Articles by Jessica Levey

Learn meaningful ways to include a mother or matriarch in your wedding ceremony, including unity rituals, a walk down the aisle, how to plan with your wedding officiant, and more!

Sometimes couples ask a wedding officiant to perform their ceremony but then suddenly disappear, not returning texts or emails. What to do if you get ghosted before the wedding!

A NY bride is selling a discount Brooklyn wedding on TikTok after she and her husband eloped in a small, intimate ceremony with family and friends in Massachusetts.

Learn how to plan a disability friendly and accessible wedding ceremony for you and your guests, including tips related to wheelchairs and mobility, deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, and visually impaired guests, and those with sensory sensitivities.

A new executive order in DC bans dancing at indoor and outdoor wedding receptions, while raising capacity and loosening other COVID-19 related restrictions at private events and venues.

Chicago and Cook County announce new capacity guidelines for weddings and private events during COVID, information for engaged couples, officiants, and other vendors.

How to plan or officiate a Beltane wedding ceremony or handfasting, with a bonfire ritual and words inspired by ancient Celtic Pagan practices and the spirit of the Spring season.

Learn about the history of the Maypole dance and how to add one to your wedding celebration, for May Day, Beltane, Wiccan, Pagan, and nonreligious celebrations.

A magical Beltane incense recipe for your wedding ceremony. A unique addition to any wedding, marriage rite, engagement, betrothal, or Wiccan handfasting ritual.

Celebrate your bond with a tree planting ceremony! This unique unity ritual can be adapted to any theme or location, even indoor ceremonies, by using houseplants, shrubs, cacti, or patio friendly fruit trees. Includes a sample script for wedding officiants.

A South Florida couple tried to have their wedding ceremony at a stranger's mansion estate without permission, leading to disaster when authorities were called to the fantasy venue to keep them from trespassing.

Curious who can legally marry a couple in your state, and if you’re on that list? Wondering how to become a wedding officiant or ordained minister to marry people? We answer all your questions!