What an inspiration! A vow renewal on the day of their 40th wedding anniversary, arranged by their children. it’s quite a milestone isn’t it? 40 years, that’s 4 decades, 14600 days! Vow renewals come about for a variety of reasons,
Flashmob style happenings are quite a thing in weddings these days whether they involve the bridal party in a secretly choreographed dance routine or bursting into song. I love the element of surprise and delight these offer as well as the obvious dedication and time spent rehearsing by all involved, and as I’ve said before […]
A lovely Swedish couple had been refused at their planned wedding location due to a mistake with some paperwork. As they had made all the other arrangements, not to mention a load of friends and family travelling from afar, they contacted me in desperation just a few days before their planned wedding day. I love […]
Our feet in the water – The bits i loved from 2017 ceremonies continued These were the words continuously in my head when writing a ceremony for a relaxed, intimate beach wedding on a tiny Greek island called Tilos. ‘We want to get married with our feet in the water’. It was one of the […]
From ceremonies in the sea to paragliding grooms, 2017 has been a beautiful year for wedding ceremonies and vow renewals for me. And not least because it’s been my first ‘proper’ year as a Celebrant – and I have loved every second of it! Now Christmas is out of the way (oh come on, don’t […]
Heads up – there is no such thing as an original reading at a wedding. You can dredge the internet all you like, but don’t get sucked into the ’12 wedding readings never read before’ headline. Ask any wedding celebrant or officiant, we have heard them all and many of them several times! But that’s […]
A vow renewal is always going to be special. A couple who, for whatever reason, want to reconfirm to the world or just their family that they are still in love and still intending to walk side by side in life. This year I was really touched by a request for a vow renewal ceremony […]
I love this post written by my fellow celebrant from White Knot Weddings, Julia Tsiaka (originally posted here) so I am sharing it with you! I am a Huff Post Weddings blog fan. Recently a blog post by Marta Segal Block entitled ‘Why ‘unique’ weddings are a myth’ attracted my interest. I had to agree […]
Life is full of surprises and none more so than at a Wedding! Here a few things which never fail to surprise me at a Wedding ceremony. It’s always the person you don’t expect to cry who does Invariably, one of the couple will tell me that they are sure they will be a blubbering […]
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