We are getting married in Scotland at Muckrach castle which we have rented for 2 weeks. An interfaith minister (humanist/celebrant) is performing the ceremony and we have decided to include a couple of rituals. We will be having a Handfasting, a unity candle lighting and drinking from a quaiche.
Anyone else having a ceremony different to the norm?
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we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying
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5th September 2013
CommentAuthorMrsLJDeaton
wish I was was thinking maybe to try add in other little rituals to our wedding to make it different are there lots of wedding rituals out there?? interested =D ♥ X
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CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
We had a handfasting ceremony back in the UK after our actual wedding in Vegas. It was held in our local park and we had all our friends and family there. It was so personal and lovely.
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CommentAuthorMrsLJDeaton
I like the sound of hand fastening sounds like a perfect extra lil touch to the wedding shall enquirer about it =D ♥ X
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CommentAuthorTori
I like the sound of that hun. Is your humanist celebrant legal to marry you? The reason I ask is that I looked into this and all the ones I found would have needed a separate legal ceremony and would be good to find one that could legally marry us xx
Yes that's where the interfaith minister comes in. The plus side of going to Scotland is they different laws to England and you can literally get married anywhere at all, there is no need for the venue to have a license.
Ill post a link on your wall but if you Google getting married in Scotland that's the site.
When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours
we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying
weirdness and call it love, true love.
5th September 2013
CommentAuthorPoppy x
I'm also having a handfasting, and as my family is Scottish also have a ceremonial quaich :) We're going to try and incorporate H2B's Kurdish culture too, so still a long way to go on it. I'd love a woodland clearing, but seems it may be a small yurt in a field instead! Doing the registry office bit separately sadly, but won't count that part :)
CommentAuthorTori
Thanks Hun too late to move it to Scotland, that was my original idea as h2b Scottish. Oh well...
CommentAuthorAnnette
We are having a handfasting in the backgarden of our hotel :) we'll get married at town hall a few days before, but to us the handfasting is the actual wedding
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CommentAuthorTori
We are having pining of the fly plaid where a piece of the grooms tartan is wrapped around the bride x
CommentAuthorPoppy x
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Aww, I'd have loved that Tori! Sadly, no tartan for me (although am going to try to procure a piece to make my accessories out of) Clan badge will be part of my bouquet somewhere :)
CommentAuthorMrsGothBride
Nice to see so many handfastings and alternative ceremonies! Anyone jumping the broom too?
When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours
we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying
weirdness and call it love, true love.
5th September 2013
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Funny story about our handfasting was that hubby's dad didn't really get it (bless him, he's elderly) so thought he had to use all the twine and just kept wrapping and wrapping until it was almost gone LOL! There were still several people to go so my Godmother stepped in and discreetly unwrapped it before doing her bit :)
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CommentAuthorMrsGothBride
lol that is funny! That's realy nice that you had your family members included in binding you....we hadn't thought of that!
When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours
we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying
weirdness and call it love, true love.
5th September 2013
CommentAuthorAnnette
I'm not sure if I want to jump the broom or not yet lol. I'm wearing a tea length dress though so should be easy enough. x
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CommentAuthorMrsGothBride
I'm giving it a miss......mostly as I think my dad will think its ridiculous lol
When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours
we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying
weirdness and call it love, true love.
5th September 2013
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Handfasting
This is one of the pics from our handfasting.
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CommentAuthorPoppy x
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I'm making the besom to jump over - hoping it turns out okay!! On the day I'll probably trip over it or something, but willing to give it a go haha! GothBride, my OH doesn't get any of it really, but that ain't stopping me! ;) Not sure yet what colour chords to go for, as each represents something different. Will have to discuss with H2B at a later date.
Lovely photo LK :))
CommentAuthorMrsEvans13
We are doing the sand ritual (im mot sure if it has a technical name) we both have a different coloured sand & we both pour them into one larger jar and it makes a swirly pattern to show 2 becoming one :) xx
CommentAuthorPoppy x
That's lovely evans2b :)
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CommentAuthorJanie
we are having a sand cereomny
Remember : To the world you may be just one person,
BUT to one person you may just be THE WORLD x x x
CommentAuthorAnnette
I made our handfasting cord ^_^ feels quite nice having done it myself, though I'm a bit scared I've not made it long enough! Our theme is purple and ivory so that's the colour of our cord :) x
