SOMETHING NEW no.2

ceremony revamp

If you want to avoid a cookie cutter wedding, one of the newest trends is to revamp the ceremony. Whether you choose to host the ceremony in a church, ballroom or under a tree the idea is to make your guests feel right at home.

Ideas include:

Forgo the common aisle down the middle arrangement and seat your guests in a circle, that way everyone has a front row seat!

Avoid assembly lines of chairs and create a lounging style using a mix of couches and chairs. Or what about benches or quilts on hay bales!

Create your own “altar”. Use a signature piece of furniture – more on this here. Or make a real feature overhead like these paper lanterns in mass.

Or if you are really industrious create your own ceremony site like this couple did!

Get your attendants in on the act and move over “stepping” down the aisle for some of these funky moves.

Serve drinks and play festive music during the ceremony, or even if the actual ceremony is quite traditional and formal, this is a great option just before and after the ceremony.

So many ideas and more to follow, remember anything goes and the more personal the better!


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