Getting our pon farr on: 8 nerdtastic fantasy and sci-fi wedding readings
We’ve covered a TON of geeky love quotes that you can nab for your vows and ceremony, but what about sci-fi and fantasy wedding readings? We’ve found some geeky, science-y, and fantasy-loving readings to fill your nerd heart with joy. Get ready for Neil Gaiman, Phillip Pulman, Douglas Adams, and more of your speculative fiction specialists extolling the virtues of lurve. Let’s get our pon farr on.
Have a bow tie handfasting to complete your Doctor Who wedding
I was wandering through Offbeat Bride’s Doctor Who weddings when I came across Emma and Brian’s take on a geeky wedding ceremony. The couple performed their handfasting to a reading modeled after the Doctor Who episode called “The Wedding of River Song”. Naturally, they used a bow tie for the handfasting cord! Because, as we all know…
4 essential tips for choosing a wedding officiant (plus questions you need to ask!)
The officiant/celebrant of your ceremony has a pretty hefty job when you think about it: setting the tone, saying the right things, actually marrying you… it’s no small task. So we’re here to help you figure what types of officiants are out there, how to snag the right person for the job, and give you a few helpful tips for choosing a wedding officiant.
Glaciers, puzzles, and beermosas: 10 offbeat unity ceremonies we adore
Unity cocktails, unity wine boxes, unity candles, unity science projects, and even unity sandwiches — damn we love us some uniting! We’ve rounded up a few of our newest offbeat unity ceremonies for your own ceremony schemes (including Keith and Corianton’s lumberjack-inspired ceremony above!). Let’s see what offbeat couples have been dreaming up.
12 ways a wedding in the round makes you feel surrounded by love
Want to surround yourself with love (and your actual loved ones)? A wedding in the round is a kick-ass way to give all your guests a great view, avoid aisle-walking drama, and totally buck tradition in terms of a big, straight aisle. Let’s feast our eyes on some of our favorite weddings in the round to inspire you to round up your guests in a big ceremony hug.
Our gender-neutral Pagan wedding ceremony script, complete with ceremony materials list!
With a bit of help from the internet (Offbeat Bride especially!), a few books, and my personal experience writing atheistic pagan sabbat rituals, we wrote our ceremony script ourselves. It was an undertaking, but ultimately we came up with something that we absolutely loved. Since we got so much help online, we thought it would be great to share it with everyone! Following is our complete script…