Carolyn Burke STL Blog

A fun alternative to the traditional unity candle ceremony or sand ceremony, the Unity Canvas Painting Ceremony lets the couple celebrate their unity ceremony in an artistic way that truly represents themselves. Ashley and Tony bought the following supplies for their wedding ceremony :  paint colors that match your wedding theme; two colors for a couple or more if family members are included. paint brush for each color a plate or palette to pour the paint needed for the painting a small canvas to paint on painter's tape to make a heart shape an easel a table for the set-up of materials Every [couple/family] starts out as a blank canvas and every day is a splash of color.  This canvas has a heart drawn out with painter's tape that represents the day of the wedding, and a new beginning.  The paint colors signify the experiences that lie ahead; colors of joys and sorrows, blessings and heartache.  After the paint dries, the tape will be removed to show the love of this ...

Glass Crystal Unity Ceremony A simple, yet nice way to symbolize your union as a couple during a wedding ceremony is the glass ceremony.  In St. Louis, the  Third Degree Glass Factory   has the materials you need.  Much like a  sand ceremony , couples use colored glass crystals called FRIT in place of sand for their unity candle ceremony. First, couples order colored frit that match their wedding colors.This is usually done after the vows to symbolize the coming together of two individuals into one marriage.  I have a favorite passage that I use regularly. [ Name and Name], today you join your separate lives together to become “one”.   The two separate containers of glass crystals symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate friends. They represent all that you are and all that you’ll ever be as an individual. As you pour the two containers into their third vessel, your individual vessels of glass will no longer exist, they wil...

Wedding Ceremony Enhancement If you consider your relationship unique and creative then the unity painting ceremony is perfect for you, but it might also take you back to art class. The unity painting starts with a blank canvas and two cups filled with different colors of paint in each. Unity Painting Ceremony During the ceremony the couple takes their color and brushes the paint over the canvas at the same time allowing the colors to blend and mix over the canvas.  Make sure to blend or cross over the canvas with both colors; flowing together to create a new color representing a new life together. This can work well for a couples and their children from past or present relationship to include representing a new life as a family.