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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.

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Audrey & Hal’s flight and adventure-inspired wedding

This week we’re letting our hair down and getting back to nature in the wild, wild outdoors! And this one is all about an mountain-loving, cliff-hiking, wanderlusting couple in northern Idaho. There is much to love: map flowers, tear-jerking vows, and epic scenery. They even had meaningful cupcake flavors!

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Ashley & Josh’s home-brewed prison wedding with a rap video

This bride goes gaga for DIY projects, and the biggest problem was reining them in! One of the best projects was the bride’s rap video gift to the groom. You have to see it to believe it. Other killer details included the dance into the ceremony, the abundant coffee filter flowers, and the cutie-pie vows worth stealing. But be warned: good luck getting through their favorite moment. Tissues will be required.

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Wedding ceremony readings for polyamorous couples

Need help finding a poly-friendly wedding reading that shows that a couple loves each other, but that also shows respect to their extra-marital partners? We’re here for you.

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Fly in to your reception on a zip-line

Cari and Gary (oh, the rhyming glory!) chose a really rad way to enter their ceremony: via ZIP-LINE! No joke. That’s Gary zip lining into the ceremony above. But the best part was Cari’s description of it.

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Dinner theater ceremony: Say your vows among the tables of your reception venue

What if you got married in your venue space, surrounded by all of your guests at their tables? It’s legit, and may be right up your alley. We loooove this idea from Tricia and Barrett’s wedding, not only because it saves set-up time and ceremony space costs, but it also brings everyone together in a big, warm circle of love during the ceremony.

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This garden party wedding had stepmom vows

This pair had a strange introduction, but it ended up being something pretty magical in the end. And it all led to this day full of garden party awesomeness, sweet vows to a new step-daughter (with matching custom necklaces!), and a genius way for introverts to avoid a receiving line! Oh, and get ready to LOL at the groom’s steamer incident (photo included).