Wrestle power from the government with this blessing for your nonlegal wedding
I was browsing through Molly and Laurie’s wedding photos and came across an officiant’s blessing that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The couple said their vows in Washington before the state had legalized gay marriage, and their celebrant closed the ceremony with this statement:
Proudfeet! Turning Bilbo’s birthday speech into geektacular vows
Remember Proudfeet from Bilbo’s birthday speech in Lord of the Rings? Heather and John, instead of using traditional vows, decided to adapt the awesome speech for their ceremony, including a perfectly-timed shout-out to “Proudfeet.” See how they did it!
Take “wedding in the round” to the next level: set up stations for your ceremony
In a typical wedding in the round, guests surround the couple for the duration of the ceremony. Sometimes guests are seated, sometimes they stand, sometimes they’re arrayed in a circle around the couple, and we’ve even seen them arranged in a spiral! Adam and Lynn went a step further. A few steps actually. They walked around the circle themselves, stopping at different stations to complete their ceremony.
Use bookmarks as your escort cards and have them double as favors
Emily and Phil’s book-loving wedding had a pretty sweet book tie-in: bookmark escort cards! Take your card, find your seat, and have a little keepsake to remind you of a kick-ass wedding while you’re reading. Plus, most printing venues offer this size, so DIYing it would be pretty easy, if you were game.