3 Tips To Create A Meaningful Ceremony
Wedding ceremonies are an opportunity to create a joyful space that grounds you, fosters connection among your loved ones, and sets the tone for your love party. The most powerful wedding ceremonies are personal, engaging, and emotive. When wedding ceremonies reflect your personalities, values, and relationship, it becomes a core memory you’ll lovingly look back on for years to come.
Amy + Anthony’s Jane’s Carousel Wedding
Amy and Anthony celebrated their 13th anniversary on their wedding day surrounded by family and chosen family who flew in from all over the world to celebrate this milestone moment at the iconic Jane’s Carousel in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Theirs is a story about two scientists who fell for one another at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where they worked together in a lab to discover how to mend broken hearts.
For the Love of Cannabis: Alex + Asher’s 420 Brooklyn Elopement
Two years ago, Alex and Asher chose to elope in Prospect Park, Brooklyn - it holds significance to them and it’s a great local spot for elopements, in general. I fell in love with them upon seeing them walk towards me on September 1st, 2021. I was already crushing on them upon reading about how they came to be A-squared - the boss beautiful duo they are!!
Michelle + Geoffrey’s Brooklyn Weddings
While the pandemic kept us socially distant, masked, and generally feeling hopeless, love persevered again and again! Michelle and Geoffrey eloped the morning of December 20th, 2020 with a few of their closest loved ones in Dumbo, near Jane’s Carousel overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge and renewed their vows the following year on November 28th, 2021.
Leanne + Miriam’s Brooklyn Elopement
Leanne and Miriam had an elopement ceremony on June 12th, 2022 during our 3rd annual Pride Grows in Brooklyn event at Brooklyn Grange. This event is a pro-bono experience for LGBTQ+ couples in partnership with inclusive wedding vendors who are either part of the LGBTQ+ community or LGBTQ+ loving allies.
Angelica + Maya’s Brooklyn Elopement
Get Your Marriage License with NYC’s Project Cupid
Since the pandemic, the marriage license process has changed drastically. Walk-ins are no longer permitted so the NYC Clerk’s Office created an online platform known as Project Cupid to schedule in-person appointments with the City Clerk in all five boroughs or virtual appointments. YES, there are still virtual appointments to obtain your marriage license.
THE IMPACT OF INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE AT WEDDING CEREMONIES
It's time to go beyond the binary of bride and groom. Some may think that inclusive language is just for LGBTQIA+ weddings but the reality is that there are likely LGBTQIA+ loved ones attending cis-het weddings as well. For attendees of the Nearlywed Summit and for everyone who wants to be inclusive on their wedding day, you'll find links to deep-dive resources and an incomplete glossary.
How to Obtain Your Extended and/or Apostilled Marriage Certificate
If you’re traveling to New York City for your destination wedding and trying to figure out how to legally get your extended and/or apostilled marriage certificate, you’re in the right place. You’ll find step-by step guidance in retrieving your extended marriage certificate and your apostilled marriage certificate either in person or via mail. Learn more here.
WHAT ARE WEDDING VOWS?
What are Wedding Vows? Wedding vows are essentially a reaffirmation of your commitment to one another and a solemn promise to be there for each other through the madness of this world. This blog addresses is a starting point to understanding wedding vows.
5 QUESTIONS TO GET YOUR VOW WRITING JUICES FLOWING
5 Questions to Get Your Vow Writing Juices Flowing. These five fun and introspective questions help you reflect on your relationship and marriage so you can have a starting off point to write your wedding vows.
6 REASONS WE’RE NOT THE RIGHT WEDDING OFFICIANTS FOR YOU
Six Reasons we’re not the right officiants for you and why we shouldn’t swipe right. TLDR: the ceremony isn’t important to you, you’re looking for a religious and/or traditional ceremony, don’t want your ceremony to be personalized, and so much more. If ya vibe with us, we gotchu!
Keshal + Jessica’s Central Park Elopement
Jessica and Keshal got married in Central Park’s Ladies Pavilion on June 11th, 2021 while everyone was still adjusting to life in the age of COVID caution. It was a time where we were not quite post-COVID and not quite in the thick of the pandemic fear. While an intimate elopement wasn’t in their original wedding plans, these college sweethearts decided to just go for it and get married alongside their immediate family in the city they only recently called home.