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Ice cream, weddings, and sweet sweet words — aren't they the best things EVER!? Photo by White Shutter Photography

We know a lot of you looking for inspiration when it comes to writing your own vows. Sometimes it can be overwhelming and crazy-making to try to and sum up all your epic love for you partner in one perfectly crafted speech that you (quite possibly) will read in front of all your loved ones and a few strangers. So, we thought we'd help you out and, hopefully, get your creative juices flowing with some amazing vows used and spoken by fellow Offbeat Bride readers.

Amanda recently shared with us her husband Pete's incredible vows. They each wrote their own vows, and kept them secret from each other until they read them aloud at the ceremony. Pete had started writing his a couple of weeks before the wedding, but, according to Amanda, "he scrapped his first attempts and wrote something from scratch the day before the wedding. What he said ended up being so perfect and beautiful that I have to share it."

And share it we shall!

Tribe member SamanthaPink explains why she put vanity aside and embraced the hell out of, quite possibly, the WORST photo of her on her wedding day.

Tribe member Thren wrote some really solid advice for those out there with writer's block when it comes to writing their own vows. From questions to ask yourself, to considering format, there's more than likely something in here to help you break through your writer's block.

Tribe member monicawesome wrote some pretty down to Earth vows to herself in preparation for her wedding day. We think every bride could benefit from this little personal vow pep-talk.

Recently Ariel and I were talking about how SUPER IMPORTANT a good wedding officiant/celebrant/whatever is to the feel of a wedding. You want someone articulate, someone who can project, someone who can wrangle a crowd, someone who wants that perfect balance between sacred and sanctimonious. And Merrilyn Williams, a really good civil marriage celebrant in South Australia, is that someone.

Anli and Laura's wedding is one of the most popular weddings we've ever featured. It's not hard to see why…

We're ALL for Christian couples having religious ceremonies, but find it disrespectful for non-Christians to smile and nod through a religious service they don't actually believe in. So, how do you craft a secular ceremony?

"It was important to us for the wedding to celebrate our local neighborhood and be as environmentally conscious as possible. We imagined a cocktail reception with plenty to drink and delicious food to eat."