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tnbride · #1 02-13-2007, 01:28 PM

Wedding is outside in front of a gazebo. I have heard that Unity Candles and a wedding outside don't mix well. Is this true? Did anyone have one outside?

Sapphire · #2 02-13-2007, 02:06 PM

I'm doing a sand ceremony. It's kind of the same idea, but without the wind being as big a problem.

tnbride · #3 02-13-2007, 02:18 PM

Oh really, what do you do for it?

Sapphire · #4 02-13-2007, 03:00 PM

It's basically the same thing, you can look up some different wordings/poems to read. The basic gist of it is the officiator tells about the meanings of the sands (you and him) and you each have a different colored sand in a vase or glass jar or something, and you pour your sand, at the same time, into one container, so it creates a design and the whole thing is supposed to symbolize that once the sand is combined (ie. you and him), it can never be parted separate again. I like it cause it lasts longer than a candle...and I don't have a half melted candle that'll yellow over time. Of course, I'm gonna have a wax seal and a topper on top so the sand won't move.

If you see a candle ceremony you like, you can just subsititute the wording for 'sand' where 'candle' or 'flame' appear. We're going with black and dark red sand, I think. That, or the traditional black/white, or per our colors, dark red/cream.

sparklesweetie · #5 02-13-2007, 03:00 PM

Mine was outside and I did have a candle...however, it was windy. The chapel had a hurricane globe around all the candles, but she had really short ones for us to light off of, and since we pretty much had to have the tapers vertical to light them, the wax was dripping onto the wick. So we just pretended, lol. (It would figure as well that it'd be the only time DH wouldn't have a lighter on him too.)

If you want to do a candle, put the globes around them. Just use different tapers (not votive) candles to light your tapers with.

fgabriel09 · #6 02-15-2007, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by tnbride

Wedding is outside in front of a gazebo. I have heard that Unity Candles and a wedding outside don't mix well. Is this true? Did anyone have one outside?

You could also try to get some of those candles that are really hard to put out...not sure if that would work or not. I''d test it first on a windy day. :-P

birdie · #7 02-15-2007, 09:11 PM

I'm decided to do a sand ceremony too since my ceremony is outside. We are doing it a little differently though, involving both of our immediate families and, actually, every guest there.

As people enter the ceremony site, they are asked to put a scoop of sand into a jar symbolizing the impact they have had on our lives. Someone (haven't decided how this will work) will bring the jar up to the front and at the unity point in the ceremony, we will have our moms, sisters, and dads all put a small amount of sand into separate jars for FH and me, then we pour our separate jars into the big one that has the guest's contributions in it.

I hope this makes sense! I just really wanted to combine our families into the ceremony and then I got to thinking how much influence every person at the wedding has had on who FH and I are and who we will be as a couple.

I have a few months to figure out the details but that's the gist of it.

Liz AG · #8 02-15-2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tnbride

Wedding is outside in front of a gazebo. I have heard that Unity Candles and a wedding outside don't mix well. Is this true? Did anyone have one outside?

Went to an outside wedding about a year ago and they had a problem with short gusts of wind. The hurricane lamp shade is a great fix and the thin tapers a must, imo.

Liz