Sand Ceremony

[alexisinjamaica]

Originally Posted by Vancouver Bride 

 

Would it be possible to do your sand ceremony at the reception on the table next to the cake before or after cake cutting? That way your ceremony is shorter and you still have professional photos of the ceremony while your photographer is there and you are in your wedding clothes.

 

That's a great idea!

[perez21]

We were planning to use real sand from the beach. Are you not allowed to do this?

[Kristen112808]

Originally Posted by nbulldog19 

 

I got my vase from Home goods-loved it, very unique, and it was only $12.99. Then got it engraved at Things remembered for $20. The sand is from Michaels.

Gorgeous!!

[alexisinjamaica]

Originally Posted by perez21 

 

We were planning to use real sand from the beach. Are you not allowed to do this?

 

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to take sand from the beach. Who's gonna stop you? The resort beach police? Should be fine, and that's what I was planning to do when I was thinking we'd have one!

[Vancouver Bride]

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to take sand from the beach. Who's gonna stop you? The resort beach police? Should be fine, and that's what I was planning to do when I was thinking we'd have one!

We mixed sand from the beach with coloured sand. The resort won't care but tell Customs that it is fake sand or they may take it. Also it helps to bring a small funnel to filter and pour the beach sand into the bottles.

[jrack]

Originally Posted by Thomasjsgirl 

 

I didn't buy special "sand ceremony" vases and just picked some up from Michaels. This was our ceremony wording:

 

"Lucy and Tom, today you join your separate lives together and those of your children. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you'll ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be."

 

Here's a pic:

 

I love the wording in your ceremony...will definitely borrow

[jrack]

Originally Posted by sunstarsmoon 

 

 

Those are so cute, what a great idea. To bad I have already bought my sand ceremony set as well!

 

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[happyfamily]

My husband made this for our sand ceremony.  We included my three children, so we all had our own sand containers. 

[happyfamily]

Here is the top view

Don't mind the paper funnel.  We totally forgot to bring one. 

[mscheryl10]

Including children in the sand ceremony is an awesome idea, children today feel left out in new relationships. I need to do this for my 19 year old, LOL.

Your husband did a wonderful job on the box as well, congrats to you both!!