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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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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The National Wedding Survey is carried out annually by Hitched.co.uk, one of the UK's largest wedding planning sites. They asked over 2,400 couples who got married in 2022 all about their wedding. Here are the latest trends.
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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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Having children at a wedding is not for everyone. But, if you would love to have children at your wedding ceremony (or have no choice), this is what you need to know.
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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 fabulous photographic memories by Martin Hillary photography of Rebecca & Sam’s gorgeous wedding ceremony at the stunning Oakwood at Ryther, North Yorkshire.
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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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Whilst some couples choose a Wedding Celebrant because they want a totally unique & spectacular wedding ceremony, many couples just want something that feels traditional yet warm and personalised.
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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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William Shakespeare’s Love Sonnets are lovely to have included in a wedding ceremony because they are not too long and most are easily understandable.
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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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Debate over the Green & Amber list of foreign travel destinations has got me thinking about honeymoons. For couples getting married this year, their honeymoon may be very different to what they had always dreamed of. So what is the origins of the “honeymoon” anyway? Is it a year to go back to its roots?
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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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