Your day, Your way

When you have a Celebrant led wedding ceremony, you then have the freedom to personalise your ceremony to suit you.  From formal to relaxed, small or large, elaborate or simple, you get to decide how you want your special day to be.

As part of your ceremony you can include any or all of the following:

Poems / Readings

You can choose any poem(s) you like to be included in your wedding ceremony.

The poem(s) can be read by a person of your choice (i.e. a member of the bridal party, a friend, a family member) or by me as your Celebrant.

I can also help you find a poem or write one for you.

If you have a favourite passage from a book or any other piece of text that has meaning for you, then this can be read out at your wedding ceremony.

Again, you can choose who you would like to do the reading.

Music

As well as selecting the music you would like to enter to/start your wedding ceremony with and leave to, you may also want to include a piece of music during the service. This could be a soloist singing a special song, a musician playing a particular piece while you sign the wedding ceremony certificate, or everyone singing along to a song or hymn for example.

Exchanging Rings 

Many people decide to exchange rings as a symbol of their marriage. One or both of you can give a ring to the other, whilst saying some words about what it means.

Hand Tying / Hand Fasting

A special way of symbolising the union of two people, is by joining their hands together and gently tying a special ribbon around them to ‘bind’ them together.

This is accompanied by saying some meaningful words about you both and about the joining of you as a couple. Any other personal words can also be said, and these can be written by me as your Celebrant for you, or written with or by you.

Unity Candles

This is a symbolic act to show the coming together from two, to one. 

Both of you light your own individual candle, then from those flames you jointly light a bigger single candle.

The candles can also be personalised, for example with your names, wedding date, a ribbon to match your colour scheme.

Sand Ceremony

A way of symbolising the bringing of two families together, is to pour sand from separate vessels into one larger container. This can be done with just the two of you, or with other family members too. The sand can be one colour or different colours and the end container with the combined sand can be kept as a keepsake.

Exchanging Gins

A quirky idea is to exchange gins (or a drink of your choice) instead or as well as rings. You can each choose different ingredients which are your favourite tipple or which have meaning for you, then each add your elements to create one drink/cocktail for you both to drink.

Jumping the Broom

An age old tradition which is becoming a modern trend, is to both jump over a broomstick, which represents you crossing a threshold from your old life to your new one together as a married couple. You can decorate the broom to personalise it in a meaningful way for you.

Whatever else we can think of to make your day extra special and unique!