76 "Ceremony Planning" Category Articles

Illustration of a wedding officiant performing a wedding ceremony, reading from an open book with the officiant script inside. Behind her is an illustrated design of flowers on a green background representing nature

Eco-Friendly Wedding Officiants -- How to Keep Weddings Green From Behind the Scenes

Eco-friendly weddings aren’t just for Earth Day! Wedding officiants can help keep ceremonies green every day, with these behind the scenes business and ceremony planning tips.

Illustration, stylized, shows a wedding officiant with a cape and a pink bag, symbolizing a superhero officiant and her emergency kit.

The best Officiant Wedding Emergency Kit we’ve ever seen

Wedding officiants take note: This is the best wedding emergency kit we’ve seen. Solve every mishap, mistake, accident and surprise, and prevent day-of disasters by knowing what to bring with you to the ceremony!

A Pagan wedding altar, in pinks and purples and cream colors. There are lit candles, runes painted on smooth stones, flowers, herbs, crystals, a mirror with an ornate gold frame, and other objects for magic and marriage ceremony.

When Pagans Wed: Modern Paganism & the Wedding Ritual

Sacred circles, handfasting unity candles, and feasting -- learn what to expect at a modern Pagan or Neopagan wedding ceremony, including marriage rites of Wicca, Druidism, and Norse inspired Heathen Vikings.

Taken from above, this photo shows wedding themed cards for an engagement announcement or 'save the date' cards. There is a pink card with gold lettering that says 'always & forever,' and one with a large jeweled engagement ring.

7 Ultimate Engagement Gifts To Make a Couple’s Wedding Planning a Breeze

Why not give your favorite engaged couple a gift they can really use? These 7 gifts make wedding planning fun and easy, because getting married should be joyful, not stressful!

Pagan Wedding Altars : An Illustrated Look at a Year and a Day Altar

Magic, love, & symbolism come together on a Pagan wedding altar. Learn some of the most common items you can expect, using a Wiccan Year and a Day ritual as an example. For officiants, wedding guests, and curious couples.

Flower Meanings and Symbolism : What Does Your Wedding Bouquet Say?

Are you fluent in the language of flowers? Learn the meaning and symbolism of common blooms, to help you plan your wedding bouquet and reception arrangements!

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12 Love Poems for Your Wedding Ceremony

Need help putting your love into words? Include these timeless love poems in your vows or as a special reading in your wedding ceremony, so your sweetheart knows just what your heart wants to say! Including modern, contemporary, classic, and traditional poetry.

“With This… Goat? I Thee Wed” : A wedding with baby pygmy goats!

AMM Minister Patricia Burgess helps a couple exchange pygmy goats instead of wedding rings to make their ceremony the perfect custom fit!

Close up photo of someone holding a carefully folded letter, sealed with wax, with a message that says 'For Lydia'. The letter is folded in an intricate way, called letterlocking, and forms a square.

Give Your Love Letter Ceremony a Centuries-Old Twist with Letterlocking

Give your love letter ceremony a Renaissance twist with letterlocking! This unique unity ritual adds history, tradition, and visual beauty to the wedding ceremony. Locked letters have been around for centuries, amade the news recently, when a centuries-old year letter was “unfolded” virtually, allowing it to be read for the first time in 300 years!