Ive been engaged for the past three years. the reason brandon and I have been waiting to get married is because we've been waiting for him to get into one of the programs at his college. well he got his acceptance letter into cardiovascular technology about a month ago. He starts his classes in may and will be graduating (FINALLY!) in Summer 2012. We plan to get married in late march/early april of 2013.
While i'm super excited and i've already begun planning i want to ask for a few ideas. Both of our families are VERY christian and unaware of our faiths. he's athiest and i'm pagan. so we're going to be having our wedding outdoors at a relatively local botanical garden. I'd like to include a few small handfasting...traditions? into my wedding. so i'd like your suggestions!
WEDDING PLANNING! need some SUBTLE ideas!
If either of you is Scottish or possibly Irish I believe both traditionally had handfastings and you can explain to your family that's the reason you've chosen to have a handfasting with in the wedding ceremony?
I've never seen one nor been through one though so I can't help with the actual handfasting traditions theme
sorry
I've never seen one nor been through one though so I can't help with the actual handfasting traditions theme
sorrythe actual tying the hands with cords was the part i was referencing since I have a co-worker marrying into a Scottish family they are tying their hands together with cords in the colors of his clan.
Perhaps a color to represent him and a color to represent you and have that done in place of a unity candle or the colored sands, to make it appear more of a christian like thing if your families are christian or of some other religion like jewish, you could have a 3rd cord of silver or of white to represent "God" but you would know it would represent your chosen diety.
Perhaps a color to represent him and a color to represent you and have that done in place of a unity candle or the colored sands, to make it appear more of a christian like thing if your families are christian or of some other religion like jewish, you could have a 3rd cord of silver or of white to represent "God" but you would know it would represent your chosen diety.
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My brother and sister in law had a beautiful semi pagan ceremony in 2006. They chose 9 values of marriage and had them repersented as red cord ( life blood) and as the preacher like person laid them over their hand he talked about these virtues.
If the venue allows it light two candles placing them infront of you both so they represent the lord and lady.
If the venue allows it light two candles placing them infront of you both so they represent the lord and lady.
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IsisUnknown
im in a simular situation. My family is very concervaive christian, but I am not. My hubby to be and his family are non practicing christians. I feel total uncomfortable having a christian ceramony...
I know in cooking there is a 2 out of 3 rule that if people are comfortable with 2 out of 3 things they'll be fine with all of it, gonna kinda apply that to the ceramony & and hope it works just the same
gonna keep an eye on this also.
I know in cooking there is a 2 out of 3 rule that if people are comfortable with 2 out of 3 things they'll be fine with all of it, gonna kinda apply that to the ceramony & and hope it works just the same
gonna keep an eye on this also.
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