A Barn.......A Bassett Hound Puppy......A Wedding just how they wanted it!

The beauty of using a Wedding Celebrant to take your ceremony, is that you have complete freedom to do exactly what you like!

Hold it anywhere you want!

Involve who-ever and what-ever you like!

And have it written especially for the two of you........no other couple in the land will have a ceremony like yours!

And that's just the kind of Wedding that Leicestershire based Phil and Philippa wanted!  

They're two exceptionally creative people who knew from the very start, that they wanted a Wedding ceremony that reflected them - their values and beliefs and just how they were as a couple.  

They wanted it to be meaningful, sincere, personal and creative, balanced with subtle elements of tradition gently woven through it.    They were a fantastic couple to work with and I'm delighted that they've shared their wedding album with me.  Here's a snapshot of some of the moments their photographer captured during the ceremony. 

Imagine::..........rustic.......rural.......natural........formal and informal.........warmth.......topped with authenticity and sincerity.  That's how I'd sum them up as a couple.......and that's the kind of Wedding they had!







The barn all ready and waiting .......themed just how they wanted it.........
and they did it all themselves!



Think I'm having a little word with the Groom and the Best Man!

Here comes the Bride!

The rings are ready for their rightful owners!

I remember this moment well.....and what we were laughing about!

Little Olive the Basset Hound!

A moment for themselves...some relaxation!

"You may now kiss your Bride!"



Congratulations the new Mr & Mrs Lurcock!
Go safely.......Go gently.......Go make a difference with your lives!

And here's some of what they had to say after their celebrations:

"Thank you so much for playing such an important role in our day and making the ceremony so special and memorable.....................many assumed you were a close family friend or similar and that is also how it felt to us.

From start to finish, we felt that the most important part of our wedding was in safe hands - so thank you so very much for that..........."

So if you want a Wedding Ceremony:

• That truly reflects who the two of you are!
• That tells your story!
• And that's personal to you.......

Then do get in touch. 

You're two very unique people.  And you deserve a unique and memorable wedding...........something that your guests will still be talking about long after your anniversary date passes!

xCarole

(Photography courtesy of @CaughtTheLight2013)



A wedding photo album like no other - all because you used a celebrant!

Here I am again - but only because it's my conversations with different people that initiate the different perspectives in my blogs!

Recent activities have led me into conversations about why you should choose to use a celebrant to create and design your wedding ceremony? Well if you're getting married then chances are that you'll be guided into one of the following avenues for your wedding:

• Full church wedding with all the expectations that go with that.
• Marriage at a fully licenced civil venue using a council registrar and celebrant.
• Result = No flexibility on the design of your ceremony and an album of photos like every other couple before and after you.

There is an alternative that enables you to celebrate your ceremony where-ever you want, when you want and with total designer's freedom to have the ceremony of your dreams. It works like this:

• You take care of the legal side of your marriage by completing the bare minimum requirements at a Register Office. You do not have to hold your ceremony there and the exchange of rings and vows can be done at any time and in any place - these rituals are purely ceremonial.
• You invite all your guests to the venue of your choice and conduct the ceremony with them all at your side. There are no restrictions on who can come because of numbers, how or where it is conducted, or how long you need to be there for - all these venue restrictions just vanish!
• You write your own vows that have real meaning for you - you have complete choice over what is said and how those vows are exchanged.
• You have a day like no other couple! It's your day and only yours........

I helped a couple understand how this could be done by summing up the approach:

• When a baby is born - we register the birth and celebrate the occasion later at a Baby Naming ceremony or Christening.
  
• When we lose someone close to us, we register the death and hold the funeral service some days later.
• When we get married - there is no reason why we cannot register the marriage and hold the ceremony later on.

It's just that we tend to stick with tradition - it's what we know and are comfortable with. But rest assured that there are alternatives that give real choice, flexibility and freedom. Your photo album should be as unique as you are as a couple! Using a professionally trained celebrant will give you this result.