Secure your love 5ever with this love lock unity ceremony
Jessica and Tyler’s Magic the Gathering wedding featured a love lock unity ceremony where they clasped a lock around a metal tree. Love locks are popular in many cities, including Paris (so popular at the Pont des Arts, Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, and the Pont de l’Archevêché bridges that it’s becoming an architectural problem), but also a lovely idea that, when translated into a love lock unity ceremony, makes us swoon.
A dagger to the throat ritual: this is one Burning Man wedding you can’t miss
Metzalli and Chris’ Burning Man wedding is a sight to behold, but the symbols and rituals they employed were truly fascinating, including a dance to their ancestors and a ritual where they held a dagger to each others’ necks as a symbol of trust. Let’s read (and see!) all about it.
Super sweet foot-washing wedding ceremony idea
Cleo and Aaron’s gorgeous Georgia wedding had one specific feature that we hadn’t seen in a little while and had to call out: a foot-washing ceremony. This ceremony has roots in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Paganism, and other religions, and has taken on lots of forms in contemporary weddings. Mostly we just think it’s a really sweet way to show love and service between each other.
Glaciers, puzzles, and beermosas: 10 offbeat unity ceremonies we adore
Unity cocktails, unity wine boxes, unity candles, unity science projects, and even unity sandwiches — damn we love us some uniting! We’ve rounded up a few of our newest offbeat unity ceremonies for your own ceremony schemes (including Keith and Corianton’s lumberjack-inspired ceremony above!). Let’s see what offbeat couples have been dreaming up.
For the nerds and pagans among us: the elemental unity ceremony
Karen and Frank’s elven-inspired wedding featured a little ritual that I think y’all are really going to want to hear about: an elemental unity ceremony. They utilized the elements of fire, earth, air, and water during their wedding, which fits beautifully with their other-worldly theme.
Start fresh with this hand-washing unity ceremony
Offbeat Bride reader Adrianne informed us about a special unity ceremony she’s doing with her sweetie. We just had to share it with ALL y’all…