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Vermont fall commitment ceremony micro-wedding by a waterfall

We had a super secret commitment ceremony before our legal wedding. We leaned into the “super secret” aspect, so our theme was “super secret spies”. Instead of invitations we sent dossier packages with code names for our guests and GPS coordinates for the location of our ceremony.

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Need a unique unity ceremony? These 6 chemistry ceremonies show off your chemistry at the altar

Unity ceremonies choke us up, but unity chemistry experiments also make us say “Oooh! Ahhh!” Here are half a dozen easy-to-accomplish science demonstrations for your wedding.

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Imbibe in style with these snazzy signature cocktail & mocktail recipes

We featured Brant and Erik’s super romantic, candlelit love story a couple of weeks back and it bowled us over with it’s fabulousness. But absolutely not to be missed were their inspired signature cocktails and mocktails. I had to find out what was in these clearly delicious libations and was thrilled when I was able to snag the recipes for them, all created by the mixologist artists at Maine-based The Bar Association.

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Our delicious unity beer ceremony was… hopping (plus our ceremony wording!)

Craft beer has been such a huge part of our relationship that when we were planning our wedding (featured here!), we wanted to include it somehow. I suggested a unity beer ceremony, but we couldn’t find any wording online that we liked. We ended up creating our own from scratch, complete with our own unique brand of humor.

Ride the rosé trend with these sparkling rosé signature cocktails

Ride the rosé trend with these rosé signature cocktails

If you’re excited that rosé is having its day in the sun then you’re in my camp. I love a pretty pink and sweet drink. I’m a cliché, what can I say?

Let’s be cliché together and add one of these pretty (and delicious!) rosé signature cocktails to our wedding drink repertoire, shall we?

Kombucha mocktails as your signature cocktail? It's a thing and we've got recipes!

Kombucha mocktails as your signature cocktail? It’s a thing and we’ve got recipes!

If kombucha is your thing, and it is for some of us, then get ready for a new kind of signature cocktail for your wedding: kombucha mocktails! These non-alcoholic drinks are full of cocktail-style ingredients that make them yummy for everyone. Here are a few of our favorite kombucha mocktails recipes…