In this blog I discuss what goes into creating fine art wedding ketubah, as well as ideas about wedding ceremonies and traditions, and answer some of the questions and comments from the couples I've worked with. Subscribe to this blog.
I am proud to announce that I am offering a number of new, fresh, and I think beautiful ketubah designs for 2012. These ketubahs are all created from my fine art photography of roses, leaves and seeds. Several of the ketubahs showcase art I made of the graceful seeds from maple tree, the “helicopters” you toss in the air every autumn
A man taking part in Occupy Wall Street proposes to his girlfriend using the “human microphone”. Very sweet! What is the human microphone, you ask? Since bullhorns are not allowed, the group uses this system during their “general assemblies” to make sure everything gets heard: anything the speaker says gets repeated by the crowd so that everyone can hear it. (The first thing he yells is “mike check!”)
Kudos to New York for recognizing that marriage is simply about two people who love each other, committing to a life together. And congratulations to all of the couples who will be proposing to each other this weekend!
Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed, and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born.
This weekend I heard from the rabbi who performed the wedding for one of my couples. Here’s her more-than-kind words:
I support your commitment to making the ketubah a living and meaningful experience for contemporary couples who want the tradition to speak to their circumstance and honor and celebrate their shared sensibilities.
I love how your ketubahs work to unite everyone from different backgrounds into a united circle of celebration, so that by the time the wedding processional lines up, we are all of one heart and all “on the same page” — because you designed something which in image and word reflects the joint vision of the couple and serves as the most elegant expression of their mission statement and noble aspiration as individuals and as a couple.
There is no amount of family therapy or verbal “sharing” that compares to the uplifting dynamic of your ketubah, and how it’s energy speaks to each and every heart in just the way that it needed at that particularly sensitive moment. Thank you always for how you made the wedding ceremony joyous by giving it a context and a goal, and a way to include those who are dearest to the couple whose ceremony unites them and by extension all of those gathered.
With much appreciation for your thoughtfulness and ongoing commitment to the love story of each couple whose trust you honor, Rabbi Green
The Petals Ketubah was one of the first ketubah designs I created, and year after year it has proven to be one of the most popular. Something about the soft colors and delicate yet emotive lines of the gerber daisy petals seems to strike a chord in many couples. Due to its popularity, I have decided to release it in two new color variations: pink, and black and white.
The Petals Ketubah is available in ivory (the original), black and white, and pink.
The idea came from a groom’s mother, who called inquiring about the design. Her son’s wedding flower is the pink gerber daisy, so she wondered if it was available in that color. I decided that it made a lot of sense, and quickly created these new variations. Remember that if you don’t see exactly what you are hoping for, it always pays to ask!
