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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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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).

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Boogie into your ceremony to a chorus of kazoo music

Guest participation in your ceremony can be a big win in the fun department. We’ve seen kids ringing in the bride with bells, and a little pop culture reference thrown in to the vows to break the tension. But there’s one thing that will demolish any tension that ever existed in that ceremony: a processional with kazoos.