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Karen and Frank's elven-inspired wedding featured a little ritual that I think y'all are really going to want to hear about: an elemental unity ceremony. They utilized the elements of fire, earth, air, and water during their wedding, which fits beautifully with their other-worldly theme.

I'll let Karen tell you how it worked:

The elemental unity ceremony... included lighting a candle (fire), pouring sand into an hourglass (earth), ringing a wind chime (air), and drinking water from a goblet (water). -Karen

Fairy-tale worthy, right? You could even use our awesome sponsors, Unity in Glass, to bring it all together - they'll use fire to turn your sand into glass and preserve your elemental unity ceremony in a cool piece of custom art!

I'm thinking this could be adapted for pagan weddings too. Or - eyes the room - any ATLA fans in the house? Anyone cosplaying as Korra and Asami for an awesome same-sex Legend of Korra wedding? I'll just leave this idea here for you.