Altar decorations: the sacred, the profane, and the FREAKING AWESOME

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Shannon and Aaron's altar for the ceremony

We see so many beautiful altars from Offbeat Brides… from church altars to pagan altars to completely secular altars. We spent some time gathering a few of our favorites that have been submitted to the Offbeat Bride photo pool on Flickr, and want to share them with you. To see more pictures from any of these wedding altars, just click the photo!

Ready? Here we go:

our altar

 

Altar

 
The Alter

 
day of the dead altar

 
The Dock

 
The Handfasting Alter

 
Candle Ceremony

 
Altar 01

 
The Wedding Altar

 

Offbeat Bride Tribe member Gelfling's bouquet of sage, pussy willow, wheat and feathers, made by Jexime Icon, lying on the altar they erected from stones hauled out of a stream. The feather fan in the background is a turkey wing… their officiant used it to smudge the couple with sage at the start of the ceremony. Photo by Doerthe Externest.
Offbeat Bride Tribe member Gelfling's bouquet of sage, pussy willow, wheat and feathers, made by Jexime Icon, lying on the altar they erected from stones hauled out of a stream. The feather fan in the background is a turkey wing… their officiant used it to smudge the couple with sage at the start of the ceremony. Photo by Doerthe Externest.

 

What are you doing for your altar decor? We want to see! Paste a link to a picture in the comments!

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