An Autumn witch lesbian wedding with tarot, tattoos, and beer
As practicing pagans, we also incorporated many elements of our spirituality, such as tarot readers at the reception and a Samhain memorial altar. Harry Potter has been interwoven into our relationship for 20 years, so we had subtle hints of our love for the series in our decor (side note: we got engaged at and shot our engagement photos at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter). We made our reception personal by including all the things we love: coffee, beer, tattoos, and tarot!
Globes, library cards, & Hogwarts houses: 12 unconventional wedding guestbooks
If you’re into the concept of capturing a snapshot of those who attended your wedding, a wedding guestbook is ideal. But you don’t have to settle for one of those padded, white, crystal-covered books with a feather pen. You can literally have your guests sign anything you want! We’re talking Harry Potter houses, book-lovers’ library cards, a chic globe (that I’d want in my house anyway!), clear acrylic puzzle pieces, and Instax snaps in a cute AF book. The world is your guestbook oyster. Here are some recent I wanted to share…
A Medieval camping festival wedding (aka Game of Thrones meets Burning Man meets Asian customs!)
We wanted an outdoorsy, Game of Thrones meets Burning Man meets Asian customs wedding. It opened with a "Red Army" parade: a parade of our closest friends with banners, drums, bubbles, and flowers! The groom, Nick, also read family vows to my daughter. We had 300 pounds of meat (because we both love food), belly dancers, live music, fire performers, and a bounce house!
Unwanted wedding guests: We don’t want a sexual predator at our wedding
We found out recently that one of our creepy old friends sexually assaulted someone. Needless to say, he is NOT invited to our wedding… any more. The problem here is that we sent our save-the-dates six weeks before we found out. How do we ensure that this predator doesn’t show up at our wedding? Do we have to explicitly tell him that he isn’t invited anymore, or do we casually “forget” to send out his invitation? What if he shows up anyway?