The Four Elements
If you have an affinity with Mother Earth and would like to acknowledge it then consider opening your wedding with each of the elements. Water: Water is the giver and purifier of life, sustaining us, as it will this marriage. Air: Air breaths new life into love. Giving both _______ and ______ the freedom to be themselves. Earth: The earth upon which we walk provides us with our home and our future. Fire: From fire comes love and...
Read MoreLighting a Unity Candle
Imaging as the ceremony begins both mothers walk forward as representatives of their respective families as soft music plays in the background. They each light a single candle, then return to their places. After exchanging your wedding vows, you each pick up the candle your mother lit. Then together both flames unite to create one flame, a light to guide you, a flame to warm you, a love light to unite you. The wedding bands are brought forward and they are exchanged.
Read MoreHandfasting
In time gone by it was common for a couple to simply bind a piece of fabric around their hands to show they were ‘bound together in life”. This ancient tradition is showing a revival as many couples now have a Handfasting as part of the ceremony. Usually after the rings are exchanged the couple hold left hands and the celebrant lightly ties a ribbon with three knots. Each knot is accompanied by a blessing for the couple. They then loosen their hands and the wedding ribbon is placed in a keepsake bag. To untie the knots would indicate the undoing of the...
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I'm Sue Hardy. I know the Blue Mountains as though it was my own backyard... Because it is!
I grew up here and I've been conducting wedding, funerals and many other ceremonies here for decades.
Contact Me for a chat about your ceremony.