The ring exchange is one of the oldest and most universally recognised symbolic rituals in a wedding ceremony. Couples can you make it even more magical and memorable with a ring warming.
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There are no rules to how the start of a wedding ceremony begins. The manner of the arrival of the couple is completely up to them with a Celebrant-led wedding.
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We all love choice, but couples getting married often feel very frustrated that they don’t have this when they are organising their ceremony. We investigate the choices and restrictions that couples face when it comes to arranging their wedding ceremony..
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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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Here are 3 lovely reviews from my first three weddings of the year.
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I love that glow that couples have immediately after their wedding ceremony. It’s partly a release of the excited tension that builds immediately before the ceremony but it is also the pride & happiness they share in making personal & meaningful vows to each other in front of their family & friends. But it doesn’t happen by accident!
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There is a beautiful, appropriate and special poem or reading for every couple’s love story at their wedding. This poem by Laura Hendricks is particularly fitting for a couple who were friends long before their relationship developed and they became lovers.
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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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There are so many poems & passages from texts which can reflect the style, personality & love story of the couple in their wedding ceremony. Used either as extracts or as readings by friends or family, I will help you find the right words to make your wedding ceremony unique, personal & meaningful. This wonderful poem by Mari Nichols-Haining appeals to many couples.
Eva Cassidy has the most captivating voice & her acoustic covers are so beautiful & unique. Whether a couple are choosing a beautiful ballad to play as part of their wedding ceremony or as their “first dance” there are so many of her tracks worth considering for your playlist.
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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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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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This beautiful passage from Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy makes an excellent short reading at a wedding. t is a reminder that in real life, which sadly at some point will end, true love doesn’t have a happy ending because with true love there is no ending.
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Passages from Canadian poet & novelist Margaret Attwood’s work are a popular choice at weddings. But which to choose and which to miss?
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Probably the most requested wedding first dance song in the last 30 years is “(Everything I do) I do it for you” by Bryan Adams. It still holds the UK record for the longest uninterrupted period at No1 in the charts (16 weeks). It was released to accompany the film Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves in 1991. But what was the true love story?
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Whatever your love story, I can turn it into a beautiful and meaningful wedding ceremony. With some lines from an extract of the poem “Go to the Limits of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke, we explore what is love.
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I love a button hole. As a man who loves flowers & any excuse to dressing smartly & a bit dapper, it’s a shame that it’s only really at weddings that you see men confidently but stunningly wearing a button hole.
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