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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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Ring warmings and geeky call-outs: 12 ways to include your guests in your ceremony

Including your guests meaningfully in your ceremony can lead to moments of truly tearful poignancy. From ring warmings to flower circles, and Mad-Libs to Lord of the Rings jokes, we’ve compiled some of our sweetest, funniest, and most favorite ways to include your guests in your ceremony and vows. All together now…

Writing personal vows as seen on @offbeatbride

Breakfast, tiffs, and hand-holding: These guys show us how to own writing personal vows

Ben and Joanna’s Latin American fiesta wedding had some killer details like authentic Mexican fare, tap dancing, and a live jazz band. But their hand-written and super sweet vows stole our hearts. Want to hear them? I knew you would. Let’s see how they incorporated breakfast, tiffs, hand-holding, and support systems to craft super personal vows.

These sweet, nerdy, and unplugged vows are He-Man approved

These sweet, nerdy, and unplugged vows are He-Man approved

Need some nerdtastic, funny, and sweet vow inspiration? Frankie and Garrik’s wedding vows were peppered with tips on keeping love exciting, nerdy references, and a very cheeky way to get everyone to turn off their phones. You’ll want to take notes on these unplugged vows with a side order of He-Man.

Latin American wedding as seen on @offbeatbride

A Latin American fiesta wedding with tap dancing, cacti, tequila carts, and opera singing

Just going to lay all this out there: authentic Mexican fare, a mother/daughter tap dance, El Salvadoran wedding traditions, a live jazz band, opera singing by a bridesmaid, poetry, homemade cacti can centerpieces, a tequila cart making rounds around the dance floor, and the groom even drew portraits of their cat which were featured on the wedding invitations. YAS.