Bridesmaid Officiant

I think this is fine, but I guess I don’t understand the significance of calling her a bridesmaid if she isn’t actually going to participate in the ceremony as a bridesmaid.

View Quoted Comment Other than where she stands, her role outside the actual ceremony is the same. And in all of the wedding pictures, she'll match the other bridesmaids. She's actually planning the bridal shower and bachelorette party too. My sister/MOH isn't very reliable so my cousin ki da took over. Which we're all ok and happy with!

I don’t see anything wrong with that! If that’s what you want, then go for it! I think it would be fine if she walked down normally as a bridesmaid and then right before you walk out, she moves a few feet over to the officiant’s spot.

I think is a great idea to have her officiate, but I do think it would look a little odd to have her walk down the aisle and then go to the spot. Would she be carrying a bouquet? Could just ask her to be the officiant during the ceremony rather than both bridesmaid and officiant? We’re having a friend as our main officiant: he’ll be dresses as a groomsman and is participate in the pre-wedding groomsmen events but during the wedding his one duty will be officiating.

I did this for a friends wedding it was fun!

View Quoted Comment This is exactly what we’re doing! Our friend is our officiant but as far as pre-wedding events and pictures go, he’s going to be just like a groomsman.

I think it’s cool, knocking two birds out with one stone.

I think it would make it special!!

LMAO... My cousin just said her friend offered to do it dressed as Deadpool. We're having a Deadpool cake topper and ring pops as favors. Deadpool was our first movie date and our first Valentine's day.

Did you end up doing that?? How did it go?? Our original officiant bailed on us- so my future sister in law offered to do it since she’s ordained (online 😊). She is also one of my bridesmaids and I was thinking the same as you - have her walk down like a bridesmaid but go straight to the podium. I actually love the idea of her doing it because she knows both of us so well, and we are very close. It would be personal. And I was thinking she could have a special accessory or headpiece to make her stand out as the officiant

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We did! It was perfect. We didn't have a maid of honor or best man, so the walking order was flexible. We had the groomsmen come from the side instead of walking down the isle. And the bridesmaids walk one by one. We had out officiant/bridesmaid walk last, hand her bouquet to the bridesmaid before her, then go to the officiant spot. After the I Dos, she simply stepped over to stand with the bridesmaids so she's out of the way for the first kiss pictures, and then exited with the bridesmaids.

If it means something to you, then I say go for it! It saves you the money on hiring someone and it meant so much to my cousin/officiant that she got to play an extra special part in our big day. She actually officiated at my sister's wedding as well, so it meant a lot to both of us that she could do the same for me.

I think it’s great! When it comes to weddings, it’s about what’s meaningful. Not what looks “right” or may seem “odd”. Anyone can do a cookie-cutter wedding, where all ideas have been seen/done over and over (and over). But I appreciate the uniqueness and unexpected personal touches the best.

We did something similar. My husband couldn't decide on a best man when one of them had expressed marrying us. So our officiant was an honorary groomsman and did a heck of a job.

For attire, he wore the inverse as the groomsmen. Still within the aesthetic but stood out a little.