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Symbolic Saturdays – How to incorporate heirlooms into your wedding ceremony
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.
Read MoreFabulous Friday! Why I became a Celebrant!
It’s Fabulous Friday again! This week I thought I’d share a little about my background and why I became a Celebrant!
Read MoreMonday Musings – Time for a wedding rethink?
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!
Read MoreCelebrate – Chateau de Lalande and The Chateau Diaries
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.
Read MoreCelebrating Love in strange times!
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.
The Oathing Stone Ceremony
Embrace the old European tradition to add a meaningful highlight to your wedding ceremony. The Oathing Stone is an old Scottish tradition where the couple place their hands upon a stone while saying their wedding vows. Called the oathing stone, it was thought to be the best way to express your solemn promise in physical form. Taken from the ancient Celtic custom of setting an oath in stone, inclusion of an oathing stone in the vows can be deeply moving. Etching your vows in stone is a sacred symbol across cultures.
Read MoreBye bye 2019! Bring on 2020!
The end of 2019 marks the end of not only another year of ceremonies but the end of the decade. As I look back it’s been quite a 10 years in our lives.
Read MoreChristmas season musings
2019 year has been a stonking year of celebrations – big and small. I’ve loved every minute!
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