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Wedding Industry on its own? Frustrated vendors speak out, create solutions

Wedding Industry on its own? Frustrated vendors speak out, create solutions

Creative solutions and lingering questions emerge as wedding vendors express frustration and take action, and states loosen restrictions, during COVID struggle.

Illustration of flowers, lights, and paper lanterns to symbolize a dreamy outdoor wedding ceremony

New Officiant Script! Covid Safe Wedding with Flowers & Lights

Simple wedding ceremony script and outline to help you avoid Covid 19 at your wedding. Celebrate joy, light, and hope while planning a safer outdoor wedding.

Covid Testing Before Your Wedding -- What’s the Best Strategy to Avoid Last Minute Cancellations?

Covid Testing Before Your Wedding -- What’s the Best Strategy to Avoid Last Minute Cancellations?

Wondering when or if you should get a COVID test before your wedding? See what state officials, wedding professionals, and other experts have to say.

How ‘Covid Safety Coordinators’ can help save a struggling wedding industry

How ‘Covid Safety Coordinators’ can help save a struggling wedding industry

Wedding restrictions loosen in Rhode Island after wedding professionals create a new role: the Covid Safety Officer, Coordinator, or Specialist. By working with local health departments and hosting a mock wedding, RICWEP helps create safer, bigger in-person weddings.

Can I Officiate a Virtual Wedding Ceremony In My State?

Can I Officiate a Virtual Wedding Ceremony In My State?

We answer common questions on officiating & performing a virtual wedding ceremony in your state, including online marriage licenses, special rules, location & Zoom or Skype hosting, livestreaming, and more!

Doctor Doom’s Getting Married? Plus a look back at our favorite comic book weddings.

Doctor Doom’s Getting Married? Plus a look back at our favorite comic book weddings.

Doctor Doom is getting married! Plus a look back at some of our favorite comic book weddings.

State-by-state marriage waiting periods should be part of your wedding plan

State-by-state marriage waiting periods should be part of your wedding plan

Want to get married fast? Find out if your state has a marriage waiting period to avoid unexpected wedding ceremony delays, especially during Covid!

A Pisces Season Perfect Pandemic Wedding Plan!

A Pisces Season Perfect Pandemic Wedding Plan!

Plan your wedding based on the zodiac! Let astrology be your guide to a perfect pisces wedding during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond. Happy Pisces Season!

New legislation would remove states’ same-sex marriage bans and more

New legislation would remove states’ same-sex marriage bans and more

New legislation would increase protections for same-sex couples. New Jersey, Texas, Florida, and Virginia all have bills being considered, that would remove same-sex marriage bans, remove gendered language, and more.

Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.

A New Take on Wedding Expos -- Go Small or Go Virtual?

A New Take on Wedding Expos -- Go Small or Go Virtual?

Want to attend a wedding fashion show from your living room? Now you can! Wedding expos and shows get small and go virtual, with more options to choose from than before.

How to Find Out What County a Wedding Venue is In -- Marriage License Tips

How to Find Out What County a Wedding Venue is In -- Marriage License Tips

As a wedding officiant traveling to a new venue, you might ask: What County Am I In? This is important info for minister registration & getting the correct marriage license! Learn how to find out what county you -- and your venue -- are in.

Illustrated cord tied into an infinity knot to represent a unique handfasting ritual

How to Tie a Handfasting Cord -- The Infinity Knot

How to tie an infinity handfasting knot during your wedding ceremony! Follow these ten easy illustrated steps. Simple diagram with handfasting cord for a unique unity ritual, for wedding officiants, ministers, or family members!

7 Alternatives to Walking Down the Aisle

7 Alternatives to Walking Down the Aisle

7 fun alternatives to the wedding processional & traditional walk down the aisle - from two aisles, to walking alone, walking as a group, hanging out backstage, forming a circle, or not walking down the aisle at all!

Right Before You Step on Stage: A Wedding Officiant’s (Very) Last Minute Checklist

Right Before You Step on Stage: A Wedding Officiant’s (Very) Last Minute Checklist

A last minute day-of checklist for wedding officiants! What to do right before delivering a wedding ceremony & performing marriage to avoid mishaps, mistakes, and accidents!

Bride walks down the aisle with her two grandmothers, one on either side. They smile and link arms, posing for a happy photo

Bride asks grandmothers to be bridesmaids when Covid shrinks guest list, and it’s giving us some ideas

Irish couple asks Grandmothers to serve as bridesmaids, providing inspiration for others adapting their small guest lists during the Covid pandemic.

Signature cocktails, fashion shows & electric violins -- the Atlanta Wedding Extravaganza virtual show brought it all

Signature cocktails, fashion shows & electric violins -- the Atlanta Wedding Extravaganza virtual show brought it all

The Atlanta Wedding Extravaganza showed us how hot virtual wedding planning expos and bridal shows can be. And now we can’t wait for more!

6 Wedding Trends We Love For 2021

6 Wedding Trends We Love For 2021

Smaller, greener, more colorful, and more charitable: 6 trends for 2021 that show the wedding industry is changing not just for good, but for the better!

Vintage yellow cab driving away with a sign that reads 'Just Married' beside the illustration of a donut, attached to the back bumper.

A drive-thru wedding at Dunkin’ Donuts this Valentine’s? A sign of the times.

Dunkin’ Donuts is giving away a drive thru wedding ceremony this Valentine’s, which makes us wonder: Is the trend here to stay and can modern officiants embrace the drive-thru?

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