Trying to have a unique ceremony

Hi! I think I might be ordering the barrel from the states and getting a clear whisky here at the LCBO. That's my plan as of right now anyways... the kits were available at the Toronto Distillery - but they are no longer open (I wish I would have ordered it last year when I first found them!!). Dillon's distillery offers something like the kits.. just the barrel was too big than what I was looking for...

I've actually been looking into a whiskey pouring ceremony myself, but I've been having a hard time finding the kits in Ontario. I'd love to know if you've found any leads.

I've read about one recently that I really loved - a Wine Box Ceremony!

"A wine box ceremony is a wedding ritual in which, during the proceedings of the wedding ceremony, a bottle of wine is enclosed into a box. Some couples opt to add an extra layer of meaning within the ceremony by including love letters to one another alongside the wine, or by designating a specific occasion (such as a future anniversary) when the box will be opened and the wine will be drank."

Me and FH are big Wine-o's, and not religious so I thought it would be fun! Or really any type of time capsule to enjoy together at a future anniversary seems like a nice idea.

That sounds so nice! What a great idea

We are having a non religious ceremony specifically because we are interfaith (Buddhist and Christian) we didn't want to pick one and didn't want to do both so we are leaving religion out of it. We are just having a simple ceremony with no specific unity ceremony, we don't have any children so we don't need anything to signify the blending of families or anything like that. There will be a really lovely non religious blessing at the end but we just want simple. We will both probably be crying the whole time anyway lol

For our ceremony, our officiant did a "passing of the rings" or "ring blessing." We passed around our ring pillow throughout our guests while our officiant was going through the ceremony so that each person got a moment with the rings and could put their good intentions, best wishes, blessings and love into the rings for us and now we carry that with us every day! We are also not religious but really loved this idea and think that it's something that would work well for both religious and non-religious weddings.

What about a whisky pouring ceremony (I am looking into doing this for ours!!) or wine pouring ceremony (many different options for the wine ceremony)

We put origami stars in a vase so all 5 kids could place their colour in the vase to mix us all up.

Any chance you're a fan of the Doctor? We were thinking of doing a handfasting. It is typically a neopagan activity, but it can also be a non-religious choice.

Another good resource is the offbeat bride, it has lots of pretty out there ideas and fun thoughts for alternative ways to do things.

Oh wow, that seems really unique! Man thank you so much for sharing. I think that's going to be amazing for you guys. What a lovely talent he has