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Alternative Wedding Ceremony Ideas & Examples

We’ve got SO much wedding ceremony advice like how to officiate a wedding, tons of wedding ceremony readings, a bazillion wedding ceremony scripts, and even wedding vow examples! We’ve also got info about handfasting and other unity ceremonies. You’ll want to start here: Wedding Ceremony 101.

Lead the way to your ceremony with funny wedding direction signs

Lead the way to your ceremony with funny wedding direction signs

Colleen and David’s sweet, colorful wedding had so many ideas to steal, but these funny wedding direction signs that led the way to their outdoor ceremony space made us giggle. “Exit 4-eva,” “Hitchedville,” and “Caution: schmoops ahead” were just a few of the highlights of these adorable signs. Shall we take a peek?

moody wedding photo alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

“Two Days We Should Not Worry”: a lovely and realistic wedding reading

Sometimes a wedding reading should be passionate and loving and remind us of how much we mean to each other. But other times you might want to harness a little realism to talk about how you’ll approach your life and your marriage together. This reading is often read within recovery communities but has a great message for anyone, especially those entering into a marriage.

Here’s a meaningful and realistic wedding reading for your ceremony…

A non-possessive ceremony

A poly-friendly and non-possessive ceremony script (with three rings!)

If you are looking to shed some of the possessive wording that usually comes with standard marriage ceremonies, this poly-friendly and non-possessive ceremony script will give you some great inspiration. It’s non-gendered, non-monogamy-friendly, totally usable by LGBTQ couples and cishet couples alike, and sweet as hell. Plus, see how three rings came into play (and the Iron Ring symbolism for Canadian engineers!)

Passionate wedding reading

“Mouths wandering each to each”: A seriously passionate wedding reading

Upon first glance at this wedding reading, it seems lovely and sweet. But give it a second and it starts to sounds like some real live passion is being felt here. It’s a supremely passionate wedding reading with just a tinge of “oh hell yeah, THIS is what I’m talking about.” Logic and rationality is all well and good, but this has some physicality and emotional heft to it. If you need a heady thrill in your wedding readings, this short and sweet one by Christopher Brennan is the one.