rituals

butterflies: The butterfly symbolizes new beginnings and rebirths. This part of the celebration is usually at the conclusion of the ceremony.

roses: The rose is symbolic. The bride and groom exchange two red roses or other colour of your choice, symbolizing the giving and receiving of their love for each other.

unity candles: A candle to represent the combining of the couple’s families. and may be lit by the bride and groom as a symbol of their marriage. Also for a Naming and Christening as a welcome into the family and community.

doves: The white dove is a universal symbol of faith and fidelity and embodies the hope of new beginnings. That is why couples choose to include white doves in their wedding ceremonies

warming of the rings: Around the world, the wedding rings are the strongest and most visible sign of the bond you are about to make. A commitment to life, to each other and to the future. With a ring warming in your ceremony the rings will not only be a gift from one to another but will be given with the love, support and wisdom of all present.

padlock: From an ancient custom, you can “lock each other’s love” to your beloved who is important in your life. Engraving your names and message on a love lock is a way of saying “I love you” and setting a special meaning to your relationship the love of your life.

sand: The bride and groom have each chosen a vase that contains sand of their favourite colour. The sand colours represent their personalities and individuality. As the sand is poured into the vase, their personalities combine to become one inseparable entity ensuring  the sand never being separated again.

wine: The bride and groom each take a carafe of wine and pour it into a single glass, which they both drink from. Two different lives coming together to make one.  When red wine and white wine are poured into one, the wine becomes rose.

stones: Each stone represents a special wish that the couple can take with them to reflect on during their married life together.

handfasting: A handfasting is a wedding where traditionally the wrists of the couple are bound together with a cord or ribbon. This symbolizes the commitment and the coming together as one also known as “tying the knot”

jumping the broom: This “leap” into a new life is performed in the presence of families and friends and “sweeping away” their previous single lives, and jumping over the broom to enter upon a new life as husband and wife.