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Have you ever wondered why people are willing to spend $10,000, 20,000 or even 30,000 (or more) on their wedding? As Seattle Wedding Officiants, we at Forever, Together are constantly asking ourselves the same question. When does the focus shift from the marriage (where it belongs), to the wedding? When is a wedding more about […]
by Adrienne Mand Lewin With thanks to TODAY Style “Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.” – Jean de La Fontaine Weddings might be traditional, but the way they’re celebrated these days might be anything but. Wedding Paper Divas conducted an online survey in April among adults […]
“Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry” – Tom Mullen As Seattle wedding ministers, we at Forever, Together are often asked by brides whether they’re better off having their wedding indoors or outdoors. Surprisingly, after performing over 450 Seattle weddings, we find […]
Perhaps you have wondered where the phrase, “tying the knot,” come from? The expression refers to the traditional early Celtic marriage ritual of Handfasting. “Handfasting,” the ancient word for a wedding, was traditionally recognized as a binding contract of marriage between a man and a woman before weddings became a legal function of the government […]
“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.” ― Isabel Allende We at Forever, Together, Seattle Wedding Officiants always welcome children in our ceremonies, and the more, the merrier! Whether you […]
“Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.” – Francis Ford Coppola Okay, before you read any further, bear in mind that each “nightmare scenario” on this list is worst-case. I’ve included pretty much every catastrophe, major and minor, that could occur at your wedding, but based on over six […]
“Just as these grains of sand can never be separated, our prayer for you today is that your lives together would be longer than the time it would take to separate the individual grains of sand.” The “Blending of the Sands” ceremony is a beautiful and meaningful alternative to the “Unity Candle” ceremony. Like the […]
Reprinted here with the kind permission of Reverend Judith Johnson. To read more of her blogs, purchase a copy of “The Wedding Ceremony Planner,” her bestselling book on the topic of wedding ceremony design, or learn what she’s passionate about, please visit her website at http://www.judithjohnson.com/. * * * Most couples want a wedding ceremony […]
“Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a moonlight night, followed by the father’s curse, mother’s moans, and the moral comments of neighbors, than correctness and propriety measured by yardsticks.” – Emma Goldman * * * * The […]
As Seattle wedding officiants performing nearly 100 non-denominational weddings every year, we have an opportunity to experience lots of different wedding venues, from the most elegant to the most rustic, from the reasonably priced to the “OMG!” Based on our experience, we’ve determined that most wedding venues (at least, the ones we’ve worked with) come in four basic […]
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