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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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Hows about a little chemistry with your unity ceremony?

A 5th grade science activity can make a meaningful and exciting unity ceremony! See what happens when one couple decided to conduct a unity ceremony chemistry experiment live at their wedding.

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My collaring ceremony script from my polyamorous commitment ceremony

Many of you have written to us, wanting more inspiration for BDSM and polyamorous wedding ceremonies. Well, here’s a collaring ceremony that combines both!

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Why rehearsal shoots are worth it

I decided paying our photographer extra to shoot the rehearsal was a small price to pay for my peace of mind. What I didn’t anticipate was how he’d catch the true joy and love my family and friends feel for us and each other.

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Funny wedding program: So you’re going to sit through a wedding – DOWNLOADABLE FILE

This funny wedding program has been pinned over 250k times, and now we have the fully editable downloadable file for you to customize for your own geeky wedding!

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Wedding vows that include ice cream, sweet promises and… beating people up

Amanda recently shared with us her husband’s incredible vows. They each wrote their own vows, and kept them secret from each other until they read them aloud at the ceremony. Pete had started writing his a couple of weeks before the wedding, but, according to Amanda, “he scrapped his first attempts and wrote something from scratch the day before the wedding. What he said ended up being so perfect and beautiful that I have to share it.” And share it we shall!

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How to have a friend officiate your California wedding (…legally!)

I recently set about researching the requirements for having a family member officiate a wedding ceremony in California. Here’s the crazy weird thing. There are two options…