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ceremony

Looking for ceremony scripts? Wedding readings? Advice on how to officiate a friend’s wedding? We’ve got all that and MORE.

6 tricks for personalizing your vows for maximum belly laughs and soggy hankies alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

6 tricks for more personalized vows at your wedding

We’ve shared lots of tips on how to write your wedding vows so today we’re going to focus on where to find inspiration to make SUPER personalized vows.

Groom's Legend of Zelda ceremony entrance music rocks -- as seen on @offbeatbride #wedding #zelda

Groom’s tunes: dudes need killer ceremony entrance music, too!

Dejah and Ronald’s ceremony was video game music-themed so you can only imagine how geektasticly delicious their entrances were. The only catch was the flack they’d get whenever they’d mention the groom’s entrance music. Groom’s can have customized entrance music, too, ya’ll! Let’s see what Dejah had to say about Ronald’s instrumental Legend of Zelda entrance. It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this.

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This Roy Croft aisle runner brings poetry right to our feet

Kate and Marc wanted their wedding to be about their story and the things that bring them joy: downtown Portland, their kitties, board games, video games, wrestling (WWE!), and craft beer. They made a dash for a local bar that had tons of arcade games as well as gaming systems for some pictures and Mortal Kombat, and they announced their wedding party and themselves in full WWE inspired outfits. The wedding itself was killer, but we are SO digging one particular detail: their aisle runner that had Roy Croft’s poem, “Love” written all over it. Take a peek at that and a few more details from their sweet gamer wedding.

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The family altar: a low-maintenance yet highly-sweet family wedding ceremony

The “family altar” is a good way to involve your family if they have a hard time playing nicely together… or you want to give everyone an opportunity to shine without micromanaging… or if there are not enough short poems to satisfy everyone who will feel disappointed if they do not get a chance to talk at your wedding.