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jewish

This is where Jewish wedding traditions meet offbeat tastes… we’ve got everything from geeky Jewish wedding ceremonies, to LGBTQ Jewish weddings, to interfaith weddings (Hin-Jew? Jew-Bu? We gotchoo!), all the way to eco chuppah ideas, and more…

ethereal fantasy wedding The Maples Estate12

A woodland fairy wedding theme inspired by Lord of the Rings

Rachel and Nick’s woodland fairy wedding at The Maples Estate was blessed with a drizzly day that was just what the couple called for. Nick’s parents celebrated their wedding with rain, and it was so fitting for this Lord of the Rings loving couple to have drizzly, moody photos to match their ethereal, woodsy aesthetic.

Rainy Seaside Wedding Bess and Eric 33

A cozy & cosmic New Jersey wedding by the sea

It made sense for us to have a seaside New Jersey wedding at The Grenville Hotel! Our wedding was an ode to the beach, the stars, and cosmic joy. In lieu of anything religious, much of the energy at the wedding was sheer gratitude for existence. Since we both love astronomy and the vastness of the cosmos, we wanted our wedding to have an ethereal, contemplative quality.

atheist game night wedding Daniel Fugaciu Photography12

A Leap Day atheist wedding with board games

It’s like we were meant too have a Leap Day atheist wedding! We were a 99% match on a dating app and have been lucky in love ever since. When selecting a date we saw that 2/29/20 was a Saturday and knew that was the right date for us to take the Leap! We decided on a game night theme, as it’s our favorite activity that we share with family and friends.

Rainy Seaside Wedding Bess and Eric 34

The Seven Blessings: an inspired, personal version for a Jewish wedding

My having a Jewish background and my husband having a German background, we wanted to incorporate both cultures into the ceremony in a meaningful way. I rewrote the Seven Blessings to reflect our secular view of the world, with our family members reciting each one!