Wedding ceremony rituals: ring warming
Hugely popular with my couples, is a Ring Warming. Designed to include your guests from the outset, I seat everyone a couple of minutes earlier than normal and instruct them that the rings will be passed between them in order
Wedding ceremony rituals: handfasting
Without doubt, one of my most popular rituals, a handfasting ritual is believed to originate from old Pagan custom dating back to the ancient Celts. In ceremonies today, it is used as a ritual to bind a couples hands together
Wedding ceremony rituals: a sand unity ceremony
A sand ceremony is very popular in Southern Spain. It is just one of many rituals which can be included in your Celebrant ceremony. The Wedding sand ceremony symbolises the joining together of two people or two families into one new
Wedding ceremony rituals: a Rose Ceremony
I first conducted a Rose Ceremony at Susanne & Jacob's ceremony. Being Danish, all the things which we consider to be part of a traditional ceremony in the UK, were not de rigeur! No ring exchange, no vows, no readings
Is a Celebrant-led Ceremony a Legally Binding Marriage?
The couples I work with go to the Register Office office to be legally wed before or after their Wedding Ceremony with me. The signing of the legal paperwork, a standard Register Office ceremony, is typically 6 minutes long and involves
Funny wedding readings
I have chosen 10 funny readings to get you thinking about the types of readings you can choose for your ceremony. Guaranteed to put a smile on your guests faces, they can reflect your personalities and relationship. I Rely On You
Traditional Wedding Readings
The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pulman I will love you forever; whatever happens. Till I die and after I die, and when I find my way out of the land of the dead, I’ll drift about forever, all my atoms, till
Wedding readings for older couples
I am currently working on a fabulous ceremony for a gorgeous couple who are both older and neither of them have been married before. They want to acknowledge their pasts and recognise what they bring to the table. Here are
Real life wedding ceremony: Jennifer & Robert
Jennifer contacted me in July 2017 via my website and was planning her wedding blessing in Nerja for June 2018. Robert & Jennifer, from Edinburgh, met after Cupid (otherwise known as Jen’s friend Emily – a bridesmaid at the ceremony) forced