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Unique Wedding Ideas

Regardless of your religious affiliation, there are numerous ways in which you can add a more creative touch to personalize your wedding ceremony. Discuss your ideas with the officiant. The following list will give you some ideas to help personalize your wedding ceremony:

• Invite the bride's mother to be part of the processional. Have her walk down the aisle with you and your father. (As in the Traditional Jewish processional)
• Invite the groom's parents to be part of the processional
• Ask friends and family members to perform special readings
• Ask a friend or family member with musical talent to perform at the ceremony, such as a special vocal or string arrangement
• Incorporate poetry or literature into your ceremony
• Change places with the officiant and face your guests during the ceremony
• Light a unity candle to symbolize your two lives joined together as one
• Drink wine from a shared "loving" cup to symbolize bonding with each other
• Hand a rose to each of your mothers as you pass them during the recessional
• Release butterflies, doves or balloons into the air after being pronounced "husband and wife"
• If the ceremony is held outside on a grassy area, have your guests toss grass or flower seeds over you instead of rice
• Publicly express gratitude for all your parents have done for you
• Decorate a canopy in a symbolic way or designate it as an altar in an outdoor setting
• Burn incense to give the ceremony an exotic feel