Why choose a wedding celebrant rather than a registrar for your wedding ceremony/ How much does a celebrant cost? How is the legal bit done? How do you go about booking a celebrant? Have all these questions answered…and more!
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Many couples feel a bit nervous about having a reading or two at their wedding, thinking perhaps they don’t want some deep, philosophical or spiritual text read at their wedding ceremony. Here is a wonderful poem that can add warm humour to a wedding ceremony.
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I love it when couples feel confident enough to write their own personal declarations, vows & promises to each other for their wedding day. It means a lovely surprise for each of the couple & normally a bit ribbing of each other’s foibles too.
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It’s great to have a musical interlude in a wedding ceremony. After the vows & ring exchange most couples request a commemorative wedding certificate signing. But what music to play?
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What a wonderful day it was back in July when Rebecca & Sam had their gorgeous wedding day at the stunning Oakwood at Ryther.
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Love is: the freedom to pursue your own desires while sharing your experiences with the other person, the growth of one individual alongside of and together with the growth of another individual.
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This beautiful extract is from James Kavannagh & was the most popular choice for a reading with my couples in 2021. Will it remain as popular in 2022?
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To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, here is my recommended list of his music for a wedding ceremony with a classical music vibe.
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More and more couples planning their wedding day are discovering that they don't just have to choose between a church wedding or registrars, either in a Town Hall Ceremony room or paying £000s for them to visit your "licensed" venue. A Celebrant Wedding can give them the freedom to plan their wedding, their way.
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Sharing a life with another person requires a leap of faith. So when a couple jump the broom at their wedding the leap they take together is both actual & symbolic. The broomstick represents the couple’s wish to sweep away the old to make way for the new.
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When I meet with couples I love to hear their proposal stories. You can tell a lot about a relationship and the personalities involved by hearing about how a couple got engaged. Including a couple’s love story: how they met, their dating experience and how the proposal of marriage occurred, is a beautiful and wonderful way to make a wedding ceremony personal, intimate and meaningful.
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Many wedding ideas from the USA have arrived in modern UK weddings, the sand blending ritual is one example. The “first look” is a big moment in US weddings, where the groom sees the bride for the first time, not necessarily as she walks down the aisle to arrive at the ceremony but sometime before.
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If you are planning on visiting or work in a bridal shop & NOT seen this movie recommendation, it’s a must!
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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage”. These words from Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, may be over 2000 years old, but I think they’re still pretty relevant today. With a celebrant-led wedding, your love story is at the heart of the ceremony.
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Believe it or not I’m still getting wedding enquiries for 2021. And yes, organising and holding your wedding in 2021 is still possible. This is how…
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If you are looking for an epic love story to read or to gift, I recommend A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. It is not for the feint-hearted. It is both compelling & devastating to read. At times I never wanted to put it down, at others I daren’t pick it up to read on. It made me cry on more than one occasion. I couldn’t stop thinking about it for days after finishing it.
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“Unchained Melody” is one of world’s most favourite long songs. It is the only song to have sold over a million copies by three separate artists in the U.K. But why is it called “unchained Melody” and who has recorded this love song much requested at a wedding?
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Mother-in-law advice should rarely be ignored….especially when she is right. I decided to share this quote with you this morning in honour of my mother-in-law who is now 90 years young. She told my then fiancé & I these wise words of advice after telling her that we’d got engaged to be married.
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I love live music at a wedding & I am definitely looking forward to enjoying live musical performances once again. As wedding bookings are picking up again, today’s blog post is to honour all the amazing musicians out there who haven’t been able to perform for such a long time.
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Many couples feel a bit nervous about having a reading or two at their wedding, thinking perhaps they don’t want some deep, philosophical or spiritual text read at their wedding ceremony. Here is a wonderful poem that can add warm humour to a wedding ceremony.
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