I had a bride who wanted an outdoor ceremony and she did get just that and the weather was beautiful. This bride hired me very late in the game and I needed to find out as much as possible about her dream wedding and do it very quickly. I soon learned that they wanted a program placed on all of the chairs. Are you thinking the same thing that I thought at that moment? Outdoor wedding, programs on chairs. Hmmmm. I saw programs flying all over the place with any gust of wind.
Since I knew that this bride was very much into doing what was "green" for her wedding, I suggested that they put nature into the wedding ceremony to solve the potential problem. I explained to them some of the ways a rock ceremony can be a part of a wedding. I was also thinking that rocks could hold those programs securely in the chairs! This bride was very creative and turned it into a very sentimental part of their ceremony. Her family had property on a beautiful lake with a type of stones on its shore that were flat. This lake had special meaning for many family members as you can only imagine all the good times they had together, probably tossing these types of stones into the lake as kids.
After the ceremony, all of the guests who had been instructed to hold the rock and make a good wish for the bride and groom and place the rocks into a special box. I love the picture of the bride and groom walking through a meadow with the groom carrying the box filled with good wishes.
Contributed by Puget Sound Wedding Professional member Janis Flagg, Greatest of Days
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