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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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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…

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A wine box ceremony with a Where’s Waldo surprise

For our wedding ceremony we are going to do a wine box ceremony, but instead of writing love letters we are putting in a personal token of our love… Where’s Waldo!

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How to write a killer wedding speech: include zombies, robots & bunnies

You saw Rose’s “beautiful zombie” wedding invitations, now read the “beautiful zombie, robot, bunnies and frogs” wedding speech that was given by a close friend of theirs. Never has zombies, robots, and cute little animals gotten together to make so much love.

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52 incredibly romantic and not (too) cheesy love & wedding quotes

I culled my quotes file and nailed down fifty-two bad-ass quotes that I adore and that I’m sharing with you now. I used most of these on our wedding favors. A few of these are old favorites of Offbeat Bride, but a lot of them I’ve never seen on a wedding site. So enjoy and begin compiling and culling your own metric fuckload of quotes!