Having the talk: How to tell a compelling story during your wedding ceremony
Telling your story is the key to creating a memorable wedding ceremony, but many couples struggle to translate their love and shared experiences into words. You might be one of them.
Hearts are full after seeing the family candy jar ceremony at this Paris vow renewal
This was the vow renewal dream come true for Mehek and Lokesh who, seven years earlier, had a very traditional Indian wedding. They said they felt like they were living their own Bollywood dream by renewing their vows in Paris. You’ll definitely want to see the bright pink details and a fabulously detailed bouquet. They toasted with rosé champagne and ate cake on the Champ de Mars after the ceremony.
Our delicious unity beer ceremony was… hopping (plus our ceremony wording!)
Craft beer has been such a huge part of our relationship that when we were planning our wedding (featured here!), we wanted to include it somehow. I suggested a unity beer ceremony, but we couldn’t find any wording online that we liked. We ended up creating our own from scratch, complete with our own unique brand of humor.
This wedding was a sci-fi lover’s ceremony and cryptid creatures with a dose of boho in the desert
A sci fi lover's ceremony and mythical/cryptid creatures with a dose of boho in the desert! Since Victor proposed in a redwood forest after we visited the Bigfoot Museum in Santa Cruz, we kept the cryptid creature theme going for our wedding. Our save-the-date paid homage to X-files, UFOs, and the elusive Sasquatch. Our quirky wedding suite reflects our love not only for Joshua Tree but for all things mythical and paranormal.
First comes baby then comes marriage: our favorite parent couples who got hitched
“I got divorced a couple of years back and am partnered again planning a wedding for Halloween 2020. However, we decided to do the whole kid thing beforehand and will hopefully have a little one at our wedding by then. I’m looking for advice/examples of bad-ass families who married post-baby. I’m having a hard time finding anything.” Hell yes we have examples! Come and see…
The challenges of having a Humanist wedding in the UK (from an officiant’s perspective!)
In the UK, it isn’t easy to have a secular wedding. Religious weddings have a section focusing on the couple, but there’s also a big focus on their religion. With 71% of young people in Britain describing themselves as non-religious, this isn’t preferred for a lot of couples.
Here are the challenges of having a Humanist wedding in the UK…