Unique Ceremony Ideas

Feeling like you aren't the "Typical Bride"? I get it...I felt the same way too. Here are some ideas that might make your wedding ceremony unique and stray away from that traditional feel.

• Let your guests mingle over cocktails before the ceremony (this obviously would be a way better idea if not getting married in a church). Good friends of TD and mine did this and it made the ceremony go by so much smoother:)
• Greet guests as they arrive at the ceremony site.
• Have your guests sit or stand in a circle around you during your vows. Logistically, this idea would work better in a smaller, more intimate wedding ceremony
• Have both parents walk you down the aisle. Both Vikki and I did (and are doing) this. We knew that our moms have played such major roles in our lives that we wanted them to walk beside us on the day.
• Have an uneven number of attendants. Who said things needed to be even??
• Have a “man of honor” instead of a maid of honor. (Your brother? A good male friend?)
• Have the groom choose a “best woman.” (His sister? A good female friend?)
• Don’t wear a veil.
• Write your own vows.
• Have audience participation (pre arranged of course). You might ask some friends and family to come up and say some words or thoughts, instead of reading from first Corinthians)
• Have a ring warming. (What’s a ring warming you ask? There are different versions of this, but generally the rings are placed in a small bag and are passed around to each guest prior to the ring exchange. Each guest blesses the rings or says a prayer. I just about died when I heard this idea. Again would work better for a smaller wedding but what an awesome and unique thing to have done at a wedding)
• Choose unconventional processional and/or recessional music. ( You don’t have to stick with Pachelbel’s Canon or Ode to Joy. I know...it's a shocker!)