Alternate Rituals for Weddings, Baby Namings, Health Conditions
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Transitions, life events baby boomers' taking time and ceremony on their own terms
The links given are not to the only celebrants out there who perform these types of ceremonies. One thing I found about celebrants regardless of the country they were in, was that many of them performed a variety of ceremonies.
There is an open-mindedness to clients and their beliefs. It's all about working with people to craft a personalized ceremony. Maybe they can help to lay the foundation for a new personal or family ritual where an established one just doesn't work any longer.
There are certain symbols that many contemporary rituals and ceremonies embrace, be they in the form of sound or action, the meanings in color, shapes, what is worn, etc. I'll be looking more at that in future lenses. Links to other lenses in the series are linked below.
In this page, I'm introducing some of the basics about celebrants and some of the variety of ceremonies they may preside over. Some of these are milestones in your life that you may have felt slipped away without the honor, recognition or even moment taken to stop and absorb the event that was deserved.
Much of the research I've done has shown an upswing in the blossoming of many new rituals. It is often attributed to baby boomers. This is a generation not apt to turn to go gently into any new phase of life.
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There is an open-mindedness to clients and their beliefs. It's all about working with people to craft a personalized ceremony. Maybe they can help to lay the foundation for a new personal or family ritual where an established one just doesn't work any longer.
There are certain symbols that many contemporary rituals and ceremonies embrace, be they in the form of sound or action, the meanings in color, shapes, what is worn, etc. I'll be looking more at that in future lenses. Links to other lenses in the series are linked below.
In this page, I'm introducing some of the basics about celebrants and some of the variety of ceremonies they may preside over. Some of these are milestones in your life that you may have felt slipped away without the honor, recognition or even moment taken to stop and absorb the event that was deserved.
Much of the research I've done has shown an upswing in the blossoming of many new rituals. It is often attributed to baby boomers. This is a generation not apt to turn to go gently into any new phase of life.
Image from publicdomainpictures.net
Contents at a Glance
- Events to be honored; Honor Your Voice: Celebrant Stacy Willhoit
- Amazon Search : Celebrant ... or anything at all!
- The Importance of Ceremony & Rites of Passage
- Wheelchair Dance : Wedding Lessons
- Steampunk Bouquet, Steampunk Wedding
- One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
- Floating Wedding Memorial Candle
- Seattle / Here Come the Brides MP3 : Bobby Sherman
- Wedding-Theme Pages
- Flip UltraHD 3rd Gen Video Camera & Flip SlideHD : Pocket Projector
- Gay & Lesbian Civil Unions : Have a rainbow wedding reception
- Gay Wedding : Commitment Ceremonies : Wedding Accessories
- The New Essential Guide to Gay and Lesbian Weddings
- Thoughtful Wedding Books
- Rose Plus the Thorns
- Chinese Tea Ceremony : Modern Chinese Wedding
- Special Handmade & Vintage Items
- Meg's Valentine's Day Decor it Yourself Video Special
- Custom Fortune Cookies
- Wedding Books "Nontraditional"
- Special Save the Date Magnets
- The Wedding Planning Binders Book - Is It You? : Guide to World Domination
- Flying Wish Paper
- Celebrant USA Foundation and Institute
- Name Giving Ceremonies, Baby Naming
- How to Create an Inspiring Naming Ceremony
- These are fake, My real ones tried to kill me
- Custom Made Family Sweatshirt
- Health & Illness : Healing Ceremony
- Hair-Cutting Ceremony
- Other Lenses in This Series
- Are you planning an alternative ceremony?
Events to be honored; Honor Your Voice: Celebrant Stacy Willhoit
Many events occur in our lives that we wish to honor either publicly or privately. Celebrant Stacy Willhoit is available to discuss with you any idea you may have to create a Ceremony that will honor the voice that speaks to you.
Perhaps there is an event for a civic organization, a business opening or closing, or an awards/achievements ceremony that you would like to bring your passion and mindfulness to in a way that is not usually considered in American society.
Organizations of all types are similar to extended families. In fact, we often spend more time in our week with those unrelated to us than we do with our immediate family.
Because of this, when an organization undergoes a transition (whether positive or negative in nature) each member of the group is impacted by this change. Creating a ceremony that recognizes the effect of the transition your group is experiencing is an important aspect of our lives that is often over-looked. Some transitional moments in civic life that you might wish to consider honoring with a ceremony:
Business Opening or Closing
Retirement from Your Place of Employment
Job Downsizing or Transition
Death of an Employee or Employer
Awards & Achievements for Your Organization
Military Homecomings
Public Vigils for Healing & Hope
Fundraising & Other Charitable Organization Events
If you would like to discuss the possibilites for honoring a time of transition in your organization or your personal life, please call or email me to discuss your needs.
From the Honor Your Voice web site
Perhaps there is an event for a civic organization, a business opening or closing, or an awards/achievements ceremony that you would like to bring your passion and mindfulness to in a way that is not usually considered in American society.
Organizations of all types are similar to extended families. In fact, we often spend more time in our week with those unrelated to us than we do with our immediate family.
Because of this, when an organization undergoes a transition (whether positive or negative in nature) each member of the group is impacted by this change. Creating a ceremony that recognizes the effect of the transition your group is experiencing is an important aspect of our lives that is often over-looked. Some transitional moments in civic life that you might wish to consider honoring with a ceremony:
Business Opening or Closing
Retirement from Your Place of Employment
Job Downsizing or Transition
Death of an Employee or Employer
Awards & Achievements for Your Organization
Military Homecomings
Public Vigils for Healing & Hope
Fundraising & Other Charitable Organization Events
If you would like to discuss the possibilites for honoring a time of transition in your organization or your personal life, please call or email me to discuss your needs.
From the Honor Your Voice web site
Amazon Search : Celebrant ... or anything at all!
A to Zen of Life
The Importance of Ceremony & Rites of Passage
Celebrant USA Foundation and Institute
Below are quotes about the importance of ceremony and ritual from respected authorities in the field:
"Ceremony assists people to adjust to change (a marriage ceremony does this for families), to recognize achievement (a classic example is a graduation ceremony), to relate, to express love, and/or to establish a relationship. Ceremonies are the human way we have to signpost a deal such as a business merger, to trigger off a healthy grief process (such as in divorce or funeral ceremonies), to welcome another human being into the family. So Ceremonies have these excellent effects - they can be used further to announce intentions, to express loyalty and to reinforce a sense of identity." - Dally Messenger III, President of the International Federation of Civil Celebrants
"We need rituals at many times, whether for healing or transformation, celebration or mourning. To learn to create our own is to empower ourselves, and this can enrich our lives immeasurably." - Juliet Batten, Power from Within
"A culture that forgets its rites of passage eventually loses its capacity to celebrate joy and unity." - Michael Meade
"The tribal ceremonies of birth, initiation, marriage, burial, installation, and so forth, serve to translate the individual's life-crises and life-deeds into classic, impersonal forms. . . The whole society becomes visible to itself as an imperishable living unit. Generations of individuals pass, like anonymous cells from a living body, but the sustaining, timeless form remains. By an enlargement of vision to embrace this super-individual, each discovers himself enhanced, enriched, supported and magnified."
- Joseph Campbell
What are 'Rites of Passage'?
The French anthropologist and folklorist Arnold van Gennep, best known for his studies of the rites of passage of various cultures, and whose major work was "Rites of Passage" (1909), is credited with coining the phrase, rites of passage.
Van Gennep emphasized the structural analogies among various rites by demonstrating that all are characterized by three phases: separation, transition and reincorporation. Van Gennep saw the rites as means by which individuals are eased, without social disruption, through the difficulties of transition from one social role to another.
The person or (persons) on whom the rites center is first symbolically severed from his old status, then undergoes adjustment to the new status during the period of transition, and is finally reincorporated in society in his new social status. Many of the important and common rites of passage are connected with the biological stages of life: birth, puberty, maturity, marriage, reproduction, and death; other rites celebrate changes that are wholly cultural.
These rites of passage serve to bridge critical stages in the life process and to help the individual confront certain uncontrollable aspects of the world he inhabits. By providing a predictable, communal context for individual experience, rites of passage act to alleviate the inevitable anxiety that accompanies change.
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"Ceremony assists people to adjust to change (a marriage ceremony does this for families), to recognize achievement (a classic example is a graduation ceremony), to relate, to express love, and/or to establish a relationship. Ceremonies are the human way we have to signpost a deal such as a business merger, to trigger off a healthy grief process (such as in divorce or funeral ceremonies), to welcome another human being into the family. So Ceremonies have these excellent effects - they can be used further to announce intentions, to express loyalty and to reinforce a sense of identity." - Dally Messenger III, President of the International Federation of Civil Celebrants
"We need rituals at many times, whether for healing or transformation, celebration or mourning. To learn to create our own is to empower ourselves, and this can enrich our lives immeasurably." - Juliet Batten, Power from Within
"A culture that forgets its rites of passage eventually loses its capacity to celebrate joy and unity." - Michael Meade
"The tribal ceremonies of birth, initiation, marriage, burial, installation, and so forth, serve to translate the individual's life-crises and life-deeds into classic, impersonal forms. . . The whole society becomes visible to itself as an imperishable living unit. Generations of individuals pass, like anonymous cells from a living body, but the sustaining, timeless form remains. By an enlargement of vision to embrace this super-individual, each discovers himself enhanced, enriched, supported and magnified."
- Joseph Campbell
What are 'Rites of Passage'?
The French anthropologist and folklorist Arnold van Gennep, best known for his studies of the rites of passage of various cultures, and whose major work was "Rites of Passage" (1909), is credited with coining the phrase, rites of passage.
Van Gennep emphasized the structural analogies among various rites by demonstrating that all are characterized by three phases: separation, transition and reincorporation. Van Gennep saw the rites as means by which individuals are eased, without social disruption, through the difficulties of transition from one social role to another.
The person or (persons) on whom the rites center is first symbolically severed from his old status, then undergoes adjustment to the new status during the period of transition, and is finally reincorporated in society in his new social status. Many of the important and common rites of passage are connected with the biological stages of life: birth, puberty, maturity, marriage, reproduction, and death; other rites celebrate changes that are wholly cultural.
These rites of passage serve to bridge critical stages in the life process and to help the individual confront certain uncontrollable aspects of the world he inhabits. By providing a predictable, communal context for individual experience, rites of passage act to alleviate the inevitable anxiety that accompanies change.
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Henna Artist Paints Designs on Bride's Hands
Wheelchair Dance : Wedding Lessons
TAKE YOUR FIRST DANCE TOGETHER... IN HARMONY We know how important your wedding day is and we want to help you make it even more special. Many ballroom dance studios in your town can customized your wedding dance program which will give you the confidence and skill to perform a variety of dances. When that magical moment arrives, your friends and family will be amazed by your elegance, style, and grace.
Wheelchair DanceSport USA
Wheelchair DanceSport USA
- WHEELCHAIR WEDDING DANCE : Lessons
- TAKE YOUR FIRST DANCE TOGETHER... IN HARMONY
Steampunk Bouquet, Steampunk Wedding
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
In its nascence in the American lexicon, the term "Bridezilla" has inspired articles, reality television and watercooler tales of brides gone mad. This phenomenon piqued New Yorker staff writer Mead's interest, sending her on a three-year investigation of the current American wedding and the $161-billion industry that spawned it.
"Blaming the bride," she writes, "wasn't an adequate explanation for what seemed to be underlying the concept of the Bridezilla: that weddings themselves were out of control." Interviewing wedding industry professionals and attending weddings in Las Vegas, Disney World, Aruba and a wedding town in Tennessee, Mead ventures beyond the tulle curtain to reveal moneymaking ploys designed around our most profound fears as well as our headiest happily-ever-after fantasies.
Goods and services providers alter marital traditions-and even invent new ones-to feed their bottom line. Stores vie for bridal registry business in hopes of gaining lifelong customers. Women swoon for what retailers call "the 'Oh, Mommy' moment" in boutique fitting rooms-an unsettling contrast to the Chinese bridal gown factory workers who make them possible, sleeping eight to a room and scraping by on 30 cents an hour.
Part investigative journalism, part social commentary, Mead's wry, insightful work offers an illuminating glimpse at the ugly underbelly of our Bridezilla culture. (May) Copyright (c) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
"Blaming the bride," she writes, "wasn't an adequate explanation for what seemed to be underlying the concept of the Bridezilla: that weddings themselves were out of control." Interviewing wedding industry professionals and attending weddings in Las Vegas, Disney World, Aruba and a wedding town in Tennessee, Mead ventures beyond the tulle curtain to reveal moneymaking ploys designed around our most profound fears as well as our headiest happily-ever-after fantasies.
Goods and services providers alter marital traditions-and even invent new ones-to feed their bottom line. Stores vie for bridal registry business in hopes of gaining lifelong customers. Women swoon for what retailers call "the 'Oh, Mommy' moment" in boutique fitting rooms-an unsettling contrast to the Chinese bridal gown factory workers who make them possible, sleeping eight to a room and scraping by on 30 cents an hour.
Part investigative journalism, part social commentary, Mead's wry, insightful work offers an illuminating glimpse at the ugly underbelly of our Bridezilla culture. (May) Copyright (c) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
Amazon Price: $3.45 (as of 05/30/2012)
Sometimes we just need a little help
Floating Wedding Memorial Candle
This hand blown clear glass vase and candle is a beautiful way to honor the memory of a lost loved one during your wedding ceremony.
The glass is engraved with a name, the year of birth and death, and the words "Forever in our Hearts, Forever in our Lives".
Vase measures 3.5" in diameter and 7" tall. Includes an unscented floating candle.
Seattle / Here Come the Brides MP3 : Bobby Sherman
Take a Listen. If you like you can click and buy on Amazon.
Wedding-Theme Pages
Flip UltraHD 3rd Gen Video Camera & Flip SlideHD : Pocket Projector
Flip UltraHD 3rd Gen Video Camera & Flip SlideHD
Flip UltraHD Video Camera - Black, 8 GB, 2 Hours (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
The World's Simplest HD Camcorder
The all-new Flip UltraHD video camera combines Flip Video's signature shoot-and-share simplicity with the power of incredible HD video. UltraHD could not be easier to use: just power on, press record, and you'll be capturing best-ever HD video.
And with 8 GB of built-in memory, 2 hours of record time and an included rechargeable battery pack, you'll never miss another minute of video again. Plus the included HDMI output makes it simple to enjoy your videos on your HDTV.
Best-Ever HD Video
The new UltraHD features built-in image stabilization and incredible 720p resolution, now with double the frame rate (60 frames per second), for remarkably clear and steady HD video-no complicated settings required.
UltraHD thrives in all types of lighting environments, meaning your video will look stunning no matter the condition. Premium AAC audio makes your video sound simply amazing, too. Read the rest of the info on Amazon
Flip SlideHD Video Camera - White, 16 GB, 4 Hours Flip SlideHD is the all-new camcorder from Flip Video that lets you shoot, show and share HD video in a fun new way. SlideHD captures up to four hours of HD video and features a slideable 3-inch widescreen for instant watching. Plus, SlideHD stores up to 12 hours of content, allowing you to take your favorite videos with you anywhere you go. SlideHD also comes equipped with pre-loaded FlipShare software, which makes it easy to organize, create and share your videos.
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Flip Video Tripod
The Flip Video Tripod makes it even easier to shoot high-quality video with your Flip Video Camcorder. The Tripod screws into the bottom of any camcorder in mere seconds, and flexible legs let you take steady video almost anywhere, and at almost any angle. The Tripod comes with a set of five interchangeable colored rubber feet that match Ultra and Mino camcorder colors. And at about 5-inches tall, this Tripod is as portable as your Flip Video camcorder is.
Flip UltraHD Video Camera - Black, 8 GB, 2 Hours (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
The World's Simplest HD Camcorder
The all-new Flip UltraHD video camera combines Flip Video's signature shoot-and-share simplicity with the power of incredible HD video. UltraHD could not be easier to use: just power on, press record, and you'll be capturing best-ever HD video.
And with 8 GB of built-in memory, 2 hours of record time and an included rechargeable battery pack, you'll never miss another minute of video again. Plus the included HDMI output makes it simple to enjoy your videos on your HDTV.
Best-Ever HD Video
The new UltraHD features built-in image stabilization and incredible 720p resolution, now with double the frame rate (60 frames per second), for remarkably clear and steady HD video-no complicated settings required.
UltraHD thrives in all types of lighting environments, meaning your video will look stunning no matter the condition. Premium AAC audio makes your video sound simply amazing, too. Read the rest of the info on Amazon
Flip SlideHD Video Camera - White, 16 GB, 4 Hours Flip SlideHD is the all-new camcorder from Flip Video that lets you shoot, show and share HD video in a fun new way. SlideHD captures up to four hours of HD video and features a slideable 3-inch widescreen for instant watching. Plus, SlideHD stores up to 12 hours of content, allowing you to take your favorite videos with you anywhere you go. SlideHD also comes equipped with pre-loaded FlipShare software, which makes it easy to organize, create and share your videos.
Buy Select Cameras or Camcorders from Amazon.com and save 25% on a Lowepro Bag: Purchase this product from Amazon.com and save 25% on a Lowepro bag, simply the qualifying items to your Shopping Cart, and we'll automatically apply the discount at checkout. Offer applies only to purchases of products sold by Amazon.com and does not apply to products sold by third-party merchants and other sellers through the Amazon.com site. Read our terms and conditions for additional restrictions. See all qualifying products and details.
Flip Video Tripod
The Flip Video Tripod makes it even easier to shoot high-quality video with your Flip Video Camcorder. The Tripod screws into the bottom of any camcorder in mere seconds, and flexible legs let you take steady video almost anywhere, and at almost any angle. The Tripod comes with a set of five interchangeable colored rubber feet that match Ultra and Mino camcorder colors. And at about 5-inches tall, this Tripod is as portable as your Flip Video camcorder is.
The Grooms
How to Start a Home-Based Wedding Planning Business
Start a wedding planning busines
Say "I Do" to becoming a wedding planner!
There is one day in life, more than any other, when everything must go according to plan-a wedding day. In America alone, more than four million people tie the knot annually, spending over $85 billion on services and products. As more and more couples are hiring consultants to make sure their special day goes off without a hitch, wedding planning has become a profession in itself.
How to Start a Home-Based Wedding Planning Business gives you the know-how to become the wedding planner everyone wants to hire-and to make money doing so! Combining straightforward language with a host of essential organizing tips, useful checklists, and easy-to-follow worksheets, Jill Moran takes you through every aspect of setting up and running a thriving wedding planning business. Whether you're just starting to explore your options for a home-based business or are used to being your own boss, this guide helps you channel your creativity and shows you how to get your business off the ground.
Knowing the Pros and Cons of Owning Your Own Business
Finding Your Niche
Estimating Start-Up Costs
Developing and Implementing a Budget
Negotiating with Clients and Vendors
Handling Legal Matters
There is one day in life, more than any other, when everything must go according to plan-a wedding day. In America alone, more than four million people tie the knot annually, spending over $85 billion on services and products. As more and more couples are hiring consultants to make sure their special day goes off without a hitch, wedding planning has become a profession in itself.
How to Start a Home-Based Wedding Planning Business gives you the know-how to become the wedding planner everyone wants to hire-and to make money doing so! Combining straightforward language with a host of essential organizing tips, useful checklists, and easy-to-follow worksheets, Jill Moran takes you through every aspect of setting up and running a thriving wedding planning business. Whether you're just starting to explore your options for a home-based business or are used to being your own boss, this guide helps you channel your creativity and shows you how to get your business off the ground.
Knowing the Pros and Cons of Owning Your Own Business
Finding Your Niche
Estimating Start-Up Costs
Developing and Implementing a Budget
Negotiating with Clients and Vendors
Handling Legal Matters
How to Start a Home-Based Wedding Planning Business (Home-Based Business Series)
Amazon Price: $8.02 (as of 05/30/2012)
Decide what you want out of life
Gay & Lesbian Civil Unions : Have a rainbow wedding reception
Many of the Celebrants I found had ceremonies for Gay and Lesbian couples.
Will you give me yourself? Will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live? -- Walt Whitman
A custom-created civil union ceremony will convey your promise of life-long commitment. You can express yourselves with words, poetry, music and symbols that show how you feel about one another, your hopes and dreams for the future, and the journey that brought you both together.
I will collaborate with you to create the perfect civil union ceremony that reflects your values, traditions and preferences. I honor all beliefs. ... From Milestone Ceremonies' web site
Milestone Ceremonies - Gay and Lesbian Civil Unions - Wedding Celebrant - Wedding Officiant
Having a civil union ceremony not only gives gay and lesbian couples the opportunity to openly proclaim their love to family and friends. It offers the most inclusive legal protection available to same gender couples in New Jersey.
New Jersey's civil union law also permits gay and lesbian nonresidents to legally have a civil union performed in New Jersey.
Weddings On Wheels
Weddings On Wheels believes every couple, regardless of their sexual orientation, deserves equal rights and equal treatment under the law.
We offer beautifully crafted NJ civil union ceremonies for you and your partner to celebrate your love and commitment to one another. Whether you choose to have a religious ceremony or a secular/civil one, Weddings On Wheels would be honored to unite you and your life partner in marriage.
Wedding Celebrants List for Gay & Lesbian Couples Santa Rosa, CA
Due to the passage of Proposition 8, our state constitution no longer legally recognizes marriages between same-sex couples. Unitarian Universalists ministers have been performing same-sex marriages since the 1960s. That proud tradition remains, while we continue to advocate for the legal recognition those relationships deserve.
Same Gender Weddings Eclectic Unions
I believe that everyone should have the right to declare their love and commitment for their partners. I will work with you to create a beautiful wedding ceremony as you embark on this next step in your relationship. All backgrounds and traditions are honored - I will work with you to create the exact ceremony you are looking for.
Will you give me yourself? Will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live? -- Walt Whitman
A custom-created civil union ceremony will convey your promise of life-long commitment. You can express yourselves with words, poetry, music and symbols that show how you feel about one another, your hopes and dreams for the future, and the journey that brought you both together.
I will collaborate with you to create the perfect civil union ceremony that reflects your values, traditions and preferences. I honor all beliefs. ... From Milestone Ceremonies' web site
Milestone Ceremonies - Gay and Lesbian Civil Unions - Wedding Celebrant - Wedding Officiant
Having a civil union ceremony not only gives gay and lesbian couples the opportunity to openly proclaim their love to family and friends. It offers the most inclusive legal protection available to same gender couples in New Jersey.
New Jersey's civil union law also permits gay and lesbian nonresidents to legally have a civil union performed in New Jersey.
Weddings On Wheels
Weddings On Wheels believes every couple, regardless of their sexual orientation, deserves equal rights and equal treatment under the law.
We offer beautifully crafted NJ civil union ceremonies for you and your partner to celebrate your love and commitment to one another. Whether you choose to have a religious ceremony or a secular/civil one, Weddings On Wheels would be honored to unite you and your life partner in marriage.
Wedding Celebrants List for Gay & Lesbian Couples Santa Rosa, CA
Due to the passage of Proposition 8, our state constitution no longer legally recognizes marriages between same-sex couples. Unitarian Universalists ministers have been performing same-sex marriages since the 1960s. That proud tradition remains, while we continue to advocate for the legal recognition those relationships deserve.
Same Gender Weddings Eclectic Unions
I believe that everyone should have the right to declare their love and commitment for their partners. I will work with you to create a beautiful wedding ceremony as you embark on this next step in your relationship. All backgrounds and traditions are honored - I will work with you to create the exact ceremony you are looking for.
Have a rainbow wedding reception! "The rainbow is one of the most beautiful natural phenomenon, and you'll be on cloud nine watching the dazzling array of colors go by at your reception! "
Gay Wedding : Commitment Ceremonies : Wedding Accessories
Can I vote on your marriage now?
The New Essential Guide to Gay and Lesbian Weddings
The original wedding planner for gays and lesbians is updated, and more fun and informative than ever!
The latest in wedding etiquette, witty anecdotes and unexpected historical trivia, make this an indispensable and truly entertaining resource for same-sex couples who want to plan an unforgettable and perfectly orchestrated wedding.
It leads you through topics from the philosophical to the practical, and answers the tough questions.
Also Available:
Gay Wedding Confidential: Adventures and Advice from America's #1 Gay Wedding Planner
Gay Wedding Confidential: Adventures and Advice from America's #1 Gay Wedding Planner shares compelling stories and practical advice from a professional gay wedding planner that will help gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender couples plan their dream wedding.
Bernadette Coveney Smith, owner of the nation's first gay wedding planning firm and a same-sex wedding expert, sprinkles entertaining anecdotes through her guidebook.
She leads couples through the complicated process of wedding planning.
After examining the differences between gay and straight weddings, Smith provides step-by-step details and timelines that will teach gay couples essential how-tos for planning their wedding: %u2022 Develop a budget and stick to it
Chocolate Covered Photo Oreos: Bridal showers, baby showers, anniversary parties, weddings
Chocolate Covered Photo Oreos - Wedding Favor CookiesThese fabulous personalized photo cookies are perfect for weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, anniversary parties, or birthday party favors!!
Each delicious Oreo Picture Cookie is hand-dipped in Belgian White Chocolate and then decorated with sprinkles or dusting sugars in colors of your choice.
Then they are individually packaged in crystal-clear cellophane pouches to ensure freshness. You may choose to use a photograph, or a logo - they are totally custom, so you may use any image (in good taste, of course!) Add text if you like. ...
Thoughtful Wedding Books
Renewing Your Wedding Vows: A Complete Planning Guide to Saying "I Still Do" by Sharon Naylor
Say "I do" all over again with significance more...0 points
Anti-Bride Guide: Tying the Knot Outside of the Box by Carolyn Gerin, Stephanie Rosenbaum
Into a sea of pearl white and pale blue comes the more...0 points
Handfasting and Wedding Rituals: Welcoming Hera's Blessing by Raven Kaldera, Tannin Schwartzstein
Handfasting and Wedding Rituals has everything you more...0 points
The Rituals Resource Book: Alternative Weddings, Funerals, Holidays and Other Rites of Passage by Susan Marie Mumm
Susan Mumm helps us to see the important role that more...0 points
Green Bride Guide: Create an Earth-Friendly Wedding on Any Budget
Your Wedding: Beautiful and Sustainable. Just Like more...0 points
Weddings, Funerals and Rites of Passage: Sample Ceremonies For Celebrants, Officiants and Ministers by Amy E. Long
Written by Rev. Amy Long, with contributions from a more...0 points
The Bride's Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Find Yourself by Cornelia Powell
"The Bride's Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Fin more...0 points
Rose Plus the Thorns
Rose Plus the Thorns by ImagineMDD
Browse Roses T-Shirts Add your name(s), a favorite quote, the date, you name it.
Chinese Tea Ceremony : Modern Chinese Wedding
Traditionally, the tea ceremony takes place early in the morning on the day of the wedding. Elders from both families gather at the home of the groom's parents where the bride serves them tea.Read about one such ceremony in the article, Modern Chinese Wedding Tea Ceremony
Step-Mother of the Groom
Special Handmade & Vintage Items
Available on Etsy
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Emerging into Light Wedding dress inspired by Frida by lorimarsha
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CUSTOM ORDER INFORMATION INFO PAGE for by ClarkandDiversey
ALOHA! Welcome to Clark & Diversey's CUSTOM OR more...0 points
Custom Name Puzzle Art New Baby by TerrorDome on Etsy
This is a very very sweet custom example. Perfect more...0 points
I Do I Dont handmade board game by veronicapress on Etsy
I Do (I Dont) is an artists book/board game which more...0 points
Meg's Valentine's Day Decor it Yourself Video Special
How to Make Your Bedroom Romantic
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Custom Fortune Cookies
A very hot part favor!! These tastefully decorated fortune cookies are personalized for each event. Fortune cookies are not only delicious, but a fun and original idea for corporate parties, weddings, banquets and other celebrations.
Hand them out to your guests as they depart for the evening or serve them as desserts-your friends and family will be impressed by your creativity!
Cookies are made from the finest ingredients and hand dipped in milk chocolate and decorated with tiny sprinkles or a single heart. You can customize the colors of both the chocolate base and the decoration. Cookies arrive individually wrapped and sealed in clear cello bags.
Imprinting: Each fortune is printed with up to 3 lines of text, 35 characters per line. There is a $40.00 typesetting charge for personalizing the fortune.
She's a butterfly
Wedding Books "Nontraditional"
Special Save the Date Magnets
Personalized, Customized
The Wedding Planning Binders Book - Is It You? : Guide to World Domination
The Wedding Book by loudesigns
Create your own vinyl 3 ring binders with zazzle
World Domination Personalize with your own name! By ABitOff
View more Political science Binders
Rainbow Heart by Incatneato
Browse other Gay Binders
Lesbian Lovers Customizable Wedding Album by DestroyingAngel
Make custom 3 ring binder on zazzle
Flying Wish Paper
Write a wish, light it on fire and watch it fly!
Two kits, two colors available. This is an idea that has been around for many, many years.
Flying Wish Paper is the most unique way you'll ever make a wish. Simply write your wish on the wish paper, roll it into a tube, light it on fire, and watch in amazement as it literally flies into the air.
They're an awesome way to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, or even 3rd Wednesdays of the month.
Flying Wish Paper is available in two kits which both include the wish paper, wish platforms, a book of matches, and pencils.
Mini kit includes 15 sheets of wish paper, 5 wish platforms, a book of 20 matches, and one pencil. Large kit includes 50 sheets of wish paper, 25 wish platforms, a book of 40 matches, and five pencils.
The 5 Book : Playbook for life : Dan Zadra
The 5 Book by Dan ZadraCompendium
The next five years can be the most exciting and satisfying years of your life-or just another five years. Let the 5 book be your guide. Graduating from college? Considering a new career?
Inspiring your sales or service teams? Setting goals for retirement? Here's your inspiration. The 5 book is your "playbook for life."
It features thought-provoking quotations and real-life examples to serve as both a spark and a road map for what's exciting in your life. 80 pages.
Also Available:
The 1 Book by Dan Zadra
The One book will inspire you to discover "How will I make a difference...how will I give something back...how will I give something beautiful to the world?" It is said that we all come into the world with special gifts in our hands designed to make the world a better place. The purpose of the 1 book is to inspire you to discover and celebrate your special gifts and, above all, to share them with a world that truly needs you. 80 pages
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Celebrant USA Foundation and Institute
The Celebrant USA Foundation & Institute is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to training professional Civil Celebrants to officiate at personalized ceremonies marking the milestones and transitions in the lives of individuals, couples, families and organizations such as weddings, renewal of vows, commitments, coming of age, baby welcomings and adoptions, survivor tributes, graduations, retirements, birthdays, anniversaries, memorials, end of life celebrations, new dwellings, civic and corporate events and special occasions - or any moment in life that carries significant meaning for you.
The Civil Celebrant's mission is to create a ceremony that reflects your genuine needs, beliefs, philosophy of life, culture, and ethnic background and values. -- From their web site
The Civil Celebrant's mission is to create a ceremony that reflects your genuine needs, beliefs, philosophy of life, culture, and ethnic background and values. -- From their web site
- Celebrant USA Foundation and Institute
- Celebrants are people in your community who are trained to organize and perform the highest quality personalized, non-religious, non-denominational or interfaith ceremonies, incorporating rituals and symbols reflecting each person's unique beliefs, values, aesthetics, and history
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Name Giving Ceremonies, Baby Naming
Elizabeth Gray, Celebrant- Australia
Name giving
The name giving or naming ceremony responds to the cultural and community need to welcome a child into the family. In western culture this ceremony goes back to pre-Christian Roman and Greek times. A child was not a member of the family until he or she was named at the naming ceremony. A name giving ceremony is not a baptism or a christening, though it is sometimes referred to as a 'secular christening'.
Why do it?
This ceremony is a fulfilling and meaningful experience for all concerned. It is an occasion where a new birth is celebrated and a child is welcomed into the world. Family relationships are deepened and parents become more fully aware of their responsibilities. So, too, do the grandparents and godparents/guardians/mentors.
The naming ceremony is an excellent occasion for the cultural expression of joy, hope and acceptance. Many Christians do not believe in infant baptism, so choose this cultural celebration and leave the child free to choose or not to choose baptism later in their lives. In fact all naming ceremonies are done or performed on this principle.
From the web site of Elizabeth Gray, Celebrant
The name giving or naming ceremony responds to the cultural and community need to welcome a child into the family. In western culture this ceremony goes back to pre-Christian Roman and Greek times. A child was not a member of the family until he or she was named at the naming ceremony. A name giving ceremony is not a baptism or a christening, though it is sometimes referred to as a 'secular christening'.
Why do it?
This ceremony is a fulfilling and meaningful experience for all concerned. It is an occasion where a new birth is celebrated and a child is welcomed into the world. Family relationships are deepened and parents become more fully aware of their responsibilities. So, too, do the grandparents and godparents/guardians/mentors.
The naming ceremony is an excellent occasion for the cultural expression of joy, hope and acceptance. Many Christians do not believe in infant baptism, so choose this cultural celebration and leave the child free to choose or not to choose baptism later in their lives. In fact all naming ceremonies are done or performed on this principle.
From the web site of Elizabeth Gray, Celebrant
- Name Giving Ceremony
- Informality is usually the order of the day. Saturday or Sunday morning or early afternoon ceremony followed by lunch or refreshments is very often the choice.
- Little Silver Country hotel - Naming Ceremonies
- Little Silver Country Hotel, Ceremonies are held in the splendour of Kent Hall or the Orangery and on warmer days in the beautifully landscaped gardens. Each setting is an ideal location to celebrate with loved ones, the birth of a child, or to welcome children into a new family. A celebrant can be provided to conduct the ceremony, which is normally held at lunchtime or early afternoon.
How to Create an Inspiring Naming Ceremony
How to Create an Inspiring Naming CeremonyThe joy and delight of having children in your life is a gift worth celebrating and creating a welcoming or naming ceremony for your child is rich with possibilities.
Whether you have traditional family customs you would like to incorporate or you are starting from scratch; Wendy's naming ceremony book will take you through an easy yet comprehensive step by step guide to creating a unique and beautiful naming ceremony.
There are examples, stories and ideas that will warm your hearts and help you to find exactly the right words you want, and there are naming ceremonies for young children, teenagers and adults.
All over the world people also celebrate the naming of many inanimate items of significance - boats, offices, restaurants, bridges, and walking tracks, so for a bit of fun there is also a naming ceremony for a restaurant and a beautiful boat included!
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Custom Made Family Sweatshirt
Custom Made Family Sweatshirt - $ 59.99
Create an heirloom they'll wear - Our family shirt is completely custom-made. Whether they go by Nana, Mom-Mom, Grandma, Pop-Pop, etc. they'll wear it with pride. Under your message, we paint each member of your clan to his or her likeness - hair color & style, eye color, skin color, and name, then size according to age. Available in sweatshirt or t-shirt. Adult sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL. Allow 3-4 weeks for delivery on this item only. Express service not available.
Health & Illness : Healing Ceremony
Coping & Recovery Ceremonies
One ceremony "after healing and recovery have been achieved, where you wish for permanent wholeness and well-being and invoke a state of ongoing health is a wonderful way to bring closure to the challenges and fears that have been met, and affirm the wisdom and other gifts the illness has brought you and your loved ones."
Another ceremony "to celebrate life and to assist loved ones to cope with compromised health or personal issues."
Another ceremony "to celebrate life and to assist loved ones to cope with compromised health or personal issues."
- Meaningful Moments Healing Ceremonies
- Possible ceremonies include Women's Rites of Passage and those to honor your Retirement
- Healing Circle : Civil marriage celebrant in Richmond, Hobart, Tasmania
- This is a ceremony conducted to celebrate life and to assist loved ones to cope with compromised health or personal issues. Support networks can often be formalised within family and friends as a result of ceremonies such as this. Rituals designed to assist the letting go of negative thoughts and support the healing process can be added to this ceremony as can a period of meditation. -- Elizabeth Gray
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