Symbolic Saturdays – How to incorporate heirlooms into your wedding ceremony

Miranda the Celebrant | Hampshire Ceremonies

Incorporating much loved heirlooms into your wedding is a beautiful way to remember and honour family and friends. Many of the couples I’ve worked with have incorporated their own heirlooms from wearing family rings to including stones and small photos in bouquets or wearing a family wedding dress. Earlier this year Princess Beatrice did just this when she wore a dress from her own grandmother, The Queen, on her wedding day.

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Monday Musings – Is it time to elope?

Miranda the Celebrant | Hampshire Ceremonies

An elopement wedding is when the two of you (perhaps with a handful of friends/family) run away and celebrate your marriage in private. Films often portray elopements as a spur of the moment thing but actually most are well planned! Here are four elements to consider when planning your stress-free elopement.

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Monday Musings – Time for a wedding rethink?

Miranda the Celebrant | Hampshire Ceremonies

This year weddings have taken a massive hit. It’s tough out there folks. That said, I’m not a negative person and I see 2020 has an opportunity to rethink a few things – including weddings. The fact is, for the time being, we are going to have to celebrate weddings in a different way because the government mandates it. Read on for a few ideas!

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Celebrate – Chateau de Lalande and The Chateau Diaries

Miranda the Celebrant | Hampshire Ceremonies

In recent months, with no weddings this year, I have been thinking about how to use this blog in different ways to inspire and uplift. The name of my business is Celebrations for All because of my deep desire to CELEBRATE the special milestones life in all forms whether through a wedding, a naming, an adoption, a commitment, coming of age or passing through my work as a celebrant. That said, lately I’ve been inspired by the stories of countless people who choose to celebrate life in lots of different ways.

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Celebrating Love in strange times!

Miranda the Celebrant | Hampshire Ceremonies

Yesterday we paused to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day – the day WWII ended in Europe. Millions celebrated this momentous day 75 years ago and we did again yesterday – albeit at an acceptable distance. The day also gave me the opportunity to remember my amazing grandparents.

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