Rebels' Guide

Following up on  16 unique wedding ceremony ideas – here’s 8 more to inspire you and your wedding ceremony. Design your wedding ceremony with inspiration from how you both met. If you both love Dr Seuss, try these Dr Seuss vows or a Dr Seuss reading . Or if you met on the internet, the poem, Love on the Internet , might be the special touch that makes you smile. Let your style overtake any tradition or existing design in the ceremony. Guests attending should know they are at your wedding, not just anyones. If you love colours or streamers, then let your style run free. There are  no wrong answers here, unless the style doesn’t scream you . Before the wedding ceremony, let the boys have some fun too.  Not only will the groom and his men look great but they’ll feel special, just like the bride her bridesmaids will do after hours of hair and makeup. If family, or people that are like family, can’t be there on the day, and you really wanted them to be ther...

Love on the Internet, by Dove, is a poem or reading for lovers who met on the Internet. This could be a nice touch in your wedding ceremony to acknowledge how you met each other and fell in love. Though I wasn’t looking for anyone new, One day I got e- mail and in it was you. Charming, sensitive and so debonair, I strongly resisted it go anywhere. But letters and stories captured my heart, Filled me with passion almost from the start. Love on the Internet, how could it be? These things just don’t happen to people like me. But doves and butterflies flew into our lives, Carrying messages we could not deny. Each person has meaning and love to express, And we could deny our hearts nothing less. It’s a beautiful love that has grown between us, Something beyond any words we discuss. Much deeper than LOL, cyber kisses and such, Far down to our souls, beyond human touch. My love’s not confined by what it can see, I feel you, I taste you, I experience your dream. Close my...

A wedding ceremony reading from Dr Suess, Oh the places you’ll go: Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go. You’ll look up and down streets. Look’em over with care. About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.” With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down a not-so-good street. And you may not find any you’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you’ll head straight out of town. It’s opener there in the wide open air. Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start happening too. Oh! The Places You’ll Go! You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sigh...

Vows, inspired by Dr Seuss: Celebrant: With that, I ask you right now, Will you answer me right now, These questions, as your wedding vow? Bride and Groom: Yes, I will answer you right now, Your questions as my solemn vow, Bride: Provided our guests don’t have a cow. Celebrant: Will you love him if he’s rich? Will you love her in a ditch? From today until the end of time, Even if his words don’t rhyme? Groom: I will love her if she’s rich Bride: And I will love him in a ditch Groom: And I will even love her when she’s being a b…eautiful princess. Celebrant: Will you love him for richer, for poorer, Will you love her for quiet or snorer, From today until the cows come home, And never stop writing goofy poems? Bride: I will love him if he’s poor. Groom: I will love her if she snores. Bride: And I will love him when he’s a bore. Celebrant: Will you love with all your heart? Will you love till death do you part? Will you have and forever hold, Each others’ hearts ‘till the star...

The tradition of giving away the bride comes from a time when women were viewed a little differently to now, though the tradition has evolved with the rest of civilisation and is still a prominent and important part of some ceremonies. It is an optional part of your ceremony, so let your celebrant know if you would like to partake in the tradition or forgo it. Who gives this woman to be married to this man? Modern families – generally – do not see their daughters as goods and chattels as they were viewed in one age, they still wish to make a statement about bringing their adult daughter into a new married life, with their blessings. Today, you can take the tradition back and make it mean something special to you. Instead of the bride’s father giving her away in exchange for a dowry, animal or financial, the ceremony can reflect the relationship the bride has with her father, or her parents, and even vice-versa for the bridegroom. Or you could...

Second to choosing a wedding dress or getting everyone’s RSVPs to your special day, completing the NOIM, the Notice of Intended Marriage, is probably the hardest thing you’ve got to do to be married. Why? The NOIM is the hardest thing you’ve got to do because it’s one of the most important, plus, you can’t fill one out until you decide who’s marrying you. You need to decide if you’re having a religious ceremony, or a civil ceremony. What kind of celebrant are you looking for, where do you even find one? Is the author of this blog a good celebrant? What even makes a good celebrant? I recommend hiring a celebrant that fits both your, and your partners, characters and personalities. So the ceremony will be as reflective of you as possible. But this blog isn’t about choosing a celebrant, it’s about completing the NOIM. Download Form 13: Notice of Intended Marriage (pdf format) You can’t complete a NOIM until you have found a...