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A wedding ceremony for the dreamers and the rebels, the mystical ones and those who consider themselves spiritual but not necessarily religious. The elements of this rite of passage are a combination of Crystals, Numerology, and old-world Celtic tradition. Interpreted for the new millennium.
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This part of your wedding ceremony starts with the two of you clasping hands as if you’re shaking hands. We’ll place two energetically cleaned rose quartz crystal hearts between your clasped hands. We chose this stone because it helps align yourselves with the properties of love, strengthens your partnership, and calls in unconditional love. We’ll all take a few deep breaths and ask you to focus your intentions on the love stones you hold between your hands, calling your heart center to its highest vibration and infusing your love stones with all your intentions for your new marriage.
It’s said that Cupid gave the earth Rose Quartz as a gift of passion, happiness, and love for all of us to enjoy.
Next, we’ll place your Celtic handfasting cord over your clasped hands. You can have it loosely draped or tied. Next, we’ll read aloud the positive attributes of your wedding date, handwritten by Founder Rachel or Wedding Officiant Shelly. Once your Crystal Heart Ceremony is completed, we’ll complete your traditional ceremony and pronounce you married! You’ll take home your crystals in a keepsake pouch, your handfasting cord, and a little note letting you know the best Feng Shui location in your home to place these items for maximum love and romance! Of course, our wedding photographers will document every moment for you to enjoy reminiscing.
Jessica and Jason
Their Wedding Journey
What we love about this unique wedding ritual is that it can easily fit into any wedding ceremony you’d already planned at any location you’d like. Jessica and Jason chose a non-denominational option with our wedding officiant, Shelly. Their first date in 2017 was a hike on Mt Tam after a healthy meal at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. They knew their beloved mountain area would figure into their wedding plans when they saw that we offer Muir Woods weddings. That sealed the deal for them! They love hiking on the mountain and especially love the California redwood trees, but weren’t sure how a long trek would fit into their wedding day plans…..and Jessica’s wedding shoes! Jessica and her mom both regularly work with crystals as a daily part of their lives, and she was excited when I shared my idea for a new type of ceremony with her. Having grown up with an understanding of the way they help focus on our intentions (such as a loving and high vibrational marriage), she was all about working with our crystal hearts during their union.
How They Met
Jason and Jess met seven years ago in the same training class for their current jobs. Jessica noticed a handsome guy in her class and started making flirtatious eyes at him, but he wasn’t getting the message. The day before Valentine’s Day 2017, she walked up to him in the break room and said, “Where are you taking me tomorrow for Valentine’s Day?” He surprised her by answering, “I don’t know, where do you want to go?” They took a hike on a stormy February day, Jason acting like a tough guy and getting soaked! About an hour into the date, with conversation flowing and both of them feeling comfortable and having a good time, he asked her, “What are you doing tomorrow?” To which SHE replied, “See? I told you you’d like me!” The rest is history, and seven years later, they returned to that mountain on another frigid and rainy day to unite. The weather was SO bad that we suggested another location. But it was meant to be because the skies cleared as we headed into the redwood forest for their wedding pictures, and it was a truly glorious experience, as you can see by the smiles on their faces.
Their Ceremony occurred in a secluded wooded area about ten minutes from the Muir Woods National Monument. Shelly was their wedding officiant on this 37-degree day! This area is more lush and green during the spring and summer, but it was still lovely and moss-covered on their February wedding day. We often hold wedding ceremonies in this spot year-round because it’s more private, and you can have your ceremony here without any time restrictions than nearby Muir Woods, which only issues wedding permits before 10 am or after 4:30 pm at certain times of the year. You can obtain a license from March through October. This location could be yours if you’d like more daily flexibility.
Jennifer and Brittany
How They Met
These two must be soul mates, twin flames, or just plain old destined to be. Why do I say this? These two beautiful brides met at work, and Jennifer asked Brittany to dinner. Apparently, this date went so well that eleven days later, she asked her to be her dinner partner for life and proposed marriage! Many happy months later, the two of them came to San Francisco City Hall for their destination wedding with their close family in attendance.
Their Wedding Journey
We held their wedding ceremony on one of the balconettes on the second floor of San Francisco City Hall. As you can see, these lovely little “pied a terres” inside the atrium kept others from walking through their ceremony while allowing them a sweeping view of the grand staircase and soaring dome ceiling.
Konrad was booked as their officiant, and we had laid out a well-orchestrated plan for how this newly created ritual would fit inside the non-denominational ceremony that he usually performs for our couples. If I’m the dreamer and the manifester of the team (and I was determined to call this incredible new wedding that includes crystals into existence!), Then, he fills out the spreadsheets, writes lists, and offers game plans. When I told him what we would be doing with his well-oiled wedding ceremony routine, he probably thought I was crazy. We’ve worked together for about eight years now, and I shared with him what this offering would mean to many couples. he agreed to help me lay out the order and timing, so everything ran like clockwork.
Brittany and Jennifer were so excited to be the first to participate in our new wedding experience, bringing spirituality and authenticity to couples who felt like “just the usual” wasn’t quite right for them. When writing their numerology reading, I had an intuitive feeling that these two might be thinking about starting a family sooner rather than later. One of the attributes of their number was that couples getting married under the number two often couldn’t wait to get started on a family, be it, human kids or fur babies. I hesitated to put that into their reading because I didn’t want to assume, but when that section was read aloud, their eyes lit right up, and they squeezed each other’s hands and smiled, and I knew I’d been right to bring that into their special reading.
This package is now listed on our website under the Elopements and San Francisco City Hall wedding sections.
