How to find the best LGBTQ+ inclusive wedding suppliers for your big day
Planning a wedding is a monumental task, filled with choices that will shape one of the most important days of your life. For LGBTQ couples, ensuring that wedding suppliers are inclusive and supportive can add an extra layer of complexity to the planning process. Here are some practical steps to ensure your wedding suppliers are LGBTQ inclusive, helping you create a joyful and stress-free celebration.
Creative and Memorable: Your Guide To Alternative Valentine's Day Date Ideas
Valentine's Day is a celebration of love and affection, but it doesn't have to adhere to traditional norms. Instead of the typical dinner and movie date, why not try something different this year? Whether you're celebrating with a long-time partner or enjoying a first date, or even taking yourself out for some self-love, stepping outside the box can create lasting memories. Here are a few alternative Valentine's Day date ideas to spark inspiration…
Five Heartwarming Ways to Involve Family Members in Your Wedding Ceremony
Your wedding day is a celebration of love not only between you and your partner but also between families coming together. Involving family members in your wedding ceremony can make the day even more special, creating beautiful memories and strengthening the bonds that tie you all together. Here are five heartwarming ways to include your loved ones in your wedding ceremony…
Choosing a Celebrant Over a Registrar for Your Wedding: Adding a Personal Touch to Your Special Day
When it comes to planning your wedding, there are so many decisions to be made, from selecting the perfect venue to choosing the right flowers and music and deciding who will make the guest-list. Among these choices is the decision between opting for a registrar or a celebrant to officiate your ceremony. While registrars are often the default choice, many couples are now turning to celebrants to add a personal and meaningful touch to their wedding day. Here is a little rundown of the benefits of choosing a celebrant over a registrar and how we can help create a truly unique and extraordinary wedding experience.
A Father's Role in Walking His Daughter Down the Aisle: Tradition or Sexism?
Undoubtedly, one of the most unforgettable moments of a wedding day is that moment when the bride walks down the aisle. It’s the moment everyone, including the soon-to-be spouse, will see the bride in her wedding dress or suit, and it marks the start of the beautiful journey they are about to embark upon together. One of the time-honoured traditions in weddings is the father walking his daughter down the aisle. This symbolic act carries emotional significance, representing the transition from the father's protection to the groom's care. However, as society evolves, family units become more diverse, traditional gender roles are scrutinised and questions arise about whether this tradition is outdated and inherently sexist.
What is an unplugged ceremony and should you be having one?
There are so many beautiful, special, once-in-a-lifetime moments in a wedding ceremony: the walk down the aisle, the couple’s faces as they see each other for the first time, the exchange of rings, the kiss. So, the question is, do you allow your guests to document these moments on their own phones and cameras or do you have an ‘unplugged’ ceremony and leave it up to the professional you have hired to capture them just for you?
Renewing your wedding vows - should you do it?
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have done it; Sharon and Ozzy Osborne have done it; Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi have done it; even Beyonce and Jay-Z have done it! Let’s face it, these celebrity A-Listers know how to plan spectacular weddings but now it seems once just isn’t enough.
So, why do couples renew their wedding vows?
Unique, fun and alternative wedding ceremony ideas for non-traditional couples who dare to be different.
A celebrant wedding really opens up the possibilities for your ceremony to be so much more than people once expected. Gone are the days of following the ‘rules’! So, if you’re the type of people who dream of something more unique than a typical white wedding (sorry Billy Idol), an alternative ceremony with a twist, something memorable and symbolic yet extraordinary to add a bit more of a personal or fun touch into your day, then read on, my daring friends, for five of my top unity ceremony ideas to spice up your day.
A Wedding in the Woods? Why, how Wonderful!
If you are planning your wedding, or even just dreaming of your perfect future wedding, unless you have a specific venue in mind, you have probably asked yourself (and Google), Where should I have my wedding ceremony? Well, with more and more people opting for an outdoor wedding these days, I thought I would share my experience as the lucky celebrant of a beautiful forest wedding in the summer of 2022.