not sure if it was their pic, or is they saw it somewhere, but I love it.

They look so small though, I am worried about them not fitting enough sand. We have a pretty huge vase. lol