As I’ve said, your wedding should reflect you and your fiancé. But how can you make that happen? The best way is to think about what uniquely binds the two of your together. It may be family and friends, travel, enjoying wine, a pet, working for social justice or sports. Whatever it is that helps to define the two of you, weave that into your ceremony as well as into the rest of your wedding.
I have helped couples incorporate those themes, as well as others, into their ceremony.
If family and friends are important and people have traveled a long way to be there for your wedding, mention at the beginning of the ceremony the far-flung cities that are represented by your guests and thank them for coming such a long way.
If you both love to travel together, mention in your couple’s story some of the places you’ve visited and how they helped to deepen your relationship. You can also have photos of those places instead of table numbers at the reception.
If enjoying wine is one of your hobbies, have a wine ceremony as one of the elements in your wedding. There are a number of different ones to choose between, from the traditional French wine ceremony performed when a man and a woman from families of different vineyards get married, to a lovely Jewish ceremony that includes a sweet and a bitter wine representing the sweetness and bitterness of the cup of life that you share.
If your venue will allow you to include your beloved pet and you think he or she will not be overwhelmed, consider having them either walk the bride down the aisle or be the ring bearer. And be prepared for the ceremony to not be focused on you for a minute or two!
A sports-themed wedding can be achieved with or without being over the top. A few years ago I officiated a wedding at Wrigley Field. The bridesmaids wore blue, naturally, and the bride and groom served baseball park snacks for the reception. The local news covered the wedding because it was so unusual — and meaningful for the couple.
Whatever you and your fiancé share can be brought into your ceremony so that your guests will all tell you, “That was so you!”
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