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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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Abigail & Michael’s DIY Self-Catered Photobooth Perfection Wedding

The offbeat bride: Abigail Lalonde, Dogwalker Her offbeat partner: Michael Lalonde, Software Engineer Location & date of wedding: Mom and Dad’s yard in Coatesville, PA on September 13th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I did almost everything on my own with the help of some very special people. I catered a vegetarian feast for […]

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Kelly & Francis’ 1920’s Old Hollywood Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Kelly, Writer and TESL Teacher Her offbeat partner: Francis, Web Designer Location & date of wedding: Stone Mansion in Rome, NY – May 24th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Both of our families are super Catholic and we are not, so we decided on a outdoor handfasting. The ceremony was presided […]

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Shanah & Jerry’s Gothabilly Wedding!

“Don’t treat your wedding like a competition, focus on the things that mean the most to you and your husband/wife to be, not what others are doing.”

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Why put a ring on it? Go for a wedding anklet

In the past, I’ve answered advice questions from folks who are like “We don’t want to exchange rings! How do we do a ceremony without wedding rings?” Well, here’s one more idea to consider: a wedding anklet.