Once you have sealed your relationship with the exchanging of vows, and the giving and receiving of rings, you will have truly committed to share the rest of your lives with each other. Though you come into your marriage relationship as individuals, you do not need to lose your separate identities. Rather, seek to create through your commitment, and the blending of your individual selves, the relationship that is marriage.
You might hear opening words like these from Brenda or John in a Sand Ceremony, and for good reason. As a symbol of their marriage, couples, and often their blended families and friends take part in sand ceremonies, asserting their desire to be beautifully blended as one, while preserving their individual personalities.
You might hear opening words like these from Brenda or John in a Sand Ceremony, and for good reason. As a symbol of their marriage, couples, and often their blended families and friends take part in sand ceremonies, asserting their desire to be beautifully blended as one, while preserving their individual personalities.
As with many ceremonies which have become popular over the years (we hear the sand ceremony is popular now because of an episode of the Bachelorette) it’s often difficult to say exactly where, how and from whom certain traditions and practices began. Sand ceremonies in weddings have long been a part of Hawaiian and certain Native American traditions. In both, and indeed, in all sand ceremonies like them, the grains of sand, once combined, can never be separated again. Something new has been created, and while the colors remain, the landscape remains forever changed.
At The Appalachian Wedding Chapel we keep a wide variety of colored sands and sealable bottles on hand.