An intimate and majestic Middle-earth elopement in New Zealand (with a rainbow!)
Kyle is an extrovert and wanted a large wedding in our hometown with all of our family and friends. I wanted a small elopement on top of a mountain in New Zealand where they filmed The Lord of the Rings. I wanted to feel like I was journeying across Middle-earth with the one I love. I wanted our wedding to be an adventure.
We decided to do both! Here’s our magical Middle-earth elopement…
Hobbits and elves and eerie mist: this Middle-earth wedding has serious magic
Middle-earth came to central California at this Middle-earth wedding. The guests’ costumes alone are slaying us with the level of detail! That’s before we even get to the Gandalf officiant, Mount Doom centerpieces, Hobbit hole cake, and misty first dance. Yep, this wedding would make Tolkien proud. Are you ready to see it?
The HUGE list of instrumental songs for your movie theme wedding playlist
Cinephiles, movie-lovers, movie wedding theme-havers, this wedding playlist is all about you. We’re talking movie-themed ceremony songs and movie-themed cocktail and dinner songs that are all instrumental.
Here are over 69 instrumental songs for your movie-themed wedding playlist to give your ceremony or dinner playlist the EPIC gravitas it needs.
DIY these geeky wedding candles for centerpieces or a unity candle
Remember these easy-peasy DIY menu candles we created a while back? Here’s a spin on that project that your geeky self can use for a unity candle ceremony and/or for your geeky centerpieces. They’re tall jar candles wrapped in lovely romantic and geeky quotes from your favorite movies and TV shows.
How to make a DIY bouquet display (or how I learned to not hide my hard work in a closet)
Now that you’re married, you can start on the next chapter of your life: dealing with all of the stuff left over from your wedding! If you’re anything like I am, you probably have some important items from your wedding you might not want to stick in a shoe box in the back of the closet quite yet. For me, it was my fantasy sword bouquet. Here’s how I made a DIY bouquet display to keep it in view forever.
A fantastical Lord of the Rings meets Midsummer Night’s Dream wedding
Music, decor, and fantasy elements from Lord of the Rings, a Midsummer Night’s Dream, and other fantasy epics color this gorgeous and lush outdoor wedding in Georgia. Just wait until you see the little hobbits running around, the amazing ceremony backdrop, and the Rivendell ceremony entrance banners. Swoon city! You’ll find your love at this fantastical Lord of the Rings wedding.