Bride and Groom Do Away With Ring Bearer in Favor of Something Unexpected [Video]

A bride and groom have divided opinion online after doing away with a time-honored tradition in favor of something a little more unconventional.

U.K. wedding celebrant Meg Stanier posted a video to TikTok showing one couple’s fresh approach to recruiting a ring bearer.

Stanier was working in health care as a speech and therapy assistant when COVID-19 hit, and she ended up embarking on an altogether different career. “I became a celebrant after my two best friends asked me, as a joke, to officiate their ceremony during the pandemic and I said yes,” Stanier told Newsweek.

That experience and the training she subsequently received have helped shape the way she works. “I strive to create amazing ceremonies and for my couples to feel like a friend is officiating their big moment,” Stanier said.

It has also given her a flexibility and willingness to embrace creativity when it comes to the big day. That is how she ended up taping a box containing one happy …