When planning your wedding ceremony one of the first difficult decisions to make is how the couple make their entrance. Traditionally the bride’s entrance is eagerly anticipated as she walks down the aisle with her father who “gives her away” to her groom. With modern weddings, there are no set rules & with a celebrant you can blend the traditional with the contemporary as you desire.
Read MoreWedding ceremony rehearsals are very common in the USA but less so in the UK. So are they really necessary? With more people & children involved there is an increased risk of mistakes on the day. The couple & wedding party will enjoy the day more if they feel confident that everyone knows what they are doing. Mistakes can still happen, everyone is human & a child mistake can be gorgeously cute, but no one wants the fear of chaos to be all consuming.
Read MoreThe Tea Ceremony (Jing Cha) dates back in China to the Tang dynasty of 618AD. It sees the couple getting married serving tea to their parents and other older family members on their wedding day. It is carried out by the couple as a sign of respect, gratitude and appreciation to their parents for nurturing & bringing them to adulthood so far. It also symbolises the union of the two families as it traditionally carried out in the couple’s respective family homes.
Read MoreThe Loving Cup Ceremony dates back to Saxon Britain and can be used with wine or whisky (The Quaich ceremony). It is a beautiful mini-ceremony or ritual to have at the end of the wedding ceremony where the couple toast their future lives together with a beautiful and warming symbolic ritual.
Read MoreThe exchanging of rings, like vows, is purely ceremonial & has no actual legal status & so can take place at a modern celebrant-led wedding in any location, even outdoors. The giving & receiving of rings at a wedding is said to date back to ancient Egypt as the circle represents eternity, with no beginning or end.
Read MoreA popular symbolic unity ritual within a modern celebrant-led ceremony is the rose or flower ceremony. It involves the couple distributing single roses to a specific number of guests at their wedding who then combine them to form a central bouquet. It is a wonderful way to finish a wedding ceremony where flowers are already featuring strongly as in the bridal bouquet, bridal headwear, button holes, venue and wedding arch decoration.
Read MoreA tree planting ceremony at a wedding is reported to date back to many ancient civilisations, though today it perhaps more popular for other reasons to eco-conscious couples. According to many different ancient cultures, different trees are associated with various meanings & significance. A myrtle tree is supposed to bring love and joy, whereas a wild apple brings health and happiness.
Read MoreJumping the Broom or the Besom Ceremony is a wedding tradition thought to date back to ancient Wales. It is a fun way to end a wedding ceremony and a great theatrical photo-opportunity, especially if you get children to hold the broom! Many couples enjoy decorating their broomstick to match their wedding theme. It becomes a wonderful keepsake for the home.
Read MoreThere is a subtle but important legal difference between the words “wedding” and “marriage”. Why bother with a celebrant when a marriage registrar can attend your venue and do your marriage registration at your wedding? There are three main reasons why couples choose to have a wedding celebrant conduct their wedding ceremony for them and do their marriage registration at another time, either before or after their wedding.
Read MoreA sand-blending ceremony, or unity sand ceremony, emerged as a new wedding ritual in the 1980s as a variant of the unity candle ceremony popular within the Catholic church. Today, the sand-blending ceremony is particularly popular when the couple want children to be involved in the wedding ceremony
Read MoreHand-fasting is an ancient British/Celtic wedding tradition and it is having a huge revival in modern weddings. It creates a unique and stunning moment in your wedding ceremony which will long be remembered by you and your guests. There are a range of ways to had-fast a couple on their wedding day. It is a symbolic act performed with hands clasped so that the lovers’ pulse points are touching.
Read MoreThere are many ways a couple can plan to have a unique and stunning wedding. An amazing French chateaux as your wedding venue? Let’s face it. Most ideas to make a wedding unique and stunning are probably beyond the budget of most people or the reality of what you’d like just doesn’t exist. What is both affordable and achievable is a unique and stunning wedding ceremony with elements that you don’t normally see at a wedding.
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