Weddings- celebrating love
weddings & vow renewals
Any time, any place, your day, your way! Its simple.
Your special day should reflect you both as a couple, as a celebrant I have no rules to stick to, I can have fun with you both and plan, perform and officiate your wedding with limitless demands.
You may choose to have a simple ceremony, include religious content or blend two different religions, theme the day, write your own vows, have whatever music and readings you wish.
I will bring my personal touch and also have lots of wonderful ideas for you.
Once you decide that we will compliment each other here is a rough guide to how things work:
- An initial meeting to chat with no obligation, you can see if my ideas suit what you are looking for.
- The second meeting will happen around four months before the big day and is for me to get to know you as a couple and hear all about your plans. From this I can put together your unique ceremony and write a beautiful script.
- Communication and advice wherever needed, I can assist with vow writing and give you pointers for readings, songs and rituals.
- I like to meet couples at the venue to run through the basics of the ceremony.
- On the day I will be at the venue no less than an hour before and will check in with both of you and the venue staff.
- The rest is all about the love.
Rituals
Sand Ceremony
Sand Ceremony
Sand Ceremony
A perfect way to blend a couple or family as one, this ceremony can include as many people as you like as each person pours their own colour into the main vessel which can be kept and never separated, representing the love of the couple.
Unity candles
Sand Ceremony
Sand Ceremony
One of the most common rituals and can also be done with multiple candles, the light and love of each flame is then used to light the centre unity candle to symbolise the merging of two lives.
Jumping the broom
Jumping the broom
Jumping the broom
After the ceremony the happy couple hold hands and jump the broom symbolising sweeping away of the old and the welcoming of the new.
handfasting
Jumping the broom
Jumping the broom
The roots of this tradition are ancient as it was used as a betrothal with the couple promising themselves to each other for a year and a day, when they could then decide to marry or part. Also where the term 'tying the knot' comes from, hand fasting is another lovely way of bringing extra cords/ribbons into the ceremony representing 2 or more people.