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Your Guide to Wedding Ring Tattoos: Ideas, Cost, Aftercare & More

Wedding ring tattoos are a modern way to symbolize your everlasting love. ✓ Read our blog to discover ideas and find inspiration for your own tattoos!

El novio hace una mueca divertida mientras abraza a la novia, posando para fotos de boda al aire libre.

55 Preguntas que un oficiante de bodas puede hacerle a una pareja para *realmente* conocerlos

Una lista de preguntas divertidas, útiles y francamente poco absurdas que un oficiante de bodas puede hacerles a las parejas para conocerlas antes de la ceremonia. Si busca un cuestionario sencillo para sus parejas, este no lo es, ¡pero si es divertidísimo! Perfecto para el oficiante que quiere personalizar el guion de su boda, tiene demasiado tiempo libre o se preocupa demasiado.

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The Sweet Meaning of Korean Wedding Ducks & How to Include Them

Discover the symbolism of Korean wooden wedding ducks, and learn how to include them to bring harmony, devotion, and lifelong love in marriage. This wedding tradition is perfect for traditional, multicultural, & same-sex weddings!

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What to Say on a Wedding Invitation for a Second Marriage (Examples & Sample Cards)

Discover what to say on a wedding invitation for a second marriage, including tips, wording examples, and sample cards to celebrate your new beginning with a personalized printed or paperless invite.

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¿Ordenación en línea versus un Comisionado Adjunto de California para un Programa de un Día para Bodas (California’s Deputy Commissioner For a Day Program for Weddings)?

¿Qué es mejor para oficiar bodas por primera vez: ordenarse en línea en California o el Programa de Comisionado Adjunto por un Día? ¡Analicemos el costo, el tiempo de espera y más!

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Filipino Wedding Tradition Helps You Pay for Wedding With a Dance Party

Learn about the Filipino wedding money dance, a fun tradition where guests pin cash to the couple during a dance to show their support - and help cover costs of the wedding. Plus tips on how to add this tradition to your own celebration!

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Add a Log Cutting Ceremony to Your Wedding as a Symbol of Cooperation

Discover the German log cutting wedding tradition, symbolizing teamwork, trust, and cooperation. Perfect for modern, multicultural, and same-sex weddings, and sure to keep your guests entertained!

El oficiante de la boda hace gestos y sonríe mientras lee el guión de la ceremonia durante una boda al aire libre.

Cómo Oficiar Una Boda Por Primera Vez

Aprenda a celebrar una boda por primera vez, desde la ordenación en línea hasta la firma del certificado de matrimonio. Una guía paso a paso para nuevos oficiantes, ministros y amigos o familiares a quienes se les ha pedido que casen a sus seres queridos.

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¿Puede uno casarse legalmente en el espacio a bordo de un cohete suborbital de Blue Origin?

¿Son las bodas en el espacio la próxima gran tendencia? Descubre si puedes casarte legalmente a bordo de un cohete, dónde solicitar una licencia de matrimonio y cómo sería una boda espacial.

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Pucker Up! Swedish Wedding 'Kissing Game' Gets Up Close & Personal

Discover the playful Swedish wedding "kissing game," where guests sneak kisses from the newlyweds. Add this fun tradition to a traditional or multicultural wedding day to get guests chatting & laughing in no time.

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This Greek Wedding Tradition Requires a Best Man with Steady Hands

Learn about the Greek tradition of shaving the groom on the wedding day, a symbolic ritual with the Best Man, representing trust, friendship & the transition into marriage.

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Silver, Gold, Black: The Symbolism of Wedding Ring Materials Explained

Your wedding ring might symbolize more than you think! Explore the meaning behind gold, silver, wood, and black wedding rings, and what your choice could reveal about you.

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Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

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

News Articles

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¡Presentamos la edición en español del Manual de ministro de AMM para oficiantes de bodas!

¡Oficie bodas legales con confianza! El Manual de ministro de AMM para oficiantes de bodas ya está disponible en español. Esta guía detallada incluye información actualizada sobre su ordenación, registro ministerial, requisitos en su estado y más.

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Oficiantes: Adapten su Negocio a Medida que el Cambio Climático Impulsa Más Bodas de Otoño

Descubre cómo el cambio climático está cambiando las tendencias de bodas y por qué el otoño es ahora temporada alta. Incluye consejos para oficiantes de bodas profesionales sobre marketing, redacción de contratos y adaptación a un calendario de bodas otoñal ajetreado y con conciencia ecológica.

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Can You Get Married in Space Aboard a Blue Origin SubOrbital Rocket?

Are weddings in space the next big trend? Learn if you can get legally married aboard a rocket, where to apply for a marriage license, and what a space wedding might look like.

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Ceremony Planning Articles

bride and groom smile and laugh as they break a traditional loaf of bread together

Breaking of the Bread: A Fun Wedding Ritual to Kick Off Your Reception

A playful wedding ritual where couples break bread to see who gets the biggest piece, and earn the title of "breadwinner." Fun, easy, and perfect for your wedding reception. Great for multicultural weddings too, with roots in Bulgaria, Greece, and several faith traditions!

Money pinned to a bride's veil

Filipino Wedding Tradition Helps You Pay for Wedding With a Dance Party

Learn about the Filipino wedding money dance, a fun tradition where guests pin cash to the couple during a dance to show their support - and help cover costs of the wedding. Plus tips on how to add this tradition to your own celebration!

Close up of a bride and groom using a two-handled saw / crosscut saw to cut a log

Add a Log Cutting Ceremony to Your Wedding as a Symbol of Cooperation

Discover the German log cutting wedding tradition, symbolizing teamwork, trust, and cooperation. Perfect for modern, multicultural, and same-sex weddings, and sure to keep your guests entertained!

More Ceremony Planning Articles →

Religion and Rituals Articles

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Wiccan Wedding Spell – A Handfasting Love Spell

These Wiccan wedding vows cast a powerful spell of love and commitment. Use in place of traditional wedding vows in a Wiccan or other modern Pagan wedding ceremony or handfasting ritual, with suggestions on candle colors and altar arrangements for true magic.

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A Christian House Blessing Prayer to Protect & Celebrate Your New Home

An original Christian house blessing prayer used to bless and protect a new home, or to honor a new stage in life, such as following a wedding or marriage ceremony. Learn how to bless a house, what to say, and how ordained ministers and others perform this ceremony. Written by experienced certified liturgist and AMM Minister Jody Serey.

All About House Blessing Traditions

All About House Blessing Traditions

House Blessing rituals have been around for thousands of years and show up in most cultures and faith traditions. Learn about the various ways people bless new homes, and cleanse, clear, and protect new spaces from negative energy and spirits – including incense burning, chanting, prayer, smudging, bell ringing, singing, and more.

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Community Articles

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Spring 2024 Most Popular Wedding Ceremony Scripts of the Season

The most popular wedding ceremony scripts of the 2024 Spring wedding season! Short, simple, funny, and slightly-spiritual, these are the trends to watch. With a wedding script to suit every style and budget, you’ll find just what you need for a memorable ceremony.

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What Wedding Planners Wish Wedding Officiants Knew…

5 ways for new and first-time wedding officiants to work best with the wedding planner, including tips on communication, collaboration and who runs the rehearsal, ceremony length and timing, and networking with planners and other vendors. Featuring advice from Planner & Officiant Cindy Savage of Aisle Less Traveled, Seattle.

A brown leather briefcase sits outside in flowers, a wedding officiant's emergency kit

You’ll NEVER Guess What’s in These Officiants’ Emergency Kits

A few surprising items you’ll find in a wedding officiant emergency kit, for officiants who perform ceremonies in unique and unusual locations.

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