Wrestle power from the government with this blessing for your nonlegal wedding
I was browsing through Molly and Laurie’s wedding photos and came across an officiant’s blessing that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The couple said their vows in Washington before the state had legalized gay marriage, and their celebrant closed the ceremony with this statement:
25 Star Wars weddings that were more powerful than you could possibly imagine
Thanks in no small part to our managing editor of awesomeness, Megan, we at Offbeat Bride have a long and glorious history of loving Star Wars weddings. We’ve seen (and crashed) many a wedding that would do Han and Leia proud. In homage of this time known as Star Wars Week (what, you don’t wear a Chewie T-shirt on May 4th?), we’ve got 25 of our most favorite moments in Star Wars weddings for you to drool over.
Take “wedding in the round” to the next level: set up stations for your ceremony
In a typical wedding in the round, guests surround the couple for the duration of the ceremony. Sometimes guests are seated, sometimes they stand, sometimes they’re arrayed in a circle around the couple, and we’ve even seen them arranged in a spiral! Adam and Lynn went a step further. A few steps actually. They walked around the circle themselves, stopping at different stations to complete their ceremony.
12 hot groomsgirl wedding fashion ideas
Our Offbeat Brides are no strangers to the gender-blind wedding party, and today we’re celebrating the groomsgirls, bitches. We’ve seen these ladies stand up next to the groom wearing suits, dresses, and ties with dresses. Every last one of them completely rocked every last look, so we rounded up a few of them so YOU can see how a groomsgirl can own this particular little style challenge.