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Unity Sand Ceremony (Can be customized to also include any of the “blends” described below)
(Officiant, to couple): Before you met, your lives were on different paths with different destinations. Love has

brought you together and joined your separate paths into one. Two bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives

and families. As these two containers of sand are poured into
the central vase, the individual sand will no longer exist, but

will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can
never be separated, so will your marriage be.

(Each take turns pouring sand into the central vase)

Family Blend (To include family in the sand ceremony)

(Officiant, to all) This bond between this couple also unites
two families in a new relationship, creating new bonds of trust

and meaning as family. The family sands are a symbol of

family’s first influence in our lives.

Friends Blend (To include friends in the sand ceremony)

(Officiant, to all) It has been said that friends are the family
we choose. The influence of your friendship and loving
Credit: AL Gawlik Photography Austin TX support has helped to shape this couple’s lives. A different-

colored sand will be added to the vase by friends of <Names of Couple>.
(Friend reps proceed to Sand Table to add their sand)

A couple of Great Ideas to consider:

• If there are children in this new blended family, you might want to have a different color sand to represent
each child – or the children can share one color sand and take turns
adding their sand to the vase.

• If you are having a religious wedding, adding a base of white sand
symbolizes God as the foundation of your marriage and family.
Your Wedding Officiant is the perfect person to add this layer
signifying God in your marriage.

• Here’s an interesting alternative to sand: Consider using
Rough-cut Colored Glass instead of Sand. It also makes a very
beautiful Unity Sculpture. You can find more information on the
internet for companies that take the blended sand and create glass
bowls, vases and sculptures from the combined cut glass.

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